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Kezar Pub & Restaurant
Categories: Nightlife Bars Pubs Nightlife Bars Sports Bars Pubs, Sports Bars [Edit]
770 Stanyan St(between Waller St & Beulah St)
San Francisco, CA 94117
Neighborhoods: Cole Valley, Haight-Ashbury
(415) 386-9292
- Hours:
Mon 11:30 am - 12 am
Tue-Fri 11:30 am - 2 am
Sat 6 am - 2 am
Sun 6 am - 12 am
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Street
- Price Range:
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$$
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Music:
- Juke Box
- Best Nights:
- Mon, Sun, Sat
- Happy Hour:
- Yes
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
- Smoking:
- No
- Coat Check:
- No
- Noise Level:
- Very Loud
- Good For Dancing:
- No
- Ambience:
- Casual
- Has TV:
- Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
418 reviews for Kezar Pub & Restaurant
Review Highlights
"They have awesome wings and turkey burgers."
(in 184 reviews)
"Great place to watch sports if you like sports."
(in 14 reviews)
"Went there for the world cup as well and the best time ever."
(in 23 reviews)
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418 reviews in English
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Review from John S.
San Francisco, CA
1/4/2012
This is a sports bar. This is a reasonably sized (for the city) sports bar that people know about. Football Sundays are packed full at every table with people standing in the gaps. It's not super cramped most of the time, but it's packed. Don't expect to get there at 12:55 for the 1pm game and just cruise in and get a table. That may not sound great to everyone, but watching every game at the same time in a room full of fans covering pretty much every team, while you drink and eat can be a pretty nice little Sunday.
It's also good for sports that aren't so popular in this country. All kinds of european soccer games, indy car races, you name it. You'll see this place packed at 7am sometimes.
Well if you're gonna sit here and watch sports you gotta eat and drink right? Well the beer list is a pretty decent one and the bloody marys are above average. I love eating breakfast here. The food is good and it's not overpriced. The lunch/dinner menu is more of the same. Good solid options. Nice corn dogs that don't look like your straight out of the freezer variety. Good nachos, sandwiches, wings and all that stuff. -
Review from Saunders C.
San Francisco, CA
Updated - 12/20/2011
49ers. Monday Night Football. Packed. Getting here even 45 minutes early wasn't enough to score a good table, but luckily still got some seats. What really impresses me about this place is that even when the crowd is at capacity, the servers are still super-friendly and ultra-efficient. We'd order stuff and she would bring it to us right away. A lot of times, I get the sense that waitresses at other sports bars get overwhelmed and you can see it on their faces, but at Kezar, they must get some top-notch people.
Still love the wings. A huge thumbs up for the outstanding people that work here.
Go Niners!1 Previous Review: Show all »
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10/26/2011
Whoa! Sensory overload! There are so many TVs in this place you can't turn around without watching a… Read more »
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Review from Theresa C.
San Francisco, CA
12/17/2011
I've been here twice, and it's totally my kind of spot.
Music playing, random sports on the television, pool tables, strong strong drinks, and food if I'm so inclined.
I mean, it's an Irish pub, and that's what I like--so they're doing things right. Bartenders are nice, the server was a little inattentive but it was Saturday night so I do understand, and there was plenty of seating to be had.
If I want a nice place to hang out in the evenings, I'm going here. -
Review from Bea L.
San Francisco, CA
I love this place. it is our thursday pre-off the grid, post work day, weekend preparation place. The best bartender by far is Parris, she will not let you down! She has a special sense for beer thirst pheromones, superhuman hearing for hunger growls and all with a smile. We always have the chicken wings, the nachos with everything (crispy and the cheese and the olives and the jalapenos and the chicken and the guacamole and I need to run down there right now!!!!!!!). Sometimes we get fancy and we go for the burgers, the meat is juicy and tender their fries absolutely crispy and oil free. And they have the thinnest, tastiest home-made chips I've ever had in a sports bar.
The beer selection isn't vast but decent enough and the crowd extremely friendly. -
Review from Wakako U.
San Francisco, CA
1/19/2012 1 Check-in Here
Great breakfast! Portions are not large but it's also less than $10. I love the veggie hash!
