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255 Columbus (at Broadway) San Francisco, CA 94133

415-362-3370

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Best Place to Hang Out with Strippers without Going to a Strip Club
Award Winner 2012

Cuisine(s): Wine Bar
Hours: Daily 6am-2am

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You won't find too many poets holding forth at this legendary Beat Generation hangout - it's mostly just tourists nowadays - but Vesuvio still has artsy charm, history, and charisma in spades. The walls are packed with old paintings and pictures, there are plenty of angular nooks in which to sit, and there's nary a whiff of modern slickness anywhere. Stay in the downstairs bar area if you desire crowded bustle and action, but head upstairs to the balcony if you prefer conversation and/or want to read that paperback you just bought at City Lights bookstore next door. The ghosts of Kerouac, Ginsberg, Micheline, and the rest of the Beats will smile down from on high while you sip and socialize. Even if no one delivers poetic orations here anymore, the Beats' indomitable artistic spirit still lives within Vesuvio's walls.

2012 | Best Place to Hang Out with Strippers without Going to a Strip Club

Vesuvio is a great spot to get a drink or three at any hour, and if the décor doesn't immediately get you in the mood to celebrate its Beat past, then perhaps house drinks like the Jack Kerouac (rum, tequila, orange or cranberry juice, and lime) or Bohemian Coffee (brandy, Amaretto, and lemon) will do the trick. But arguably the best time to patronize the bar is 6 a.m., a truly momentous hour for the heartiest of social drinkers: It's the first moment in the day that a California bar... More »
2007 | Best 6 a.m. Bar

For a town notorious for its liquor consumption and overall decadence, San Francisco offers very few options for break-of-dawn, rev-your-motor imbibing. Two of them happen to be located a mere two blocks apart in, appropriately enough, the city's onetime Barbary Coast. Gino & Carlo, on Green between Grant and Columbus, features a nice neighborhood vibe and a terrific jukebox as well as those rise-and-shine boilermakers, while Vesuvio looks pretty much like it has since it opened for business... More »

Beat It at Vesuvio Cafe

By Katy St. Clair | Wed, November 11, 2009

I don't spend enough time in North Beach. Part of the reason is geographical. It seems to be in the Bermuda Triangle of my ramblings, and I usually get sidetracked in Chinatown or the Tenderloin. But I think that I also avoid the neighborhood beca... More »

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justsomemostuff | San Francisco, CA | 13 Reviews

| Wed, September 22, 2010

Great for Happy Hour or late night. Cheap beers with epic views