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    Mission Too
    Avoid the Mission's pee stink when you venture south of Cesar Chavez
    By Greg Hugunin
    Published: October 23, 2002

    Trek south of Cesar Chavez Street and you'll enter what could be called the Other Mission, an area that doesn't run as deep, barwise, as the Mission proper, but that spares you the ever-present pee...

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    Mixed Breed
    Sniffing around the newest hot nightlife neighborhood of the Dogpatch
    By Greg Hugunin
    Published: October 9, 2002

    A motley crew of barhoppers rules the night in Dogpatch, a diverse and rapidly changing hodgepodge of quaint Victorians, heavy industry, and spanking-new live-work lofts. By 10 p.m. on a Friday,...

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    The Sporting Life
    Where to watch baseball and football on 16, 17, or 18 TVs
    By Greg Hugunin
    Published: September 25, 2002

    If there's a problem with watching sports on Sundays during early autumn it's that the average fan lacks the equipment to do the job right. Hence, folks trek to Zeke's , at the corner of Third...

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    Angling
    Looking for a good time in the Marina Triangle's bars
    By Greg Hugunin
    Published: September 11, 2002

    As is the case with family members, cilantro, and the recordings of Britney Spears, people tend either to love or to hate the Marina Triangle (aka the intersection of Fillmore and Greenwich)....

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    Checking In
    A drinking tour of swanky hotel bars
    By Greg Hugunin
    Published: August 28, 2002

    It's hard to beat a fancy hotel bar when you want to drink from the fountain of swank, and if you'd like a chaser of sleek, sensuous, dare we say deliciously surreal design, get your highfalutin...

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    End of the Road
    Tippling down the Geary corridor, from debauchery at McKenzie's to the tiny umbrellas of Trad'r Sam
    By Greg Hugunin
    Published: August 14, 2002

    McKenzie's , near 17th Avenue, marks the beginning of the end of Geary's miles-long stretch of drinking establishments. You could spend a week barhopping your way here from Union Square. Do it and...

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    Local Motion
    Drinking with the neighborhood regulars at Excelsior bars
    By Greg Hugunin
    Published: July 31, 2002

    To roll down Mission into the heart of the Excelsior is to discover a self-contained -- and, to many people, unfamiliar -- village of taquerias, humble Chinese joints, Latino markets, and venerable...

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    Trendspotting
    Where the fashionistas drink
    By Greg Hugunin
    Published: July 3, 2002

    Blame the soft, forgiving lighting or an ever-present house soundtrack that can make the shortest stroll feel like a sashay down the catwalk, but XYZ , in Third Street's tony W Hotel, seems a fine...

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    Born Again
    Don't know Jeffrodeeziack? Then you don't know jack about the new bars made from the old bars.
    By Greg Hugunin
    Published: June 19, 2002

    Bars in San Francisco rarely seem to die; instead, they change owners and become new bars that are often the best places to spot the latest drinking trends, one of which seems to involve unique...

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    Noe Way
    Once the baby strollers are put up for the night, Noe Valley becomes a real bar neighborhood
    By Greg Hugunin
    Published: June 5, 2002

    Don't let the quaint dog walkers and chichi toddler-wear shops fool you: By night, Noe Valley morphs into an authentic San Francisco bar neighborhood. The definition (at least ours) of an authentic...

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    First Call
    Celebrating the dawn in the bars of San Francisco
    By Greg Hugunin
    Published: May 22, 2002

    There's nothing quite like finding yourself at the immortal Endup at the crack of 6 a.m. on a Saturday morning. By this hour, all prudes and pretenders have long since departed the corner of...

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    All in the Name
    On Sutter Street, a tour of bars with funny names, unusual locations, and strange colors
    By Greg Hugunin
    Published: May 8, 2002

    It's hard to know what to expect from a bar called Who's Your Daddy? The imagination could run wild, but perhaps the last thing you'd guess is that WYD?, on Sutter near Taylor, is home to a...

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    Casualwear
    The coolest f---in' bars in the entire f---in' Haight. No f---in', um, shit.
    By Greg Hugunin
    Published: April 24, 2002

    Some 35 years after the Summer of Love, having seen an endless parade of runaways, tourists, would-be gurus, and lost souls, the Haight-Ashbury is now home to one of the city's most casual bar...

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    The Happiest Hour
    After-work saloons of the Financial District
    By Greg Hugunin
    Published: April 10, 2002

    Standing near Market Street's 711 Club at 5:30 p.m. on a Friday, you can detect arriving customers at a distance of 50 feet. They come in many shades, but all have a purposefulness to their...

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    Over the Hill
    A drinking tour of Potrero
    By Greg Hugunin
    Published: March 27, 2002

    If comfort is the quality you seek in a bar, you need only know one thing: Sadie's Flying Elephant , at Mariposa and Potrero, is home to one of the finest lounge chair collections in the city. The...

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    Theatrics
    The Gold Dust's bartenders don't just mix drinks, they put on a show
    By Greg Hugunin
    Published: March 13, 2002

    To drop by Union Square's Gold Dust Lounge and see Chuck the bartender do his thing -- he may layer you a Fuzzy Nipple (Kahlúa, peach schnapps, and Irish cream) or fire a straw out of an...

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    Rocking Out
    Striking a new chord in the Polk Street bar scene
    By Greg Hugunin
    Published: February 27, 2002

    The times are definitely changing on lower Polk Street. You'll still see magnificent-breasted transvestite prostitutes and shady characters nodding from dark alleys, but you also can class it up at...

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    Outer Limits
    Discover the Alaskan Duck Fart and other charms of the Outer, Outer Sunset's dive bars
    By Greg Hugunin
    Published: February 13, 2002

    Pittsburgh's Pub may be the only bar in San Francisco with a banner touting the Alaskan Duck Fart (Kahlúa, Irish cream, and Canadian whiskey; one's plenty), but the place's charms extend...

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    Safe Harbor
    Attitude-free bars of the Marina
    By Greg Hugunin
    Published: January 30, 2002

    Perhaps you've gone drinking in the Marina District and decided that, for whatever reason (say, the tendency of certain bars to become anchovy-packed with obnoxious, oxford shirt-wearing fuckheads...

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    Passing Through
    Sampling the cozy bars along Divisadero
    By Greg Hugunin
    Published: January 2, 2002

    Divisadero is a street that transcends neighborhoods, running from the Haight through the Western Addition and Pacific Heights before making a final plunge into the Marina. Its bars tend to have a...

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