A great no-frills old timey bar with live blues (the excellent Johnny Nitro and the Doorslammers are the house band - Fridays and Sundays).
The place has an authentic neighborhood feel about it and is a great stop on a walk up Grant from Market to Coit Tower (see www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/7862). Warning: Strange things will happen and people will dance!
1232 Grant Ave, near Grant and Broadway, North Beach;
tel: (415) 989-7666;
www.sfblues.net/Saloon.html
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