From the 19th-floor panorama at Top of the Mark to the Bay Bridge views from Waterbar's Embarcadero deck, San Francisco offers dramatic settings for a drink. These are the bars where the view is worth arriving early for.
Nob Hill + Chinatown · 999 California St, San Francisco, CA 94108, USA
A cocktail lounge on the 19th floor of the Mark Hopkins Hotel, with 360-degree views spanning the bay, both bridges, and the city below Nob Hill. The bar runs craft cocktails alongside shared plates (ahi tuna tartare, c…
Financial District · 399 The Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA
A glass-wrapped restaurant on The Embarcadero with Bay Bridge views from every seat and the West Coast's most expansive rotating oyster selection. Six or more varieties daily, running from Tomales Bay Olympias to Rhode …
Marina · Building A, 2 Marina Blvd, San Francisco, CA 94123, USA
One of the country's pioneering vegetarian restaurants, Greens sources produce from Green Gulch Farm, the San Francisco Zen Center's organic farm in Marin. Seasonal salads, fresh rice paper rolls with peanut sauce, and …
Dogpatch · 855 Terry A Francois Blvd, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
An outdoor tented patio right on the water where award-winning Bloody Marys, fresh clam chowder, and shrimp and crab Louie work alongside live salsa music on weekends. The setup (bay views, waterfront air, casual crowd)…
Castro · 401 Castro St, San Francisco, CA 94114, USA
The plate glass windows that made Twin Peaks radical in 1972 (when most gay bars kept their shades drawn) still mark its corner of Market and Castro, rotating rainbow arrow and all. Inside, it's quiet by design: built f…