The Mission has the city's widest range of bars in the smallest footprint - craft cocktail spots that draw regulars citywide, dive bars that have anchored the neighborhood for generations, and outdoor spaces built for warm evenings.
Mission · 3010 20th St, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
A long corner bar on 20th Street in the Mission that treats its cocktail menu as a recurring art project. Each version built around a concept, retired, and replaced with something new, which is how Trick Dog has held tw…
Mission · 753 Alabama St, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
A low-lit room on Alabama Street where the cocktail menu shifts with what’s at the farmers market. Produce-forward drinking taken as seriously here as anywhere on the West Coast. The Laurel Martini (gin, seasonal herb i…
Mission · 3174 16th St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA
A long, serious bar on 16th Street that stays open until 2am every night, which is the first signal that this isn't a place built for a quick round. The cocktail menu is organized by spirit (classic to inventive) and th…
Mission · 3158 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
A queer community bar on Mission Street with a giant back patio that runs from punk shows on Friday nights to salsa orchestras and drag on the weekends. Free oysters land on the deck every Friday at 5:30pm, and the hous…
Mission · 500 Guerrero St, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
A blinking martini glass at Guerrero and 17th marks what has been the same bar since 1953: leather booths, a jukebox loaded with rock and country classics, and drinks that stay cheap whether or not you arrived with a pl…
Mission · 3286 22nd St, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
The margaritas at Latin American Club come strong, cheap, and exactly as advertised. The room is dark and unfussy, Latin music fills whatever silence the crowd doesn't, and the whole place has been running on the same w…
Mission · 3200 16th St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA
A weathered saloon on 16th Street. Creaky room, proper bar stools, the feel of a place that's been here since before the rest of the neighborhood caught up. Elixir is the second oldest continually operating bar in San F…
Mission · 3202 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
A dimly lit Mission bar with a Hammond B3 organ at its center and live music running seven nights a week, the only organ lounge in the Bay Area. The Barrel-aged Cuckoovardier is the house signature; the hot apple brandy…