What's a great bar in SF for business drinks?
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April 22nd, 2009
I’m meeting an old boss for drinks, and I’d rather not go to Zeitgeist or the Noc Noc. Any places that are a little classy, have great drinks, and aren’t dives?
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Depends on the neighborhood, but with the beautiful weather, here are my suggestions:
Mission: Medjool has an awesome rooftop bar with fantastic views of the city. It also has Mediterranean tapas food (it is a restaurant, after all).
Cole Valley: Eos Wine Bar
Downtown: The Redwood Room at the Cliff Hotel
Starlight Room atop the Drake.
Harlot is the place that I have heard of. You can check out the website HarlotSF.com Never been there, just heard it was cool.
Really wishing I lived out there.
I second the Redwood Room at the Cliff and the Starlight Room at the Drake. I spent a long weekend in SF, stayed at the Drake, and Starlight Room’s drag queen night was the highlight of the trip.
although I would stay away from drag queen night for the business drinks – still a strong contender other nights
I would suggest Wish in SOMA. We went there for happy hour have goodbye drinks for a co-worker and I thought it to be quite nice. I was only there for happy hour though, so I can’t say what its like later at night.
Another possibility is the speakeasy Burbon and Branch. I have not been there yet, but heard it is amazing. You will need a password and possibly reservations to get in.
Top of the Mark or Skybar are good if you don’t mind spending a few bucks but hey those are both impressive places and leave your guest with a good impression.
Now if you’re not worried about pretense, then the Toronado (lower Haight) is a fine establishment. You can get a brew and pop in next door for a sausage.
That last part doesn’t pertain to the question, but that’s good advice for just about anyone.
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