North Beach · San Francisco, CA

The Saloon

Opened in 1861 and still a blues room with a bar that arrived by ship.

Historic Live music

City: San Francisco, CA
Neighborhood: North Beach
Address: 1232 Grant Avenue
Open in maps
Why it is listed: Publicly documented as a dive. Source

Hours, a real floor plan, and a map pin will live here once we have them. We do not invent closing times.

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