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San Francisco Bar Guide

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. Read our full review →

The Top 50 in San Francisco 50 bars

How this guide was made

Every bar in this guide was visited in person by a barsforKings editor. No bar is listed without a visit within the past 18 months, and every ranked bar is visited at least twice, on different nights, before it earns a place. This city is re-reviewed every 90 days, and each entry is approved by a named editor — never an algorithm and never a paid placement. Read our full methodology and editorial standards, or meet the editors behind the reviews.

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