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Review from Robin S.
San Francisco, CA
1/24/2012
No happy hour and the bar tender was very impersonal. In this economy if you don't have a happy hour or a bar is very unfriendly-you will come across as greedy and you don't care about the people.
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Review from Jenna G.
San Francisco, CA
1/5/2012
We stopped in for one drink very early on New Year's Eve, when the bar was not yet busy at all. We sat at the bar and the female bartender was very rude, and impersonal. Will not ever return.
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Review from Cliff H.
Redwood City, CA
1/31/2012
Can't get enough of this place!!! The wings are just spectacular, and the homemade potato chips is unreal. Lots of good beer on tap, and other good bar food. Great local hangout, just make sure you get there early during sporting events or avoid times when there is soccer since this place is known for being a soccer hangout in addition to any major sporting event aka UFC.
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Review from Bri R.
San Francisco, CA
12/8/2011
I love love Kezar. I have had many a days and nights at this pub and never had a bad time. The drinks are great as are the bartenders and the food...well their Buffalo wings are the best in the city (the SF Chronicle backs this up).
Get here early though if you want to watch a game and I mean more early than usual. It fills to the brim and if you get up to use the bathroom have someone guard your seat. These sports fanatics are ruthless. -
Review from Theresa P.
San Francisco, CA
11/28/2011
GREAT place for sports! But not when there's soccer on -- unless you like soccer, then it's great! But if you don't like soccer and want to watch football, you might want to go somewhere else.
That being said, they have a bunch of TVs that show everything from hockey to college bball to NFL to college football...to whatever else you want to watch. The bartenders and staff are all super sweet, too.
The drinks aren't the super cheapest, but $5 a beer is pretty standard. The food also isn't a great deal, but you get a great big plate full of food. The wings always smell amazing -- have allllllmost tempted me away from vegetarianism they smell so good.
The crowd is always pretty cool, and all in all it's a fun place to catch a game. -
Review from Jennifer S.
San Francisco, CA
11/21/2011
Kezar Pub= Sunday Funday
They have loads of TVs to watch sports, plenty of seating, good service and super yummy food! -
Review from Wyatt W.
San Francisco, CA
1/23/2012
I have been going to Kezar for over 10-years now and am very impressed with the progression that the Pub has made from decent neighborhood bar to San Francisco's elite sports bar. As an east coaster, the one thing that stands out are the wings. There aren't any better in the City as far as I am concerned (Mad Dog in the Fog has the same ownership.) Wings can make or break a sports watching experience and Kezar stands out. They are double-fried and coated with Frank's, the way they are supposed to be made. The rest of the menu is very solid, especially the Irish breakfast and the nachos. Otherwise, the staff is quick and friendly and the bar is well stocked with everything including excellent bloodies.
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Review from B K.
San Francisco, CA
10/26/2011 10 Check-ins Here
Super yummy Pulled Pork Sandwich! It comes with fries that are almost always PERFECTLY well done and salted, they don't need anything else. The pickle wedge is a great compliment.
We crave this dish more than a few times a week but restrain so it's more of a treat.
They let you call in orders for pick up, which is great if your not a sports bar fan. This bar had over 20 TVs going at once so we rarely eat in. It also gets very, very crowded if there's any kind of game on. It's great to go early on a chilly day. Sit in the back room by the fire place, the SUPER nice staff will light it for you if you ask.
However, they show sports from all over the world. With all the TVs on at once it can be really loud even when it's not crowded during the day.
Call in your order and take that amazing pulled pork sandwich home to enjoy! -
Review from Shane M.
San Francisco, CA
10/15/2011
I go here to watch UFC PPV events. Excellent buffalo wings and waitresses, they do trojan work.
20 bones is too expensive for the PPV though, considering I can buy it myself for $45 and just have a bunch of friends over. Also, they are supposed to kick all non paying customers out of the backroom when they are showing it but they can be tardy about doing this, sometime they show other sports on some of the screens (like college basketball) and they let random customers in to the room before the event is finished. Not being snooty, I do like the other customers (who doesn't, eh?), but why should I pay if they don't? -
Review from rich r.
