THE 10 BEST San Francis Gay Clubs & Bars (Updated 2023)

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• TOP 5 GAY CLUBS & BARS THE CASTRO (SAN FRANCIS)GAY CLUBS & BARS THE CASTRO
• THE BT GAY BARS SAN FRANCIS
• THE CASTRO, SAN FRANCIS GAY DISTRICT
• BT BARS THE CASTRO, SAN FRANCIS TW PEAKS TAVERN SS AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE CASTRO DISTRICT SAN FRANCIS, CALIFORNIA | © KIMBERLY KRAL / ALAMY STOCK PHOTO K SANTOS 15 MAY 2020 COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT KNOWN FOR S PRI AND LGBTQ MUNY, THE CASTRO DISTRICT IS AN SENTIAL STOP ON ANY TOUR OF SAN FRANCIS. WH A NIGHTLIFE AS LORFUL AS S STREETS, THIS FUN NEIGHBORHOOD WILL HAVE YOU DANCG WH THE LOLS OR SOAKG UP SMOOTH JAZZ NO TIME. HERE ARE THE BT BARS THE AREA. VIEW ALL TRIPS SAN FRANCIS BADLANDS NIGHTCLUB, COCKTAILS SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT SAN FRANCIS BADLANDS IS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR LGBTQ DANCE CLUBS THE CY. ALWAYS PACKED WH REVELERS MAKG MOV ON THE DANCE FLOOR TO A PLAYLIST OF CHART-TOPPG TUN, ’S AN UNPRETENT PLACE FOR A GUARANTEED GOOD TIME. TWO-FOR-ONE CKTAILS IS A POPULAR DRKS SPECIAL FOR BARS THE CASTRO, AND BADLANDS NS THE SPECIAL NIGHTLY UNTIL 9PM. EVENTS VARY, BUT EVERY THURSDAY NIGHT FEATUR A PARTY WH SHIRTLS GO-GO DANCERS LIGHTG UP THE STAGE. HI TOPS BAR, GAY BAR, AMERIN, COCKTAILS SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT AN LGBTQ-ORIENTED SPORTS BAR CENTRALLY LOTED ON MARKET STREET, HI TOPS’S SLOGAN IS “COLD PCHERS, HOT CATCHERS.” A GREAT PLACE TO BE DURG A WORLD SERI OR NBA PLAYOFF GAME, THE BAR TENDS TO GET ROWDY (AND MORE FUN) ON GAME NIGHTS. THE BAR IS OFTEN PACKED WH SPORTS FANS TCHG A GIANTS OR WARRRS GAME ON ONE OF THE BAR’S MANY BIG TV SCREENS. WH A MENU OFFERG TRADNAL SPORTS BAR FARE, CLUDG STICKY HOT BUFFALO WGS, ’S A GREAT PLACE TO DRK LD BEER, WATCH THE GAME AND SOCIALISE. TOAD HALL BAR, LGBTQ BAR, COCKTAILS, BEER SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT © GAY TOURISM / ALAMY STOCK PHOTO OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, 18TH STREET’S TOAD HALL BAR IS A GOOD BET FOR A LIVELY NIGHT OUT ON ANY GIVEN DAY. WH AN EVENTS LENDAR THAT CLUS DRAG PERFORMANC, DANCE PETNS AND KARAOKE NIGHTS, THE VENUE PULLS A DIVERSE CROWD OF CASTRO RINTS AND VISORS ALIKE. THE BAR SELF FEATUR A LARGE DANCE FLOOR AS WELL AS FY BOOTHS AND AN OUTDOOR SMOKG AREA (PLETE WH A BAR) FOR BREAKS BETWEEN DANCG. CARIBBEAN COLOMBIA DISVER COLOMBIA’S CARIBBEAN AST, OM CARTAGENA TO PALOMO VIA JUNGL, RIVERS AND ISLANDS. VIEW TRIP BLH! WE BAR BAR, WE BAR, PUB GB SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT © TORBAKHOPPER/FLICKR LOTED ON CASTRO STREET, THE LOW-KEY BLH! WE BAR IS A MARKED CHANGE OF PACE OM MANY OF THE NEIGHBORG DANCE CLUBS