Neighborhood dive bars, elegant cocktail dens, craft beer bars... they’re all in our ultimate list of the best bars in San Francisco
Bars
The best places to drink in SF, including news, reviews and lists of the best bars in San Francisco
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The best rooftop bars in San Francisco
Of all the bars in San Francisco, those with a killer view will always come out on top
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The best cocktail bars in San Francisco
Experimental mixologists and bartenders are elevating the city’s best cocktail bars
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The best gay bars in San Francisco
Discover the best gay bars, LGBTQ-friendly night clubs and only-in-SF fetish fests
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The best dive bars in San Francisco
From a taxidermy-decked honky-tonk to a Chinatown joint that time forgot
Best of San Francisco for spirit drinkers
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The best speakeasies in San Francisco
Prohibition may be over, but San Francisco is still a sucker for secrecy
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The best Bay Area distilleries
Northern California’s boozy offerings extend well beyond wine and beer
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The best whiskey bars in San Francisco
The best spots for sampling rare brown spirits from Kentucky to Japan
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The best mescal bars in San Francisco
If you can’t travel South of the Border, head to these local bars instead
Best of San Francisco for beer nerds
For more than 50 years San Francisco has been at the center of craft brewing
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The best craft beer bars in San Francisco
San Francisco’s craft beer movement shows no sign of slowing down
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The best beer stores in San Francisco
Whatever your taste, there’s a beer store in San Francisco stocking your speciality
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The best Irish pubs in San Francisco
Show your love of all things Irish year-round by sinking a few pints at an Irish pub
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The best beer gardens in the San Francisco Bay Area
California is a craft beer paradise, and it has the beer gardens to back it up
Best of the Bay Area for wine lovers
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The best wine bars in San Francisco
Thanks to its location, San Francisco is awash in exceptional wine
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The best wineries in Napa Valley
These Napa wineries offer the quintessential Wine Country experience
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The 10 best Sonoma wineries
Sonoma’s vineyards are world-class, but less crowded than Napa
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The best wineries in Oakland
Discover urban wineries that produce some of the best wines in the Bay Area
More bars in San Francisco by type
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The best tiki bars in San Francisco
Since it popped up in the 1930s, the tiki trend has been right at home in SF
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The best sports bars in San Francisco
Plenty of televisions, happy hour deals, craft beers and delectable snacks...
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The best outdoor bars in San Francisco
These are the best places for sunny patios, beer gardens and rooftops
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The best singles bars in San Francisco
It’s still possible to meet people in real life—you just need to know where to look