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Shotwell’s, which was called Schlichtmann’s at the time, continued operating as a grocery saloon until 1906 when the city outlawed them. The bar was first opened sometime in 1891 as a “Grocery Saloon” (a combination grocery store and saloon) by two German immigrants. Shotwell’s is another old bar in San Francisco’s famed Mission District.
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Operating Hours: Monday – Saturday: 4:30PM – 2AM Sunday: 4PM – 1AM The Little Shamrock was prominently featured John Lescroart’s Dismas Hardy novel series, with Moses McGuire as its fictional owner and bartender.Īlso Serves Food: No (Can Bring Your Own Food) Like a few of the other historic bars on this list, The Little Shamrock was close to shutting down due to financial struggles, but was saved by its current owner, Saeed Ghazi, a few years ago. The Little Shamrock was first opened by Irish entrepreneur Julia Herzo Quigley and her first husband Antone Herzo to serve visitors and builders during the construction of the California Midwinter International Exposition of 1894 in Golden Gate Park. Also like The Saloon, The Little Shamrock did survive the great San Francisco earthquake of 1906. Similar to how The Saloon says its the oldest, The Little Shamrock claims its the second oldest bar in San Francisco just because it’s in the original building. Photo source: Wikimedia Commons via Joe Mabel Operating Hours: Monday – Thursday: 3PM – 2AM Friday: 2PM – 2AM Saturday – Sunday: 1PM – 2AM The Hotel Utah Saloon got its current name in 1977 when the bar was purchased by Paul Gaer, who co-wrote the story for the 1979 film “The Electric Horseman.” Gaer put in a stage to support local entertainers and a few now famous names like Whoopi Goldberg, Robin Williams, and the Pickle Family Circus, were some of the first performers. Today, the SOMA neighborhood that The Hotel Utah Saloon is located in is thriving and so is the bar. Like all of the bars on this list, The Hotel Utah Saloon was frequented by many sketchy characters early in its history, but its clientele has evolved over the years.
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The Deiningers commissioned furniture makers in Belgium to design and create The Utah’s ornate bar-back. The Hotel Utah Saloon, commonly just called The Utah, was opened by the Deininger family in 1908. Operating Hours: Monday – Friday: 11:30AM – 2AM Saturday – Sunday: 11AM – 2AM Some of the baseball memorabilia inside of Double Play Bar & Grill includes: signs advertising long-vanished businesses, old first basemen’s gloves, a giant bat, and scorecards from games played years ago. The walls of Double Play Bar & Grill are covered with memorabilia from all of these baseball teams and the bar is still regularly frequented by sports fans. The bar is located just across the street from where Seals Stadium used to stand, which is where the Pacific Coast League San Francisco Seals played followed by the San Francisco Missions, and finally the Giants. Operating Hours: Monday – Tuesday: 7AM – 8PM Wednesday – Friday: 7AM – 9PM Saturday – Sunday: 8AM – 8PMĭouble Play Bar & Grill is not only one of the oldest bars in San Francisco, its the only existing reminder of the early days of the San Francisco Giants and the city’s other early baseball teams. Did You Know?Īccording to Buena Vista Café, the bar has served more than 30 million Irish Coffees since 1952 and the recipe has never changed. With Mayor Christopher’s help, Koeppler and Delaplane perfected their Irish Coffee, which is still one of bar’s most popular drinks and is now served at many restaurants and bars around the country. Irish Coffee features cream that floats at the top and Koeppler and Delaplane struggled with getting the technique right until they discussed it with the city’s then mayor, George Christopher, who was also a dairy farmer. In 1952, then-owner of Buena Vista, Jack Koeppler and travel writer Stanton Delaplane worked to recreate the Irish Coffee served at Shannon Airport in Ireland.
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Since then, Buena Vista Café has been serving drinks and the bar’s big claim to fame – besides its age – is introducing Irish Coffee to the U.S. Operating Hours: Monday – Friday: 9AM – 2AM Saturday – Sunday: 8AM – 2AMīuena Vista Café was first opened as a boarding house in 1910, but the first floor was turned into a saloon in 1916.