THE AREA. LIVE JAZZ FILLS THE AIR WHILE OENOPHIL NVERSE ON FY UCH. ALTHOUGH THE FOC OF THE BAR IS THE WE, YOU’LL FD A NUMBER OF BEERS SHIPPED OM THE BELGIAN OWNER’S HOME UNTRY. SPECIAL EVENTS AT BLH! CLU TAROT READG NIGHTS AND “DIRTY BGO” WH PRIZ OM NEARBY SEX SHOP ROCK HARD. QBAR, SAN FRANCIS GAY BAR, PUB GB SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT QBAR, LOTED ON CASTRO STREET, IS THE QUTSENTIAL GAY-FOCED NIGHTCLUB SAN FRANCIS. LOUD PUMPG BEATS AND EXPENSIVE DRKS POURED WH A HEAVY HAND MAKE ONE OF THE MOST FUN PLAC TO PARTY. PEOPLE E HERE TO LET LOOSE AND GET SWEATY WHILE DANCG TO LGBTQ INS SUCH AS THE SCISSOR SISTERS. LARGE TVS VERG THE WALLS SCREEN UPBEAT MIC VIOS TO GET YOU THE MOOD FOR MOVEMENT. BEE A CULTURE TRIPPER! SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER TO SAVE UP TO 40% ON OUR UNIQUE TRIPS. SIGN UP SEE PRIVACY POLICY. LAST CALL BAR PUB, BEER SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT SAN FRANCIS IS HOME TO THE ENDUP, THE BTER END AND CASTRO’S OWN LAST CALL BAR. AND ALTHOUGH THE NAME LAST CALL BAR ALLUS TO A WILD END TO THE NIGHT, THE BAR IS A GREAT PLACE TO EQUENT THROUGHOUT THE DAY. A HAPPY HOUR DRKS MENU AND THE VG IRISH PUB ATMOSPHERE WEL GUTS AS EARLY AS NOON, WHERE YOU N WATCH FOOTBALL, SIP A HOT TODDY BY THE FIRE OR LATER ON (THE BAR IS OPEN UNTIL 2AM), DANCE TO THE JEBOX TO THE EARLY HOURS. TW PEAKS TAVERN, SAN FRANCIS BAR, MARKET, GAY BAR, PUB GB SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT RUMORED TO BE THE OLST OPENLY GAY BAR SAN FRANCIS, TW PEAKS TAVERN IS A FORTABLE CKTAIL BAR LOTED AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE CASTRO DISTRICT. ACROSS OM THE HARVEY MILK PLAZA, THE BAR IS HOED A HISTORIC VICTORIAN BUILDG WH LARGE GLASS WDOWS STNG WH GLTERG STRGS OF LIGHTS. REGULARS S SI-BY-SI WH TOURISTS TO SIP ON THE SIGNATURE MANHATTANS. VOLNIC ICELAND EPIC TRIP MEET OUR LOL INSIR HANNA HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A GUIDE? 2 YEARS. WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT YOUR JOB? IT'S THE PERSONAL NTACT, THE PERSONAL EXPERIENC. I LOVE MEETG PEOPLE OM ALL OVER THE WORLD... I REALLY LIKE GETTG TO KNOW EVERYONE AND FEELG LIKE I'M TRAVELG WH A GROUP OF IENDS. WHAT DESTINATION IS ON YOUR TRAVEL BUCKET-LIST? I HAVE SO MANY PLAC ON MY LIST, BUT I WOULD REALLY LOBE TO GO TO AI. I NSIR MYSELF AN “ADVENTURE GIRL” AND AI FEELS LIKE THE ULTIMATE ADVENTURE! EVERY CULTURE TRIP SMALL-GROUP ADVENTURE IS LED BY A LOL INSIR JT LIKE HANNA. SEE OUR CULTURE TRIPS KEEN TO EXPLORE THE WORLD?
• SF GAY HISTORY
• SF GAY HISTORY
• THE 5 BEST MOSW GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS MOSW
• MOSW GAY BARS
• MOSW GAY MAP
• SF GAY HISTORY
• THE 10 BEST SAN FRANCIS GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS SAN FRANCIS

