Yes, today is Martin Luther King Day. But instead of taking the day off, why not give back to the neighborhood — and maybe earn yourself a free beer in the process?
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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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The Lower Haight has a lot going for it: it’s stocked with record stores, drinking holes, and enough hair salons to shake a stick at.
But with no banks in sight, the neighborhood comes up woefully short on paper money for the cash-strapped consumer.
Sure, we’ve got plenty of non-bank ATMs to choose from. But how much do we know about these slightly shady entities — and, more importantly, how much are they going to rip us off?
We canvassed the neighborhood in search of the lowest and highest
ATM fees in town, with some surprising results!
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Like beer? Then you’ll love Thursday night in the Lower Haight.
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Flickr/troyholdenHere’s a roundup of a few Lower Haight news stories that didn’t quite make it to the front page this week.
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We knew a few bars in the neighborhood would be open for today’s USA/England World Cup match, but we had no idea it would be this crazy.
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Don’t know if you’ve heard, but apparently some little soccer tournament started this morning somewhere in Africa. And if you’re interested in watching the action here in the Lower Haight, you’re in crazy, crazy luck.
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If you care more about the Green Bay Packers than you do about green bio-packaging, you probably already know that today is über-sacred NFL Draft Day. Well friend, today from 4:30-8:30pm, Danny Coyle’s is where you want to be.
Join the fun at D.C.’s NFL Draft Viewing Party, where you’ll catch live HD coverage of the first round, along with plenty of beer specials and prizes.
And hey, when it’s over, go outside and hug a tree, would ya? You may be into sports, but this is still San Francisco.
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