A real Mexican dive bar that - true to the tradition of such places in Mexico - is mainly the territory of men.

A double-shot of old-school San Francisco gay bar, circa 1979. With an ostensible Western theme, this comfortably ramshackle haunt harks back to the days...

This modest storefront operation consists of four tables and floor-to-ceiling refrigerators packed with over 300 kinds of bottled beers and six on draught....

After a fire in 1894, a magnificent, eight-storey Victorian turreted palace replaced the original 1860s house on this site. However, only a year after...

The good-natured crowd at the half log-cabin, half tiki-style Mallard are more congenial than the salty folk who frequent the Hotsy Totsy and the Ivy Room...

This stylish restaurant seems an anomaly on an unseemly stretch of Geary Street. The room is modern and energetic, filled with well-dressed patrons eager to...

An unspoiled oasis of cool in the manic Mission bar scene, Dalva worships good music. The jukebox, named Orpheus, carries a wonderfully diverse array of...

Laid out like a spacious 1940s piano bar, complete with plush decor and classic movie posters framed and artfully lit on the walls, Deco somewhat...

This place was formerly a total dive but, in common with many nearby bars, it had a kindly refit a while back. The mahogany bar was buffed up, the booze...

A venerable gay bar offering all-male leather action, random mud-wrestling, goings-on in the beer garden and a chance to cosy up to gay (and straight) indie...

Once through the humble entranceway of what appears to be a small, dark dive, the adventurous are rewarded with a raffish, capacious booze hall with 30ft...

In business for decades, this gay-Latino-drag-sports bar attracts a gregarious, diverse clientele. There's a pool table for the daytime and animated drag...

If you're saddened that San Francisco doesn't look like LA, head to the bar at the Laurel Inn. The place was a nondescript motel until the folks behind the...

The site of an infamous brawl with cops during the 1979 White Night riot that followed the lenient sentencing of Dan White, Harvey Milk's assassin, this...