Dominique Crenn's Fillmore wine bar, next door to her three-star Atelier Crenn. An intimate room of velvet seating, candlelight, and an encyclopedic wine program -- this is where you go when Atelier i...
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Trick Dog
Cocktail Bar · Mission
The Mission cocktail institution that changes its menu concept entirely twice a year -- from Muppet-themed to Mars-themed to wallpaper-patterned. One of the most consistently inventive bars in America...
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Smuggler's Cove
Tiki Bar · Hayes Valley
Martin Cate's three-story rum temple has been the world's most influential tiki bar since 2009 — a candlelit pirate ship where 80+ exotic cocktails span three centuries of rum history. Drinks pull fro...
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Ungrafted
Wine Bar · Dogpatch
A Dogpatch wine bar run by sommeliers for sommeliers. The wine list leans natural but respects classical, and the small-plates menu is written to make the wine shine. One of SF's most serious wine-foc...
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ABV
Cocktail Bar · Mission
The Mission's cocktail standard-setter on 16th Street. North America Top 50 Bars year after year. Ingredient-nerdy but approachable program, bar food (especially the burger) that's a destination, and ...
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True Laurel
Cocktail Bar · Mission
Nick Balla and Daniel Patterson's neighborhood cocktail bar tucked in the Mission. Snack-forward menu built to pair with drinks -- the NorCal-foraged ingredients and Central European undercurrents sho...
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Pacific Cocktail Haven
Cocktail Bar · Union Square
Kevin Diedrich's Union Square cocktail bar focused on tropical, Pacific-inspired drinks. Consistently ranked on North America's 50 Best Bars. Known for creative takes on classics and a deep amaro prog...
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Bourbon & Branch
Speakeasy · Tenderloin
An actual Prohibition-era speakeasy that ran illegally from 1921 to 1933, now resurrected as one of the country's most reverent classic-cocktail bars. Reservations only, password at the door, house ru...
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Verjus
Wine Bar · Jackson Square
Michael and Lindsay Tusk's (Quince, Cotogna) Parisian cave à manger, reopened in late 2024 and now the chicest seat in Jackson Square. Stand at the zinc bar with a glass of natural wine and small Fren...
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Comstock Saloon
Classic Cocktail Bar · Jackson Square
Columbus Avenue saloon serving pre-Prohibition classics in a room that genuinely feels 1907. Brass, pressed tin, a long bar, and bartenders in waistcoats making Pisco Punches and Sazeracs with old-sch...