Concord, CA
11/30/2011
went for bkfst and a f1 race this morning. overpriced bloody marys ($7, ouch) and they weren't that great. Breakfast is so so, but they understand what over medium is to a T!!
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Review from Shanna T.
Haight-Ashbury, San Francisco, CA
11/20/2011
Perfect sports bar. Lots of seating, lots of TVs and fantastic wings!
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Review from Patrick K.
San Francisco, CA
6/13/2011
So I am someone who lets say...doesn't like to go out to do anything recreational unless it involves food. The less people the better, the darker the better, and the more opportunity to sneak out and go home...even better.
Kezar has food, has beer and is dark. It often has a lot of people but for those times it doesn't, it's a magical place to be at. The bar tenders are nice, often pretty...but sometimes it's the dude who is no frills and that is my ideal drink giver.
The hot wings let me tell you...just sit down...yes sit. The hot wings, amazing. That's all I got, I feel its sorta self explanatory if someone says the hot wings are amazing...covers the gamut of good all the way to amazing. Crispy spicy and large.
The beer, I don't know what kind of pretentious hipsters rate beer on yelp for a bar. The beer is great, its beer...it tastes good and it gets you seeing double. Lots on tap, pitcher options as well as bottles.
Other drinks there are great as well. The bloody mary is kinda awesome. The home brewed root beer takes me back to my 4th grade days when I would get drunk off this kind of shit.
The pulled pork is good, the chips and guac are good, the salads are good...fuck it appears I have spent a lot of time here...
All in all, great bar, the vibe is relaxed...just beware...if you think your going to get a seat during play offs, go early...its common sense, unless you don't watch sports, which in any case you shouldn't be going to a sports bar. You should be going to the bar where they critique beer. -
Review from gretchen p.
San Francisco, CA
9/18/2011 1 Check-in Here
The buffalo wings are the best I've EVER had! And the garlic fries are delicious!
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Review from Jacob K.
San Francisco, CA
5/20/2011
I went here a coupla weeks ago to watch the Pacquiao-Mosely fight. Great TV set up, great wings, and my waitress was one of the single most attractive females I've ever encountered in SF (and flirty enough to make me think of this clip: http://www.youtube.com...). Beer was good too, crowd was having a good time, I'd say it was all in all a great watching-the-fight-at-a-bar experience. And I love the location, at the top of Haight street.
So why not the fifth star? Because first and foremost, it's a soccer bar, and soccer sucks. -
Review from Tuesday C.
San Francisco, CA
8/15/2011
Have been here twice now.
First time came with the boy for some drinks after a concert in the park. I was sad that the kitchen wasn't open (after 10) but happy that a pitcher of beer was $18. There are pool tables and lots of TV's with different sports on them. We played connect four and watched a soccer game. It was a great way to wind down. The place was busy but not packed.
The second time I came with a girlfriend and had about the same experience. It was busy but not packed. Able to get our drinks quickly when we needed them. There was enough people to be entertained but not over crowded. Music is always playing. Good vibes in here.
If you want some beers, have a game to watch or just wanna hang and catch up with a friend its a good place to do all of that. I have a feeling Ill find myself here a few more times! :) -
Review from Christian K.
San Francisco, CA
7/11/2011
Kezar,Kezar, Kezar!
Great Sports bar, good crowd, cute girls. Cant go wrong.
So far, the best wings I have had in SF are here.
What else? Lots of TV's, Lots of seating. Oh, Corn dogs and nachos too.
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Review from carlos a.
3/20/2011
Kezar is THE place to go if you are a die-hard football (soccer fan).
The hardcore fans go here. With that said - it gets crazy crowded for world cup games, UEFA matches etc.
The drinks are not cheap and if you show up with a huge group and try to get a deal on some pitchers it is not going to happen. If you can live with that you'll like this place. The staff will not dote on you in any way.
Having food while you drink during a game is a big plus. They have awesome wings and turkey burgers. -
Review from Gonzalo M.
San Francisco, CA
8/4/2011
Probably the best place in the city for watching Soccer.
