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January 26, 2010

North Beach Beer Crawl

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Ah, North Beach. Best known to tourists for Italian food, Coit Tower, and cable cars. Best known to locals for strip clubs, complete lack of parking, and dudes who say “brah” a lot. But North Beach is a lot more complex than that, and one of the things adding to its [...]

December 10, 2009

Magnolia Gastropub & Brewery

Magnolia Gastroub & Brewery– brewpub
Haight-Ashbury
1398 Haight St @ Masonic (Google Map)
Official Site | Twitter | Yelp | BeerAdvocate
House microbrew: $6, with a standing “$3 Tuesdays” promotion
Open Mon-Thu noon-mid, Fri noon-1, Sat 10-1 , Sun 10-mid
MUNI: N, 6, 7, 33, 37, 43, 66, 71, 71L
Part of the Haight Beer Crawl
If you’re going to San Francisco [pause for [...]

November 13, 2009

Pi Bar

Pi Bar– beer bar
Mission District
1432 Valencia St @ 25th St (Google Map)
Official Site | Yelp | BeerAdvocate
Local microbrew: $5
Open every day 3pm-midnight
MUNI: 12, 14, 26, 27, 48, 49, 67
BART: 24th St/Mission
π, as I will goddamn insist upon calling it, as that’s what’s on the sign out front, is one of the newer additions to San Francisco’s [...]

November 10, 2009

Pacific Coast Brewing Co

Pacific Coast Brewing Co – brewpub
Downtown Oakland
906 Washington St, Oakland (Google Map)
Official Site | Twitter | BeerAdvocate | Yelp
House microbrew: $5
Open 11am, closes midnight Mon-Thu, 1am Fri-Sat, 11p Sun
BART: 12th St Oakland City Center
“Oakland’s Best Brewpub” isn’t a place that gets a lot of press in the Bay Area, nor are they found at the [...]

October 15, 2009

The Page

The Page– beer bar
Lower Haight
298 Divisadero @ Page (Google Map)
Official Site | Twitter | BeerAdvocate | Yelp
Open Mon-Thu 5p-2a, Fri-Sun 4p-2a, plus afternoon hours during NFL season
MUNI: N, 6, 7, 21, 24, 37, 71
Part of the Haight Beer Crawl
“Many think playing Journey is clever, but it is not.”  Thus reads the Page’s FAQ.  It’s [...]

August 11, 2009

Toronado

Toronado– beer bar
Lower Haight
547 Haight @ Fillmore (Google Map)
Official Site | BeerAdvocate | Yelp
Open 11:30am to 2:00am every day
MUNI: J, N, 6, 7, 22, 24, 71
Part of the Haight Beer Crawl

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Toronado, as mentioned in the Haight Beer Crawl, needs no introduction.  It’s well-known in the Bay Area as one of [...]

July 6, 2009

Haight & Castro Beer Crawl

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Some of San Francisco’s best beer can be found along the Haight Street corridor, which can easily be traversed in a day by foot, bus, or cab. This will take you almost the entire length of Haight Street, from the gentrified Haight-Ashbury (or “Upper Haight”) to the slightly-less-gentrified Lower Haight, and [...]

June 12, 2009

San Francisco Brewing Co.

San Francisco Brewing Company– brewpub
CLOSED 11/2009
North Beach
155 Columbus Ave, @ Pacific & Kearny (Google Map)
Official Site | BeerAdvocate | Yelp
House microbrew: $3.50-$5.50, $1.75 for happy hour, but it’s still not worth it.
Open Sun-Thu noon-midnight, Fri-Sat noon-2am
MUNI: 1, 9X, 9AX, 9BX, 10, 12, 20, 30, 41, 45, 82, 91.
I do not mean this site to be [...]

June 8, 2009

Elizabeth Street Brewery

Elizabeth Street Brewery – brewery
Noe Valley
Official Site | Twitter
House microbrew: free!
Open on the occasional Saturday afternoon
MUNI: 24, 35, 48.

So Elizabeth Street Brewery isn’t what one would normally expect of a brewpub or a bar.  It’s also not what you’d expect of a random basement in residential Noe Valley, which ESB also is.  You see, Richard [...]

June 3, 2009

Lucky 13

Lucky 13 – beer bar / dive bar
2140 Market @ Church (Google Map)
Official Site | BeerAdvocate | Yelp
Local microbrew: $4.00 (Happy Hour: $1 off all beer until 8pm)
Open Mon-Wed 4pm-2am, Thu-Sun 11am-2am
MUNI: F, K, L, M, J, N, 22, and 37. 6, 7, 24, 33, and 71 will get you in the neighborhood, too.
Part of the Haight [...]