In part one of a series, new Haighteration writer Sarah Welsh meets some of the drinkslingers behind our local bars.
Sure, you buy drinks from them on the weekends or maybe for the occasional (everyday?) happy hour. But what’s really going on in your Lower Haight bartenders’ heads?
Let’s find out.
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Can you believe it’s been a full year since the men’s World Cup tournament dominated the Lower Haight? Wow. It seems like only yesterday that… uh… that one team beat that other, lesser team. (Frankly all we can remember are the vuvuzuelas.)
Well, now it’s the ladies’ turn! Tomorrow is the final battle between the U.S. and Japan, coming at you live from Germany (WWII much?), and you better believe the local bars will be getting in on the action.
Here’s where to watch.
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As if tonight’s other options for neighborhood fun weren’t enough, along comes Mad Dog in the Fog with a prize-packed fundraiser to support the upcoming San Francisco AIDS Walk.
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If you love drinking beer, but not waiting, standing, or asking for it, then check this out.
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Remember back in March, when we told you that Underground SF was for sale, along with the rest of the building at 424 Haight Street?
Well, the whole shebang has just been sold — but from the sound of things, you might not notice a difference!
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When The Bar on Church abruptly shuttered in January, we instantly began to wonder (slash dread) what might take its place at the corner of Church and 14th Streets.
Would it become yet another effectively-windowless gay bar slinging toxic drinks and blasting bad pop music to an empty, albeit sticky, dance floor, we feared?
Well, we now have an answer. And thankfully, that answer is no.
Meet Churchill, a gorgeous, 1940s-inspired throwback cocktail bar opening tomorrow night at 198 Church Street.
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Needless to say, there’s more to being British than sitting in a pub all day drinking beer and watching soccer football.
There’s also sitting in a pub all day drinking beer and watching a royal wedding!
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We’re breaking down some of the awesome deals you can expect in the Lower Haight tomorrow, March 15th, as part of Haighteration’s ‘Hood-wide Birthday Bash. Today’s focus: drinks!
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Want to own the Lower Haight’s only true nightclub?
Now you can — for a cool $1.5 million.
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If you’ve ever been to Mad Dog in the Fog on a Tuesday or Thursday night, you’re familiar with Quiz Night — especially if you’re up a tad later than you should be on a school night.
From the deceptively simple primary round up through the confounding music and picture rounds (Skeet Ulrich? Really?), Mad Dog’s quiz is among the best in the city. Just try finding an open seat if you disagree.
Although you may have heard the Quizmaster’s Irish brogue over the speaker or caught a glimpse of him collecting trivia cards, the brains behind the operation is more man behind the curtain than main attraction. But after 16 years of running Mad Dog’s quizzes, Peter Malone knows a thing or two about trivia.
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