Great variety of beers and their Chicken Wings are pretty good.
A good place to hang with your soccer dudes. -
Review from Bridget B.
San Francisco, CA
9/17/2011 1 Check-in Here
I can't say I'm that big of a sports fanatic, but when I do meet up with friends to watch a game, I like to go to Kezar Pub. This place is always packed during game-time, but not as overwhelming as other spots. Great food, decently priced drinks, and an awesome location!
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Review from Christina C.
Berkeley, CA
Updated - 2/23/2011
I am a cheap date. I am cheap in all aspects of my life. Recently I have come to realize that I use yelp instead of psychotherapy, relying on these reviews and compliments to find my place in the world. I substitute real interaction and involvement with how many times my profile has been viewed. I am able to submerge my cries against utter injustice in a sea of happy drinking people who love sports and then write about spilled beer.
Here, I can vent to no one in particular about frustrations, yet know that they will be seen in some capacity by someone. Creepy, yeah?
I came here on that really rainy, wet and cold Friday night. I had just picked up my new spectacles and was trying to not fall over from the new prescription. Traversing this torrid weather was not the most advisable way to break in a pair of glasses.
Here, I got a dirty martini with 3 olives, served in a tumbler glass. One drink and I'm done. DONE. The olives here tasted a bit like old socks. For some niche markets of rye beverages, this is desirable. Not so much this time.
The garlic fries were tasty and terrific. I appreciate salt and lots of it. Calamari is not so good. It was rubbery and over processed. But I sure ate a lot of it.
In conclusion, I find that people who rely solely on their personal opinions and feelings are not as credible when it comes to marketing and design of products to sell on the open market. Further inability to see it from a different point of view or acknowledge that there are reliable sources of information strengthens my hesitation to believe anything they say. It is similar to having a very myopic view of a very small world where all the variables rely only on one person.1 Previous Review: Show all »
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5/27/2010
The waitresses here have the right idea. It's like a Hooters where they get to pick their own… Read more »
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Review from Kyle W.
3/2/2011
Fond memories of Kezar.
This is the WAKA - Golden Gate Thursday night kickball league bar. Nothing like spending you mid-20-year old Thursdays playing a child's game and then going to a bar to get sloppy and belting out some Eddie Money "Take Me Home Tonight" to the girl next to you.
Great pitcher deals and the back area has 2 tables used for flip cup. Proper heavier cups are used too. It does get a tad bit crowded and it does affect the service. It also makes it hard to carry the pitchers around. Also it is beyond hard to catch a cab afterwards, and the pizza and McD's at Haight close way too early. -
Review from Kevin L.
San Ramon, CA
6/9/2011
Champions League Final. Manchester United vs. Cheating Barca. How's that for an introduction?
This was my first experience at Kezar and in my best guess, it came at a very unique time. I wanted to be out in the city vs. boring ol' Barca (opps, I mean San Ramon) to watch this game. Google'd "soccer pub san francisco" and this was the first link that showed. sold.
It was 10:30AM when I strolled in. The bar was PACKED. I bumped into an old co-worker of mine who immediately offered me a beer. Chatted a bit and went to go try to order a beer for me and a lady friend. The beer took forever but it was definitely understandable. The bartenders scurrying around faster than weaver ants. So I gave them a break and good tip. We moved onto the back room where there was an array of TVs. Give or take 12 on each side of the wall. That was pretty impressive. My friends finally were able to find me in the horde and we proceeded to order two pitchers of beer. I thought that we would never get the beers but 10-15 minutes later, there they were. I was impressed.
Overall, we had a great time, despite the score-line, and the atmosphere of the pub was exactly what I was looking for in making the trip out out to the city. Major major props for getting our drinks.
Glory glory Man United! -
Review from Pearl R.
San Francisco, CA
6/4/2011
Obsessed with Kezar! It has now beaten out Martin Macks as my favorite sports bar. Basically they're the same thing but Kezar is just smaller and darker, and has better food. Great place to catch a game, no matter the sport. Last time I was there there were a lot of Bruins fans (Go B's!), added to the fun of Boston making the Stanley Cup.
