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Hemlock Tavern

1131 Polk (at Post)
San Francisco, CA 94109

415-923-0923 | Website

Nob Hill/ Russian Hill/ Fisherman's Wharf | Get Directions  | 

Category: Bars/Clubs, Music Venues

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By showcasing some of the world's best underground indie-rock bands, this microvenue has quickly become one of the city's best. A crowded, clamorous bar up front - decorated with kitschy thrift-shop art, vintage beer paraphernalia, and some choice retro lamps - hides an intimate music room in back. There's also a terrarium-like smoking section off to one side, so you can get your nic fix without having to abandon your cocktail. The great (and free) jukebox selections, plus weekly punk DJs, fill out the hours when bands aren't playing.

  • Hours: Daily 4pm-2am

  • Features: ATM, Patio/Sidewalk Dining

  • Entertainment: Live Entertainment, DJs

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  • 2010 | Q&A: Anthony Bedard, Hemlock Tavern Live Music Booker

    By Jennifer Maerz Photograph by Julie Michelle What are all the bands you've been in over the years? Going back to 1989, my first band in San Francisco was Icky Boyfriends. Then I went on to play in Leather Uppers, Resineators, the Roofies, Mr.... More >

  • 2007 | Best Jukebox

    Yeah, yeah, a great jukebox is eclectic, something for everyone, blah blah blah. But trying to choose the "best" jukebox in a city as full of great bars and amateur music critics like San Francisco is just inviting some hard-drinking know-it-all... More >

  • 2004 | Best Intimate Venue

    If you get off on fringe music and a little frottage (as in the act of rubbing against someone in a crowd to attain sexual satisfaction), there is no better venue than the Hemlock Tavern. It's not the spacious bar area that'll excite your inner... More >

  • 2004 | Best Bar You Can Smoke In (Legally)

    See if you can follow the immaculate logic behind the smoking area at the Hemlock Tavern: It's a hipster bar; hipsters like to check each other out and smoke cigarettes; let's build a place where hipsters can buy drinks, smoke cigarettes, and... More >

  • 2002 | Best Place to Take a Chance on a Band You've Never Heard Of

    What seemed at first to be a dicey proposition -- put a hipster bar in a neighborhood where few hipsters live -- has now proven to be gold. Since opening last October, the spacious Hemlock Tavern has become a beacon for jean-jacketed, bedheaded... More >

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  • bonustrackb

    bonustrackb

    | Fri, April 30, 2010

    My favorite bar in SF. It's pretty large and there's a separate smoking room and area to see bands. Excellent happy hour: $3 PBR tall cans! The bartenders here are super cool and the crowd is pretty mixed so you never feel out of place.

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  • Kristan5

    Kristan5

    | Mon, November 24, 2008

    I like the name of this bar much more than the actual bar itself, there's nothing special about it... But if your bar hoping on Polk street it is worth checking out!

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