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401 Castro San Francisco, CA 94114

415-864-9470

http://www.twinpeakstavern.com

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Best Gay Bar
Award Winner 2002

401 Castro San Francisco CA 94114

Hours: Sun, Thu-Sat 8am-2am, Mon-Wed 12pm-2am

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You can't miss this self-proclaimed "Gateway to the Castro": the vibrant and flashing rainbow sign directs visitors into this centrally located gay bar whose picture windows offer some of the best people-watching opportunities in the city.

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Bouncer Gets Out There At Twin Peaks Tavern

By Katy St. Clair | Wed, May 08, 2013

It's pretty essential to hit Twin Peaks Tavern as soon as the weather starts to get beautiful in the spring. I'm trying to surround myself with sweet, tender, and joyful things, and middle-aged gay men who get my ABBA allusions fit the bill to a... More »
Bouncer Finds Solace in a Sea of Misery at Twin Peaks Tavern

By Katy St. Clair | Thu, January 26, 2012

From this week's Bouncer column: The Twin Peaks is soothing. It is soothing from the outside, where the amber-lit patrons look like San Francisco's answer to Edward Hopper's Nighthawks. It is soothi... More »
Finding Solace in a Sea of Misery at Twin Peaks

By Katy St. Clair | Wed, January 25, 2012

The Twin Peaks is soothing. It is soothing from the outside, where the amber-lit patrons look like San Francisco's answer to Edward Hopper's Nighthawks. It is soothing from the inside, where older men huddle around tables and talk about... More »
Talking to survivors at Twin Peaks

By Katy St. Clair | Wed, May 13, 2009

"Excuse me," I said to the man at the end of the bar at Twin Peaks. I was trying to squeeze past him and up the stairs to the ATM on the balcony. It was a close fit, and my messenger bag bopped him as I climbed the narrow stairwell. He smiled... More »

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Coppertop4x4 | Carson City, NV | 13 Reviews

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| Mon, March 28, 2011

A nice cozy bar at the corners of Castro & Market. a great place to have a drink and people watch. The entire face of the bar is all glass, its nick name is the "Glass Coffin" Its frequented by the older crowd. Fun and Friendly.

2002 | Best Gay Bar

For years, the young and the beautiful have poked fun at the venerable Twin Peaks bar. "The Glass Coffin," it's been dubbed, for the wraparound windows that allow a glimpse inside at the bar's patrons, gay men in their 50s, 60s, and beyond. While it has long been sport to snicker at the "pathetic" old men and their martinis, let's just consider who and what in the Castro is truly pathetic. What about the Detour, with its tired décor of chain-link fence, black paint, and sticky floor,... More »

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Twin Peaks Tavern

401 Castro San Francisco, CA 94114

415-864-9470

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Bouncer Gets Out There At Twin Peaks Tavern

By Katy St. Clair | Wed, May 08, 2013

Bouncer Finds Solace in a Sea of Misery at Twin Peaks Tavern

By Katy St. Clair | Thu, January 26, 2012

Finding Solace in a Sea of Misery at Twin Peaks

By Katy St. Clair | Wed, January 25, 2012

Talking to survivors at Twin Peaks

By Katy St. Clair | Wed, May 13, 2009

Coppertop4x4 | Carson City, NV | 13 Reviews

2002 | Best Gay Bar

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