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3121 16th St. (at Albion) San Francisco, CA 94103

415-252-7740

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Best Smoking Bar
Award Winner 2006

Hours: Daily 4pm-2am
Entertainment: DJs

Description

One long hallway of a bar, the low-lit Dalva boasts great sangria and DJs spinning various kinds of hip, cool music. If the tunes get too loud for conversation (which they often do), head to the not-so-secret back room (its "Hideout" status is even mentioned on the sign outside).

2006 | Best Smoking Bar

Though it's located at one of the most hipster-heavy corners of the city, Dalva usually feels like a quiet hideout, even on weekend nights. Instead of sharing the neighborhood's hipster/meat-market vibe, Dalva cultivates an adult-Euro-dive bar feel, with low lighting, no dance floor, a beautiful antique wooden bar, and small wire chairs like those in a Parisian cafe. More Parisian still is its blessedly laissez-faire attitude toward smoking: There's a charming back room in which you can... More »
2002 | Best Place to Wind Up a First Date

Well, the movie or mellow dinner went well, and now you're ready to have that "getting to know you" conversation. You know, the one where she decides whether you listen well enough to see you again, and you weigh whether that peculiar laugh she has is endearing or annoying. But where The back room at Dalva offers the perfect setting. One of the Mission's hippest watering holes, the narrow front room crams a sea of black-wearing patrons between the long bar and the wall. In the rear,... More »

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Dalva

3121 16th St. (at Albion) San Francisco, CA 94103

415-252-7740

Description

Karaoke with KJ Paul

9:00 p.m. every Sun.

2006 | Best Smoking Bar

2002 | Best Place to Wind Up a First Date

Number 5: Smitten's Chocolate Ice Cream

By Jonathan Kauffman | Tue, May 8, 2012

One City, One Book, and Some Ice Cream

By Ellen Huet | Thu, October 27, 2011