Balboa Café

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  • Address
    3199 Fillmore St, The Marina
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  • Phone
    415 921 3944
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  • Transport
    bus: 22, 41, 45

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Lonely Planet review

Before Gavin Newsom won the mayor's race he won over San Francisco diners and drinkers with this classic but not too starchy American bistro, best enjoyed for a casual yet lucrative business lunch. Opened as a saloon in 1913, the beer is still kept cold in ancient wooden ice boxes, and at night the place jumps with the city's loudest, most stridently heterosexual singles scene.