Cocktail & Bar History Tours
Date and Time
- Wednesday, Nov 26, 2025 5pm - 7pm
Location
Landing at Leidesdorff
Leidesdorff St
Details
*Thanksgiving week extra tour dates added* Please see link for all dates.
Learn about San Francisco’s cocktail history to share stories, take a short walk, and enjoy a sip. The tour begins near the original city shoreline where gold miners and the liquor to supply them were unloaded from ships. Hear about bars inside of boats, cocktail muddlers made of gold, and the opulent saloons of the late 1800s. The tour will continue to the site of SF’s first famous drink, the Pisco Punch, and guests will learn about its suspected secret ingredient. In the original red light district, you will discuss the great earthquake and fire of 1906 that destroyed almost all of the city and copies of its most famous bartender’s cocktail book, and how Prohibition did and did not impact the quantity of alcohol consumed, though the quality may have suffered. Continue to walk the strip where the post-war boom brought sailors seeking sin, and talk about the birth of tiki and Trader Vic’s Mai Tai. The tour ends in a stunning 1907 saloon that still serves some of the best drinks in town and share a small cocktail in celebration of the journey.
Please see link for tickets.