48 Hours of Drinking in San Francisco

15 Romolo draws a steady local crowd in North Beach. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening. Drop bags. Find a hotel-adjacent bar within a five-minute walk. Order something simple to anchor yourself to the city.

Charmaine's Rooftop at Proper draws a steady local crowd in SoMa. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening. The polished room you'd take a first date to. Sit at the bar. Talk to the bartender. Stay one drink — you're scouting, not committing.

Double Play Bar & Grill draws a steady local crowd in SoMa. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening. Walk into the city's drinking quarter (the heart of the night, not the tourist version). Two drinks, two rooms. Pace yourself — Saturday is the long day.

ABV draws a steady local crowd in Mission. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening. Sunset. Find a rooftop. Order whatever the house specials around sundown. Take photos but don't lose 90 minutes to your phone.

ABV is the Mission cocktail-and-snack room from the Bon Vivants team — repeatedly placed on the World's 50 Best Bars list and one of San Francisco's most consis Eat somewhere with serious bartending built in. The right room is one you order both your dinner and your nightcap from.

Anchor Public Taps draws a steady local crowd in Potrero. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening. The bar that made you book the trip. The pre-research one. Reservation-only ideally. Stay until last call.

Anvil Bar & Refuge draws a steady local crowd in Mission. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening. Mary, Mimosa, or whatever low-ABV house play the room runs. Eat. Pay. Walk.

Bar Jules draws a steady local crowd in Hayes Valley. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening. Find the hotel bar at your departure airport equivalent — somewhere quiet, low-volume, well-staffed. End the trip on a martini and a clean conversation.