The Haight & Hayes Valley
Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum…wait, make that a Dead Reckoning (Nicaraguan rum, port, pineapple, bitters), unless you'll split the flaming Scorpion Bowl?…
Must-see nightlife in The Haight & Hayes Valley
The Haight & Hayes Valley
Drinking becomes an art form at this Victorian parlor crammed with graffiti installations and absinthe fountains. Motown Mondays feature the Ike Turner…
The Haight & Hayes Valley
Glory hallelujah, beer-lovers: your prayers are answered. Genuflect before the chalkboard altar that lists 40-plus beers on tap and hundreds more bottled,…
The Haight & Hayes Valley
Persian arches, One Thousand and One Nights murals, 1930s jazz on the jukebox and top-shelf cocktails at low-shelf prices have brought Bohemian bliss to…
The Haight & Hayes Valley
Who's there? Steampunk blacksmiths, anarchist hackers, trance DJs practicing for Burning Man, and other San Francisco characters straight out of an R…
The Haight & Hayes Valley
The Victorian tin ceilings are hammered, and you could be too unless you sip these potent concoctions slowly – all expertly crafted from 250 specialty…
The Haight & Hayes Valley
Don't mock SF's coffee geekery until you've tried the elixir emerging from this back-alley garage-door kiosk. The Bay Area's Blue Bottle built its…
The Haight & Hayes Valley
Riddle me this: how can you ever thank the women in your life? As the Riddler's all-women sommelier-chef-investor team points out, champagne makes a fine…
The Haight & Hayes Valley
Slip behind the velvet curtains into the city's top piano bar, where the rainbow spectrum of regulars seems to have memorized the words to every show tune…
The Haight & Hayes Valley
Game on, gamers – this former movie palace is an adult playground with full bar, video games, billiards, air hockey and themed pinball. Beat Dirty Harry…
The Haight & Hayes Valley
The Hayes Valley shipping-container outpost of the Mission roastery offers creamy single-origin espresso and powerful pour-overs to rival those at Blue…
The Haight & Hayes Valley
The people united will never be decaffeinated at this radical coffee house. Choose a bumper-sticker-covered table to match your politics (peace is…
The Haight & Hayes Valley
Indie-rocker servers dole out sass and sound advice, with top-notch Soave and Montepulciano by the taste or carafe. Take their pairing suggestions for 8oz…
The Haight & Hayes Valley
Duck into the alley to find this walk-in wine closet, with standout small-production Californian, French and Italian vintages and a cork-studded ceiling…
The Haight & Hayes Valley
Need some soothing tea and cuddles? Say hello, KitTea. San Francisco's cat café serves Japanese tea and feline cuteness for a good cause: all the kitties…
The Haight & Hayes Valley
The faintest ray of sunshine brings lines down the block for beer on draft and bratwurst at Biergarten – wear sunblock, order two rounds of seasonal Fort…
