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354 11th St. (at Harrison) San Francisco, CA 94103

415-863-5964

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Best White-Trash Diner
Award Winner 2008

Cuisine(s): Brewery
Hours: Sun,Wed,Thu,Fri,Sat 6pm-2am

Description

Its cheeky trailer park decor - something like a retro diner crossed with a NASCAR fan's rec room - has made Butter a favorite of club-crawling ironists. After drinking or dancing up an appetite, patrons hit the double-wide food stand for inexpensive "trailer treats" like mini corn dogs, deep fried mac 'n' cheese, and Frito pie. The custom drink menu features similarly thematic concoctions, including such lowbrow libations as the Shotgun Wedding (bourbon and a Bud), the Bitchin' Camaro (Sailor Jerry rum and Dr. Pepper), and Prom Night Punch (apple vodka, cranberry juice, and 7 Up). You gotta hand it to a place whose idea of "bottle service" is a pint of PBR with a mini bottle of Fernet Branca - though you should be warned that the drink prices aren't quite as bottom-shelf as the trashy attitude might lead you to believe.

"Rock City Saturday"

6:00 p.m. every Sat.
"Singin' Sundays"

8:00 p.m. every Sun.

Weekly karaoke night.
Karaoke with Roger Niner

8:30 p.m. every Sun.
"Trailer Trash Thursdays"

9:00 p.m. every Thu.
"FUBAR Fridays"

6:00 p.m. every Fri.

2008 | Best White-Trash Diner

If you're tired of swanky speakeasies and clubs with dress codes, come on down and enjoy some wholesome, all-American, artery-clogging, trailer-park fun at Butter. The bar's métier is babysitter-manufactured cuisine -- in other words, lots of microwaveable oldies-but-goodies to exacerbate your heartburn. It may well be the only place in town where you can feast on cheese-smothered Tater Tots (although its specialty is really the deep-fried Twinkie) and imbibe forties from a paper... More »

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By Katy St. Clair | Wed, December 05, 2007

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sfweeklybestof | San Francisco, CA | 74 Reviews

| Wed, May 6, 2009

If you're tired of swanky speakeasies and clubs with dress codes, come on down and enjoy some wholesome, all-American, artery-clogging, trailer-park fun at Butter. The bar's m�tier is babysitter-manufactured cuisine � in other words, lots of microwaveable oldies-but-goodies to exacerbate your heartburn. It may well be the only place in town where you can feast on cheese-smothered Tater Tots (although its specialty is really the deep-fried Twinkie) and imbibe forties from a paper bag while taking in cinematic classics like the National Lampoon franchise. If you can stomach the cocktails (made with grape and strawberry soda, natch) or the mullet wigs likely to make an appearance on the resident irony- and booze-soaked hipsters, this is actually a pretty cool spot to shoot the shit. Of course, you can always say screw the crowd and come exclusively for the menu. Beanie Weenies washed down with some Pabst Blue Ribbon or SpaghettiOs in colored plastic bowls might leave you queasy, but given the chicks dancing on the bars, the dinner and entertainment combo gets points for audacity. Taste connoisseurs need not apply.
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jboitnott | Redwood City, CA | 19 Reviews

| Sun, September 20, 2009

Fun bar and kind of a meat market
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gabino415 | san francisco, CA | 3 Reviews

| Tue, July 21, 2009

2 Turn Tables & A Microwave! Thats there tag line. If your having an off night (no solid plans), get some friends together an head to Butter. The drinks are good, the baretenders are cool, and the crowd is very cool (mix crowd).
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354 11th St. (at Harrison) San Francisco, CA 94103

415-863-5964

Description

"Rock City Saturday"

6:00 p.m. every Sat.

"Singin' Sundays"

8:00 p.m. every Sun.

Karaoke with Roger Niner

8:30 p.m. every Sun.

"Trailer Trash Thursdays"

9:00 p.m. every Thu.

"FUBAR Fridays"

6:00 p.m. every Fri.

2008 | Best White-Trash Diner

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