TOP 5 GAY CLUBS & BARS THE CASTRO (SAN FRANCIS)GAY CLUBS & BARS THE CASTRO

6 plac sorted by traveler favorWhat travelers are saygAn historic venue, the first gay bar SF that had wdows so folks uld look om the street.

THE BT GAY BARS SAN FRANCIS

San Francis has bee synonymo wh gay culture. The Castro, which has been the cy's center of LGBTQ activism and culture, the heart of the gay muny arguably one of the Francis has bee synonymo wh gay culture. The Castro, which has been the cy's center of LGBTQ activism and culture, the heart of the gay muny arguably one of the iendlit ci the USA, is an unual, yet unmissable experience.

THE CASTRO, SAN FRANCIS GAY DISTRICT

At the entry to this gay area fli a huge rabow flag on Harvey Milk Plaza. As you will walk through the neighborhood, you will notice bronze siwalk plaqu: this walk of fame lled the Rabow Honor Walk honors Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, and Queer dividuals who have ma a signifint difference to society. Walkg around the Castro, you'll enunter many lorful characters, and get a real feel for the special ambiance San Francis's gay area offers.

Beg San Francis's gay district, The Castro is full of exclively gay shops, such as Do Your Mother Know (4141 18th Street), and lots of queer clothg stor.

Once you’ve regaed your strength, make way to some of the bt gay bars and clubs San Francis, where there's somethg for everyone. Fally, make your way to Dolor Park, where gays, hippi, and tourists enjoy the breathtakg view of San Francis. As early as the Barbary Coast days, the cy has also been known to be famoly gay.