They also have boardgames! And really cheap Patron shots ($5!). My friends took part in Jenga and Patron, but I refrained from the latter because tequila makes me want to die.
On to the food, it's great! Apparently I'm on a mission to eat all the fried food at this bar, I hear it's a death wish, oh well. Corndogs and mozzarella sticks were standard but delicious. The wings are huge and on steroids, just the way I like them. I got them plain because I'm a wuss (buffalo) and hate sauce (bbq). -
Review from Don F.
San Francisco, CA
10/13/2011
I came here for my first time about a week ago, and I love this place! Great sports bar with fair prices, Good looking servers, and good food. Our bartender was a young man with some serious cocktail knowledge, and the skills to back it up! The bar was very busy and we still received quality service. Even though I live across the city, I will make may way back to Kezar on a regular basis.
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Review from Ryan S.
San Jose, CA
11/16/2010
Booo! I was really liking this place then came here for the Pacquiao-Margarito fight.
Kezar blocked off the backroom and charged $20 a head to watch the fight regardless of whether you were sitting or standing. After the fight got underway and they had made their money from all of the schmucks (aka me) in the back, they turned the TVs to the fight in the section of the bar where nobody paid to watch it. What the hell did I get for my $20? When my buddy went to protest, the bar manager lied right to his face and told him that he made everyone in the bar pay $20 when numerous patrons informed me that they weren't even asked to pay. It's not so much the money as it is the principle behind their actions. Very dishonest.
The food/drinks/service at this place are good even when it's crowded, but all that got severely overshadowed by their scheming - I am going to think twice before I go here again. -
Review from Allison M.
San Francisco, CA
11/22/2010
Five star wings, but minus two for facilitating Philly fans during the World Series such that we Giants lovers were forced to smash all up against the enemy, like human Tetris pieces... that hate each other.
Only kind of joking- I don't hate Philly's fans. And I'm usually all for pressing up against strangers. But when human Tetris gets in the way of my ability to drink beer, watch baseball, or order wings, game OVER.
That being said, I've definitely enjoyed Kezar at less crowded times. I have never ordered food apart from the wings- but I have ordered my fair share of beer- served by the pitcher with a smile. What more could a girl want?
Oh, and I love any place that has a juke box. Paying a dollar for a 12 minute live Zeppelin Jams will never get old! -
Review from Captain J.
San Francisco, CA
9/18/2011
Good food, friendly staff, wide range of booze and beer and an overall nice feel to the place. Good spot to grab a drink and hang out when visiting the Haight.
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Review from Emily D.
8/14/2011
I ordered an Amstel light and some calamari. Those were good decisions. This bar is a good decision. But yeah, don't confuse this with the other Kezar bar/pub/establishment. Because that is a bad decision. Like your mom. BURN!
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Review from William H.
San Francisco, CA
4/14/2011 1 Check-in Here
The second place I visited in SF, and immediately felt right at home. Since moving here, Kezar is my go-to soccer pub. The only hours I've spent up before 5AM in the last year were in this very bar, cheering my beloved Oranje (Dutch National team) to the finals of the World Cup.
The service here is impeccable. I come a few times a month or so to catch a live soccer match, and one of the waitresses has my drink order memorized. Personal attention, despite being slammed, is a very notable quality.
Even the food here is top notch. Wings are a crowd pleaser, but be prepared to go through an unfortunate amount of paper napkins. The fish and chips are some of the best I've had in the city. The only downfall is on an important match day, the crowd factor can be an issue. Finding a good seat must be planned well in advance, and don't be surprised if you get beer spilled on your favorite jersey if a miraculous goal is scored.
I still get goose bumps reminiscing about Donovan's game winner last summer. Thank you Kezar. -
Review from Jill H.
Redwood City, CA
9/22/2011
I have been here twice in the past two weeks. I live in Redwood City but was looking for somewhere to watch the Rugby World Cup and when I first looked I coudln't find any bars on the Peninsula. I had heard mentio of Kezar Pub as a great sports bar and went on their website and saw they were showing the games. I went on a Saturday night with a friend to watch two games and it was great. People were packed like sardines in there but it was a great vibe and lots of excitement about the game. Service was extremely slow but I attributed this to how packed the bar was.
