60 bars with listed happy hour deals in San Francisco, California.
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Nearly a third of San Francisco's listed windows include a Saturday or Sunday. That is the highest weekend rate of the fifty largest markets on this site, and it is not what you would predict from a city that empties out after work. It also changes the plan: the Mission and the Castro stay open to a deal on Sunday while the Financial District goes dark.
The local invention is the small pour. Aiso on 18th Street lists a $9 mini martini from 5 to 6:30 on weekdays. Birba on Grove Street in Hayes Valley lists $9 mini spritzes from 3 to 5. Rather than discount a full cocktail on an expensive list, bars here shrink it and hold the recipe. El Lopo on Polk Street takes another route entirely and lists a free tapa with every drink, 4 to 6 daily.
Polk Street and Mission Street are the two densest corridors at roughly 25 listings each, with Valencia, Folsom, 16th and 18th behind them. The floor is still beer and wells: Teeth on Mission lists $3 wells, 440 Castro lists $3 beer on Tuesdays, and Rickhouse on Kearny Street lists $5 drafts and wells from 3 to 5. Above that sits a large percentage-off tier that suits a pricey list, and at the top The View Lounge on Mission Street lists $5 cocktails from 4 PM to midnight from a top-floor room. Four in ten windows open at 4 PM, three in ten at 3.
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The Mission and Castro have the most consistent neighborhood-bar pricing ($4-6 wells). Outer Sunset and Outer Richmond run cheaper still but with sparser happy hour programs. SoMa and the Marina trend more expensive but with stronger food specials.
Most SF bars run 4-6 PM weekdays, on the shorter end nationally. SoMa tech-corridor bars often start at 3 PM to catch early commuters; Mission and Castro neighborhood bars sometimes extend to 7 or 8 PM.
Most do — half-price small plates, $1-2 oysters, and discounted appetizers are standard at SF happy hours, though it's industry norm rather than legal requirement. SF's food scene means those plates often beat the afterthought-tier bar food you'd find at happy hours elsewhere.
Other major cities: Los Angeles, Las Vegas, New York, Boston.
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