Bars in Mission

a trendy, vintage-chic Mission wine bar, innovative snacks and small plates

a cute, accommodating Mission bar, creative cocktails (try the Mezcalifornia)

a Mission Latin nightclub, great music and weekend dancing

a cozy 24th Street cocktail bar, a warm, celebratory vibe

a great-vibes Mission wine bar, a good wine list

a genuine Latino Mission dive, ice-cold cheap beers, fast service

a corner neighborhood brewpub, German-style beers from a 23-year brewmaster

a dated façade hiding a magnificent interior, pro-level cocktails

a friendly 24th Street bar, impeccable margaritas

a cash-only corner Irish bar, good beer on tap + a pool table

a spacious two-floor natural wine bar, revolving art on concrete walls

attached to Foreign Cinema, DJs and movie screenings

a beloved lesbian/queer bar + restaurant, pool, dancing, and shows

a horseshoe-shaped bar, a clean pool table + free snacks

upscale Irish pub on Guerrero, sidewalk seating and sports on the TVs

Argentine brewery — beers brewed with yerba mate, sweet and savory empanadas

a renovated wooden Mission bar, Prohibition-themed memorabilia

in a former record store on 20th, an extensive wine list and local brews

antique-punk decor, no TVs, but a pool table

a converted Mission chapel, a 40-foot arched ceiling with great acoustics

wine flights — red, white, orange, French-style pizza

retro beauty-salon theme (you can get a manicure), DJs and a dance floor

Valencia Street patio, DJs plus a Wednesday salsa band

retro-glam Valencia lounge from the Treasury team, a signature frozen slushy cocktail

a semi-hidden Mission tapas bar, live jazz and DJ sets

multilevel electronic-music club, a sound system DJs rave about

two-level warehouse taproom, big indoor-outdoor beer garden

free peanuts on every table, tin ceilings

massive beer garden since 1977, 64 beers on tap

open till 2am, tater tots

themed cocktail menu changes twice a year, previous menus: Pantone book, zodiac, conspiracy theories

serious cocktails with serious food, open kitchen

karaoke seven nights a week, regulars who can actually sing

former 1994 firehouse music venue, 21 beers on tap

cheap drinks, charmingly weird ambiance

sister bar to Lazy Bear, ambitious NA cocktail program (Spice and Everything Nice)

speakeasy + escape room hybrid, Middle Earth-inspired

cavernous natural wine bar, disco ball

Spanish taberna, porrón pouring direct to mouth

rotating DJs and bands from Afrobeats to Caribbean jazz to Italo, easy to dance even when you can't

true pool hall, premium experience, high-end decor

pinball machines on loan from Pacific Pinball Museum, Polynesian-themed tater tots

two-tiered backyard, corn hole and shuffleboard

nautical-themed patio, oysters and surf'n'turf mac'n'cheese

Irish pub with reclaimed-parking-lot patio (AstroTurf, plants, murals), staggering single-malt whiskey list

chef Ravi Kapur (Liholiho Yacht Club), tropical vibes

Cuban rooftop in former El Techo space, skyline views

8-seat Horsies bar inside Royal Cuckoo Market, Western aesthetics with contemporary art

Italian restaurant with serious wine program by Samuel Bogue, indoor/outdoor courtyard

rotating tap list of 36 craft beers, laidback

the 9-year-old original taproom on 14th Street, clean pilsners, hoppy pales

Korean sool jib (traditional third place for drinks and tapas), makgeolli poured from teapots into handled metal bowls

48 wines on tap (most under $14/glass), menu categorized as 'crisp finish' / 'big finish' / 'juicy finish'

Irish-owned and operated, dive-bar atmosphere

candlelight, white tablecloths, Miami Vice-style neon signage, blocks from Dolores Park

piano bar with show tunes, encyclopedic-knowledge pianist takes requests

experimental synthesizer artists, free jazz / world music mashups

indoor 14-hole mini golf course, full bar inside

a working Hammond B3 organ in the corner with live organist most nights, tiny, dimly lit, no TVs, no phones-out vibe

open on Mission Street since 1951 — Mission institution, neon 'It's about time' clock sign out front is iconic

hidden behind a door in the back of Dalva bar — door is only unlocked Thursday through Saturday, front bar (Dalva) has a desert-inspired aesthetic; the back room is textbook speakeasy

the corner of Shotwell and 20th has been a bar since 1891 (originally Schlichtmann & Bredhofy Grocery Saloon), current building dates from 1906 — bullet holes from long-forgotten scuffles are still in the walls

SF's second-oldest saloon location (1858 — only Old Ship Saloon is older), officially plaqued by E. Clampus Vitus (the wacky historical/drinking club)

opened mid-2025 in the former Pi Bar space (Valencia & 25th), bike-wheel-sized NY-style pies with bubbly puffy crusts

naughty velvet paintings of nude women lining the walls (the namesake), horseshoe bar and vintage pendant lights

occupies the iconic Elbo Room space — 30-year history preserved (closed Dec 2018 as Elbo Room, reopened as Valencia Room), kept the original church-pew booth seating and pinball machines

from the Bon Vivants (Trick Dog) team — Scott Baird and Josh Harris, unassuming exterior, impeccably designed interior

Mission metal/punk-leaning dive at 19th & S Van Ness, tater tots are the menu's reason to exist (the 'tot dog' is local legend)

cocktails are famously oversized — you order one, you don't need a second, piñatas hanging from the ceiling year-round

Mission corner dive at 17th & Guerrero with the iconic neon martini sign, huge red 'COCKTAILS' sign — landmark in every Mission photo

Mission dive with weekly bingo night (legendarily packed), DJ nights heavy on soul, garage, punk, drag

Mission bar with a big back patio — a real outdoor room, not a sidewalk, mezcal/agave list deeper than the cocktail menu suggests

Mission corner bar at 16th & Florida — easy to walk in straight from BART, DJs Thursday through Saturday — soul, disco, house