So the following week I decided to make the drive back up there to watch a game that started at 1:30am. I had talked to two people who had gone to wach the late night games the previous week and Kezar stayed open for those. So on the Friday afternoon I called and and was very explicit about asking if they were going to show the Aust/Ireland rugby game starting at 1:30 am. The lady responded they were and I asked if they were going to stay open late and show the entire game. She said yes just that they would stop serving drinks at 1:30am.
Needless to say my cousin and I drove the 45 minutes up there just to watch this game. We get there to find out they weren't going to show it and were a bit rude/short not to just us about it but there were about 20 other people there as well. Also we arrived about 1am to be able to have a drink before the game and the bar was not busy but the service was still quite slow. I also e-mailed the bar stating what had happened more so they can educate their staff better on games being shown and asked if they could post a schedule about what late night games they would show and a week later and I have not heard back. All of these things combined made this a very disappointing experience and will not be going back or recommending this bar to others. -
Review from Nancy Y.
San Diego, CA
12/1/2010 1 Check-in Here
The 2 great things about this place is:
A.) KEZAR WINGS
B.) you can play FLIP CUP in the back
This place gets crowded during games or soccer matches, so prepare to squish yourself in. When this place is packed, its no fun because beer just splashes all over the place, but it's worth the experience of watching an intense game of flip cup and the good company of great friends. -
Review from Scott S.
1/25/2011 3 photos
I have very fond memories of coming here with my college roommate to watch FC Barcelona play in the Champions League--and win most of the times we've done so.
Our tradition started when we first ditched our first day of finals to come Barcelona claim the European crown from Arsenal my freshman year of college. At that time, we couldn't sample the drinks here because we weren't of legal age but I remember getting their fried calamari and victory made the sweetest pickle that day.
The second time we visited was when Italy met USA at the group stages during the 2006 World Cup; we were obviously the only two people in the room who were NOT rooting for team USA (I was rooting for Holland in the World Cup, and my roommate--being of swiss heritage--was rooting for Switzerland) and perhaps our young age got to us but we almost got into a fight with some fervent US "Soccer" supporters (who thought these people would actually exist?) during which the bartender had our back, else we probably would have been jumped during the middle of the day.
The third and last time I came here with my roommate was for El Clasico back in '08 (this time both of us being of legal age), and this time we got the full sports bar experience--it also helps that Barcelona has won everytime we've shown up here to watch them =)
And now on to the actual review: every time I come here to watch football (the one with the spherical ball, not the egg) I always find myself surrounded by fellow enthusiasts of the sport; the service here is awesome, the finger food menu isn't extensive but not too burdening, and they have a very modest selection of beer. Parking for this place is awesome since you can just park right outside of Kezar stadium, and if you want to spend a sunday afternoon surrounded by sports fans of all ages in the city, I can't imagine a better place to do it than at Kezar's. -
Review from Justin C.
8/1/2011 6 Check-ins Here
A whole lot of TV's to watch your favorite sport on from Baseball to Gaelic Football and everything in between. It opens early so you can sneak in a few football(soccer) matches before your day really begins. Parking is crappy like all of SF so carpool if you can.
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Review from Jennifer K.
San Francisco, CA
1/7/2011
A-plus location next to Kezar Track, but the staff can be rude and they are pricey. The beer is cold, but they don't do discounts on pitchers, and the food is only OK. The shepherds pie and the tortilla soup are my favorite things on the menu (but not together) is good, .
I try to go here with groups after an organized track work out, as they are the closest to the track, and the bar is difficult to deal with. -
Review from Tony C.
9/4/2010 2 Check-ins Here
Great place to watch a football(soccer) match although it isn't as good as its sister pub Mad Dog up the Haight. To be honest, the last time I went here service was lackluster and the bar opened late which kinda stunk since the whole reason i went there was to watch a match and I missed some of it as a result. 3 Guinness even at 11:30 am were still $6 bucks a pop, a bit pricey if you ask me.
Still can't be beat if you like soccer and big screens.
