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Speakeasies in San Francisco, CA

4 rooms worth the walk, from tiki lounge, hidden door, prohibition original.

Smuggler's Cove in San Francisco, CA
4.6

Smuggler's Cove

Hayes Valley · San Francisco, CA

Three floors of shipwreck theming and the deepest rum library on the West Coast, built by people who treat tiki as serious anthropology.

Tiki Lounge
Bourbon & Branch in San Francisco, CA
4.5

Bourbon & Branch

Tenderloin · San Francisco, CA

A former actual speakeasy reopened with the same rules it had during Prohibition: a password, a peephole, and a bookcase door to the library room beyond.

Hidden Door
Comstock Saloon in San Francisco, CA
4.4

Comstock Saloon

North Beach · San Francisco, CA

A restored barbary-coast saloon with a ragtime piano some nights and a Pisco Punch recipe rebuilt from a 19th-century ledger.

Prohibition Original
Unmarked steel door with a brass buzzer in a dim alley
4.3

15 Romolo

North Beach · San Francisco, CA

A brick-walled alley bar tucked behind a century-old Basque hotel, pouring sharp modern cocktails to a late North Beach crowd.

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