THE PERFECT SAN FRANCISCO DAY
UNDISCOVERED GEMS
Elbo Room / Julie Leopo
BEST DIVE BARS
Andrew St. James: The Bayview Boat Club.
Used to play jazz sets there. Or perhaps The
Riptide on 42nd and Taraval — right at the
beach, super shanty like.
Erase Errata: Martuni’s (piano bar).
Geographer: Amnesia. It’s like walking into
your living room and saying, “who invited all
these people?”
Giraffage: Trad’r Sam has nice cheap drinks
and cool tiki vibes.
GRMLN: I kind of recently just turned 21 so
haven’t had my fair share of the bar scene.
But I personally have been to drink at the
Elbo Room, which also has a really cool venue
upstairs. We’ve only played a show at the
Elbo Room once but the downstairs bar is
definitely worth checking out.
Hidden in the Sun: Hotel Utah.
James Vernon: Uptown in the Mission on
17th and Capp. Phone Booth is another great
dive. Both places have a great jukebox.
Painted Palms: Waziema is an Ethiopian
Restaurant by day and (dive?) bar by
night. The wall paper is weird and fuzzy.
Phonebooth isn’t bad either, great jukebox
Vetiver: Rock Bar, although it’s not really
that divey.
Andrew St. James: There is this late night Crepe Truck
called Crepes A Go Go that stays in this parking lot right
across the street from Slims, on 11th between Folsom and
Harrison. Great late night cheap crepes. I always meet
new people there.
Erase Errata: The Royal Cuckoo Market and Lost
Weekend Cinecave Comedy Club.
Geographer: People don’t seem to talk about the Presidio
very much, even though it’s known. But I don’t think
people realize how back-woodsy it is, how secluded, how
completely non-urban and peaceful it is. Golden Gate
Park is the Ryan Gosling to the Presidio’s Jake Gyllenhaal.
GRMLN: All the small restaurants in the city like J & E
(which is a really good Chinese place that has a really
cheap menu for a ton of food).
Hidden in the Sun: RobotSpeak, a vintage music
equipment store on Haight Street.
James Vernon: I wish I was cool enough to give a totally
undiscovered gem. To the synth nerds out there, check
out Robotspeak.
Painted Palms: There’s some abandoned green houses by
Ocean Beach that have grown over at this point. They’ &P