SF's outdoor drinking culture runs on beer gardens, back patios, and rooftop perches above the fog line. These bars treat the outside space as the main room, not an afterthought.
Mission · 199 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA
A sprawling outdoor beer garden on Valencia that doubles as an SF legacy institution. 64 taps ranging from German hefeweizens to hazy IPAs and high-ABV sours, plus one of the better Bloody Marys in the Mission. Burgers …
Hayes Valley · 424 Octavia St, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA
An outdoor biergarten (communal wood tables, no walls, no weather guarantees) that runs on German beers on tap and the snacks they were always meant to accompany. The Pretzel with Obatzda (Bavarian cheese spread) is the…
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…
Hayes Valley · 458 Grove St, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA
A garden-patio wine bar where old- and new-world bottles (classic and natural) keep a walk-in crowd happily lingering. Weekday afternoons bring "Cheeky Hour": $9 mini spritzes and stuzziccini on the front parklet, brief…
SoMa · 701 3rd St 12th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA
A Nikkei rooftop bar on the 12th floor of SoMa's Hyatt Place, with views toward Oracle Park and a cocktail menu running Peruvian pisco alongside Japanese-inflected drinks. The outdoor terrace runs tropical (bamboo, gree…
Mission · 100 Channel St 17th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
A 17th-floor rooftop bar at the Luma Hotel, built around Latin American distillates. Mezcal, cachaça, pisco, rum, and Bolivian brandy, each given serious treatment. The Caipirinha (cachaça, lime peel oils, crushed ice) …
Marina · 2263 Chestnut St, San Francisco, CA 94123, USA
Farm-to-bar cocktails built from garden-grown ingredients, the Mijo Mijo!!! runs tomato, basil, and green bell pepper through a vodka base, while the Tam Tam layers gin with carrot, saffron, and honey. Warm wood, earth …