San Francisco Bar and Cocktail History Walking Tour
Date and Time
- Saturday, Aug 30, 2025 2:30pm - 4:30pm
Location
Meet at the map at Leidesdorff and Commercial Street.
Details
Learn about shanghaiing, sailors, bars inside boats, Emperor Norton and Barbary Coast saloons, the Bank Exchange and the Pisco Punch, earthquake whiskey and drag royalty, the influence of vermouth and grand hotel bars, Cocktail Bill Boothby and the House of Shields, The So Different and “pretty waiter girls,” slummers’ tours and tropical drinks. The tour ends at a 1907 saloon that upholds the traditions and décor of an earlier era of cocktails in San Francisco – and we’ll share a drink together there! Please purchase tickets at the link.