Southern Pacific Brewing pours house IPAs and pilsners inside a restored 10,000-square-foot machine shop at 620 Treat Avenue, the Mission beer hall named for the railroad that once ran the neighbourhood.
The bar sits on Treat Avenue in the Mission District, a few blocks from the 24th Street BART station. The room is the reason to come: warehouse-style windows flood a high-ceilinged hall with light, full-grown trees stand inside, and a mezzanine looks down over the bar and the brewing tanks. It reads as a beer hall built for groups rather than a tight neighbourhood taproom.
The house program runs hazy and West Coast IPAs alongside pilsners and rotating seasonals, with a full bar and a kitchen that pushes the venue past a beer-only stop. Tripadvisor and Yelp reviewers (n=1,420) consistently point to the space and the food as much as the beer, which is the honest read: this is as much a dining room and event hall as a brewery. House pours land around $7 to $9.
What to order: start with whichever house IPA is freshest, then move to the pilsner if the plan is a longer sit, and order off the kitchen menu rather than treating it as a pure taproom. The burgers and shared plates hold up against the beer, and the full bar covers anyone in the group who is not drinking beer.
The crowd is broad: after-work groups early in the week, larger weekend parties that fill the mezzanine, and a mix of Mission locals and visitors drawn by the room. The hall gets loud once it fills, and the open floor plan carries sound, so it works better for a group than a quiet conversation.
Best time to go is a weekday evening or a weekend afternoon, before the mezzanine fills and the noise climbs. Who it is for: groups, beer drinkers who want a full kitchen alongside the taps, and anyone who values a room with character. Who should skip it: drinkers after an intimate bar or a deep, fast-rotating craft board, since the draw here is the hall as much as the beer.
For more in the category, see our guide to the best craft beer bars in San Francisco, browse the full San Francisco bar guide, or place it against our citywide craft beer roundup. It pairs well with the other Mission taprooms for an afternoon crawl.
