Category: SF Bar History Tour
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12 Black-Owned Bars in San Francisco, 1854
This is a long way of saying that I didn’t find the specific 12 bars I was looking for. In the great book Trespassers at the Golden Gate, the author mentions The Athenaeum, an association of Black citizens on San Francisco. It was founded in 1853. This probably came up when the book (a historical…
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100 Years Ago: Duncan Nicol Dies, Takes Pisco Punch Recipe to the Grave
Published Feb 10, 1926, San Francisco Chronicle ‘Pisco Punch’ Secret LostFamed Drink Mixer of Old Days Passes Popular Bar Prey of Drys Duncan Nicol died last night. With him passed the secret of his famous Pisco punch in the days of the Bank Exchange, which once stood on the southeast corner of Montgomery and Washington…
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Thanksgiving Week Bonus SF Bar Tours
I lead San Francisco Bar & Cocktail History Walking Tours on Saturdays, but not everyone can carve out the middle of a Saturday afternoon. So just for Thanksgiving Week, I added two additional tours: Wednesday November 26, 2025: 5PM after-work tour Friday November 28, 2025: 2:30 PM Black Friday tour See all tour dates here!