BT BARS THE CASTRO, SAN FRANCIS TW PEAKS TAVERN SS AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE CASTRO DISTRICT SAN FRANCIS, CALIFORNIA | © KIMBERLY KRAL / ALAMY STOCK PHOTO K SANTOS 15 MAY 2020 COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT KNOWN FOR S PRI AND LGBTQ MUNY, THE CASTRO DISTRICT IS AN SENTIAL STOP ON ANY TOUR OF SAN FRANCIS. WH A NIGHTLIFE AS LORFUL AS S STREETS, THIS FUN NEIGHBORHOOD WILL HAVE YOU DANCG WH THE LOLS OR SOAKG UP SMOOTH JAZZ NO TIME. HERE ARE THE BT BARS THE AREA. VIEW ALL TRIPS SAN FRANCIS BADLANDS NIGHTCLUB, COCKTAILS SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT SAN FRANCIS BADLANDS IS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR LGBTQ DANCE CLUBS THE CY. ALWAYS PACKED WH REVELERS MAKG MOV ON THE DANCE FLOOR TO A PLAYLIST OF CHART-TOPPG TUN, ’S AN UNPRETENT PLACE FOR A GUARANTEED GOOD TIME. TWO-FOR-ONE CKTAILS IS A POPULAR DRKS SPECIAL FOR BARS THE CASTRO, AND BADLANDS NS THE SPECIAL NIGHTLY UNTIL 9PM. EVENTS VARY, BUT EVERY THURSDAY NIGHT FEATUR A PARTY WH SHIRTLS GO-GO DANCERS LIGHTG UP THE STAGE. HI TOPS BAR, GAY BAR, AMERIN, COCKTAILS SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT AN LGBTQ-ORIENTED SPORTS BAR CENTRALLY LOTED ON MARKET STREET, HI TOPS’S SLOGAN IS “COLD PCHERS, HOT CATCHERS.” A GREAT PLACE TO BE DURG A WORLD SERI OR NBA PLAYOFF GAME, THE BAR TENDS TO GET ROWDY (AND MORE FUN) ON GAME NIGHTS. THE BAR IS OFTEN PACKED WH SPORTS FANS TCHG A GIANTS OR WARRRS GAME ON ONE OF THE BAR’S MANY BIG TV SCREENS. WH A MENU OFFERG TRADNAL SPORTS BAR FARE, CLUDG STICKY HOT BUFFALO WGS, ’S A GREAT PLACE TO DRK LD BEER, WATCH THE GAME AND SOCIALISE. TOAD HALL BAR, LGBTQ BAR, COCKTAILS, BEER SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT © GAY TOURISM / ALAMY STOCK PHOTO OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, 18TH STREET’S TOAD HALL BAR IS A GOOD BET FOR A LIVELY NIGHT OUT ON ANY GIVEN DAY. WH AN EVENTS LENDAR THAT CLUS DRAG PERFORMANC, DANCE PETNS AND KARAOKE NIGHTS, THE VENUE PULLS A DIVERSE CROWD OF CASTRO RINTS AND VISORS ALIKE. THE BAR SELF FEATUR A LARGE DANCE FLOOR AS WELL AS FY BOOTHS AND AN OUTDOOR SMOKG AREA (PLETE WH A BAR) FOR BREAKS BETWEEN DANCG. CARIBBEAN COLOMBIA DISVER COLOMBIA’S CARIBBEAN AST, OM CARTAGENA TO PALOMO VIA JUNGL, RIVERS AND ISLANDS. VIEW TRIP BLH! WE BAR BAR, WE BAR, PUB GB SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT © TORBAKHOPPER/FLICKR LOTED ON CASTRO STREET, THE LOW-KEY BLH! WE BAR IS A MARKED CHANGE OF PACE OM MANY OF THE NEIGHBORG DANCE CLUBS THE AREA. LIVE JAZZ FILLS THE AIR WHILE OENOPHIL NVERSE ON FY UCH. ALTHOUGH THE FOC OF THE BAR IS THE WE, YOU’LL FD A NUMBER OF BEERS SHIPPED OM THE BELGIAN OWNER’S HOME UNTRY. SPECIAL EVENTS AT BLH! CLU TAROT READG NIGHTS AND “DIRTY BGO” WH PRIZ OM NEARBY SEX SHOP ROCK HARD. QBAR, SAN FRANCIS GAY BAR, PUB GB SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT QBAR, LOTED ON CASTRO STREET, IS THE QUTSENTIAL GAY-FOCED NIGHTCLUB SAN FRANCIS. LOUD PUMPG BEATS AND EXPENSIVE DRKS POURED WH A HEAVY HAND MAKE ONE OF THE MOST FUN PLAC TO PARTY. PEOPLE E HERE TO LET LOOSE AND GET SWEATY WHILE DANCG TO LGBTQ INS SUCH AS THE SCISSOR SISTERS. LARGE TVS VERG THE WALLS SCREEN UPBEAT MIC VIOS TO GET YOU THE MOOD FOR MOVEMENT. BEE A CULTURE TRIPPER! SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER TO SAVE UP TO 40% ON OUR UNIQUE TRIPS. SIGN UP SEE PRIVACY POLICY. LAST CALL BAR PUB, BEER SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT SAN FRANCIS IS HOME TO THE ENDUP, THE BTER END AND CASTRO’S OWN LAST CALL BAR. AND ALTHOUGH THE NAME LAST CALL BAR ALLUS TO A WILD END TO THE NIGHT, THE BAR IS A GREAT PLACE TO EQUENT THROUGHOUT THE DAY. A HAPPY HOUR DRKS MENU AND THE VG IRISH PUB ATMOSPHERE WEL GUTS AS EARLY AS NOON, WHERE YOU N WATCH FOOTBALL, SIP A HOT TODDY BY THE FIRE OR LATER ON (THE BAR IS OPEN UNTIL 2AM), DANCE TO THE JEBOX TO THE EARLY HOURS. TW PEAKS TAVERN, SAN FRANCIS BAR, MARKET, GAY BAR, PUB GB SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT RUMORED TO BE THE OLST OPENLY GAY BAR SAN FRANCIS, TW PEAKS TAVERN IS A FORTABLE CKTAIL BAR LOTED AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE CASTRO DISTRICT. ACROSS OM THE HARVEY MILK PLAZA, THE BAR IS HOED A HISTORIC VICTORIAN BUILDG WH LARGE GLASS WDOWS STNG WH GLTERG STRGS OF LIGHTS. REGULARS S SI-BY-SI WH TOURISTS TO SIP ON THE SIGNATURE MANHATTANS. VOLNIC ICELAND EPIC TRIP MEET OUR LOL INSIR HANNA HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A GUIDE? 2 YEARS. WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT YOUR JOB? IT'S THE PERSONAL NTACT, THE PERSONAL EXPERIENC. I LOVE MEETG PEOPLE OM ALL OVER THE WORLD... I REALLY LIKE GETTG TO KNOW EVERYONE AND FEELG LIKE I'M TRAVELG WH A GROUP OF IENDS. WHAT DESTINATION IS ON YOUR TRAVEL BUCKET-LIST? I HAVE SO MANY PLAC ON MY LIST, BUT I WOULD REALLY LOBE TO GO TO AI. I NSIR MYSELF AN “ADVENTURE GIRL” AND AI FEELS LIKE THE ULTIMATE ADVENTURE! EVERY CULTURE TRIP SMALL-GROUP ADVENTURE IS LED BY A LOL INSIR JT LIKE HANNA. SEE OUR CULTURE TRIPS KEEN TO EXPLORE THE WORLD?

