SF pubs run from Mission Irish to Haight craft beer to North Beach Italian.
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The 10 best pubs in San Francisco
01 · San Francisco
Fisherman's Wharf
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Iconic · Irish coffee
Iconic Fisherman's Wharf pub — invented the Irish coffee in 1952.
Order: An Irish coffee, the original
02 · San Francisco
North Beach
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Iconic 1861 · Oldest
Iconic 1861 North Beach pub — SF's oldest continuously operating bar.
Order: A pint of bitter
03 · San Francisco
North Beach
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Iconic · Bohemian
Iconic North Beach bohemian pub.
Order: A pint of bitter
04 · San Francisco
North Beach
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Iconic · Beat poets
Iconic North Beach pub — Kerouac and Ginsberg drank here.
Order: A pint of bitter
05 · San Francisco
Inner Richmond
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Iconic · Irish
Iconic Inner Richmond Irish pub.
Order: A pint of stout
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06 · San Francisco
NoPa
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Iconic · Real ale
Iconic NoPa real-ale pub.
Order: A pint of cask ale
07 · San Francisco
Lower Haight
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Iconic · Craft beer
Iconic Lower Haight craft beer pub.
Order: A pint of Pliny the Elder
08 · San Francisco
Upper Haight
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Iconic · Cocktails + ale
Iconic Upper Haight cocktail and ale pub.
Order: A pint of cask ale
09 · San Francisco
Dogpatch
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Iconic · Waterfront
Iconic Dogpatch waterfront pub.
Order: A pint by the bay
10 · San Francisco
Cow Hollow
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Iconic · Old guard
Iconic Cow Hollow old-guard pub.
Order: A pint of bitter
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How San Francisco drinks in a pub
The 10 above are where San Francisco actually drinks in pubs — proper cask ale, regulars who know the staff, the kind of room that earns the word.
