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This large, warehouselike space is a gallery and performance venue as well as a bar and club. In the main room, eccentric local art is displayed. On the dance...more
see the San Francisco guideWith copper-topped tables, checkerboard-tile floor, and antique mirrors, genteel Absinthe evokes a French brasserie of the Belle Époque. Its excellent...more
see the San Francisco guideThis Moroccan-themed bar on the border of Hollywood and Silver Lake attracts a mixed crowd of casually dressed gays and straights. Often supercrowded, it can...more
see the Los Angeles guidePerched 22 stories up, atop the Gaslamp Marriott, Altitude is San Diego's highest outdoor bar—a vantage point that affords sweeping views of the bay,...more
see the San Diego guideA throwback to the golden age of swanky supper clubs, Anthology offers quality live music on a state-of-the-art stage in view of the three-level, Cotton...more
see the San Diego guideIf you can't commit to the over-the-top drag dinner theater of Teatro ZinZanni, visit Asia SF to admire its gender illusionists. Unlike drag queens, these...more
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Bardot is a swank bar/courtyard/tented lounge done up with old-school oil paintings, crystal chandeliers, and plenty of cozy conversation nooks. Start in the...more
see the Los Angeles guideGen Xers to boomers love the elegant but relaxed atmosphere of this cool bar/restaurant with rich leather couches, dark woods, high ceilings, an upstairs...more
see the Santa Barbara guideSituated in an authentic 1920s speakeasy, Bourbon & Branch is SF's answer to New York and London's Milk & Honey—an unmarked watering hole in...more
see the San Francisco guideDozens of votive candles cast a honeyed glow upon coppery tequila-hued walls and neo-tropical wallpaper inside this cozy Latin art salon and "culinary cocktail"...more
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