Operated by Harvey Milk om 1972 to 1978, the store beme the center of the neighborhood's growg gay muny. Nurse and early AIDS activist Bobbi Campbell ed the ont wdow of this pharmacy to post a flyer 1981 warng the muny of "Gay Cancer”—bee neher the lol nor natnal ernment would sound the alarm—showg photos of lns ed by Kaposi sara (the rare ncer was found to be a rult of HIV's toll on the immune system). This famo bar was a regular for gay men of lor who didn't feel wele at other predomately whe clubs.

The baret ran for a om 1988 to 1998 as a platform for ic voic, drag shows, and activist baret the gay muny. The bar was a favore of Harvey Milk, who praised as “a place where the gay muny uld meet and feel safe and secure.

SF GAY HISTORY

Rough, sual, and sparsely rated, the first gay bar the Castro opened pre-Stonewall way back 1963.

SF GAY HISTORY

Over the next few s, approximately 30 more gay bars and shops opened around the Mule.

Milk was the first openly gay person to be elected to public office, and fought tirelsly for the rights of mori San Francis and beyond. This powerful memorial honors the thoands of persecuted homosexuals Nazi Germany durg the Holot.

It was the first gay bar the neighborhood to allow same-sex dancg—at least up until the police noticed they didn’t have the required dance perm.

THE 5 BEST MOSW GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS MOSW

Matlovich, a Vietnam veteran and recipient of the Purple Heart and Bronze Star, challenged the ban on gays the ary when he me out on the ver of the 1975 TIME Magaze unr the headle “I am a homosexual”. G., the Dghters of Bilis and the Mattache Society) were jt begng, homosexualy was still registered as a pathology by the Amerin Psychiatric Associatn.

We all know the Castro District has some of the bt gay bars the world, but if you look hard enough, you n spot some pretty amazg on sprkled throughout the rt of San Francis as well. So, strap on those assls chaps or tighty whi — and hop on the rabow tra for a tour of the 10 bt gay bars outsi of the Castro District.

MOSW GAY BARS

This SOMA bar is a fn between a gay bar and a rock show venue. Voted the Bt Gay Bar 2012 by the SF Bay Guardian, Tck is clearly a San Francis favore. Aunt Charlie’s is a ftive gay bar the Tenrlo full of happy drag queens.

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It was like steppg to the 1970s — middle-aged gay men everywhere, neon lightg, and a glor jebox. Over yonr betiful Bernal Heights, you’ll fd Stray Bar, the gayt sports bar outsi of the Castro.

Welg crowd, whether you're gay or straight. Uncle Donald served the gay muny on Castro Street by curatg lists of events, bars, and even . The olst gay bar the Castro, the MISSOURI MULE (now JET) on Market, dat back to 1963.

This data was culled om var sourc cludg ads lol gay magaz and newspapers and the archiv of the GAY AND LESBIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

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Hi Tops Bar, Gay Bar, Amerin, Cocktails An LGBTQ-oriented sports bar centrally loted on Market Street, Hi Tops’s slogan is “Cold Pchers, Hot Catchers. Toad Hall Bar, LGBTQ Bar, Cocktails, Beer © Gay Tourism / Alamy Stock Photo Open seven days a week, 18th Street’s Toad Hall bar is a good bet for a lively night out on any given day. QBar, San Francis Gay Bar, Pub Gb QBar, loted on Castro Street, is the qutsential gay-foced nightclub San Francis.

Tw Peaks Tavern, San Francis Bar, Market, Gay Bar, Pub Gb Rumored to be the olst openly gay bar San Francis, Tw Peaks Tavern is a fortable cktail bar loted at the entrance of the Castro District.

THE 10 BEST SAN FRANCIS GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS SAN FRANCIS

I tell people now that I moved to the Castro before was gay! There were already many gay people livg the neighborhood, of urse, but when I arrived early 1970 was not known as a gay neighborhood.

There were only two gay bars the Castro self, pl a uple up on Market Street which (at that time) I didn’t really thk of as part of the neighborhood.

I me out a few months after my arrival, and the Pendulum was the first gay bar I ever entered.