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WHERE TO DRINK: Award-Winning BARS & BREWERIES Creativity is in San Francisco’s dnA, from our music and culture to our tech scene to our seemingly endless capacity for dreaming up new foods and drinks. Some of America’s most inspired and awarded mixologists and brewmasters call San Francisco home. Whether you prefer cocktails, craft brews or even beertails, sip your way through these award-winning watering holes around the city. Cocktail Champs TRICK DOG 3010 20th St. This Mission district fave has won a gamut of awards, including a spot on the World’s 50 Best Bars list. the uber-creative, ever-changing drink menu—with themes ranging from Chinese takeout to tattoo art—snagged the World’s Best Cocktail Menu prize at the 2017 Spirited Awards. REDWOOD ROOM 495 Geary St. Between the “liquid art” cocktails and sumptuous, Phillip Starcke-designed interiors, this stylish spot will sweep you off your feet. In fact, it’s been deemed one of the 10 Best Hotel Bars in the u.S. by uSA today. PACIFIC COCKTAIL HAVEN 580 Sutter St. In a sea of great bars, Pacific Cocktail Haven is an island unto itself. Barmaster Kevin diedrich’s creations feature quirky ingredients like miso and roasted corn togarashi. that ingenuity landed PCH on esquire’s 27 Best Bars in America 2019. THE INTERVAL 2 Marina Blvd. The Interval may be best described as a thinking person’s bar—a curious mashup of museum, salon and watering hole, where ideas flow as freely as the libations. named to thrillist’s Best Cocktail Bars in America, this Fort Mason mainstay serves heady drinks to savor over a book from the in-house library. SMUGGLER’S COVE 650 Gough St. This iconic tiki bar has racked up more awards than a top-brass admiral. the latest honor: inclusion on liquor.com’s 13 Most Influential Bars of the 21st Century. Believe the hype as you sidle up to the pirate-themed bar to share a blazing top notch Volcano with your mateys. Medal-Worthy Breweries BARREL HEAD BREWHOUSE 1785 Fulton St. This brewery recently won big at the World Beer Cup, nabbing a bronze for its Brother Harker Patersbier. But this noPa hangout is equally loved by San Franciscans for its creative brunch, beer cocktails and big selection of microbrews, which flow from a WWII-era torpedo. 21ST AMENDMENT 563 Second St. Every time 21st Amendment goes to the Great American Beer Fest, they seem to bring back a few more medals. Fanfavorite el Sully has a gold and a bronze for American-style cream ale. taste it and other winning beers at their SoMa pub, located a baseball’s throw from Oracle Park. THIRSTYBEAR BREWING COMPANY 661 Howard St. San Francisco’s first certified organic brewery had a lot to celebrate at the 2019 Good Foods Awards, where their Shipwreck Strong Ale was a big winner. Head to their Yerba Buena brewpub to sample a variety of sustainable beers and bar snacks. MAGNOLIA BREWING 1398 Haight St.; 2505 Third St. These San Francisco beer pioneers with hippie homebrewer roots have won too many awards to count in their two-decade run. With locations in Haight-Ashbury and dogpatch, you’ll have plenty of chances to sip Magnolia’s flagship Kalifornia Kolsch and Proving Ground IPA. BARTLETT HALL 242 O’Farrell St. Fresh off two big wins at the California State Fair brewing competition—first place in chocolate beer, second place in honey beer— Bartlett Hall has cemented its spot in San Francisco’s beer hall of fame. even if beer’s not your thing, the top-notch food and barrelaged cocktails are delicious.
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