Description
With Tiffany-style stained glass lamps hanging above the bar, wall cabinets filled chock-a-block with photos and trophies, and a fake fireplace in the rear, the Chelsea Place could almost be someone's living room. It feels suitably lived-in, too, with just enough scruffiness that you'd have to try pretty hard to be underdressed, even though tony Nob Hill lies immediately outside the door. If you're the creative-minded type, using the basement bathrooms almost seems like an adventure -- one can easily imagine secret subterranean tunnels linking Chelsea Place to some nearby Chinatown dive, with any number of untold intrigues passing between the two. But for the most part this unassuming old bar plays a simple, modest role: the friend who's always there for an after-work drink before you head back to your actual home later.
