Top Picks This Week
Trick Dog
The menu changes entirely every six months around a new theme. Every iteration is better than the last. The bar is packed nightly because the cocktails are genuinely outstanding and priced below what you'd pay for worse drinks elsewhere. The best bar in SF, repeated across multiple years.
Vesuvio Cafe
Open since 1948, across the alley from City Lights Bookstore. Jack Kerouac drank here. The Beat Generation myth is real but the bar earns its reputation independent of history: cheap drinks, zero attitude, the best people-watching in North Beach.
Elixir
The second-oldest continually operating saloon in San Francisco, opened 1858. The owner sources sustainability-farmed spirits and local beer. It sounds worthy; the bar itself is just excellent. Strong cocktails, reliable neighbourhood crowd, no tourist nonsense.
