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San Francisco

The Proper's crown, velvet, firepits and the city grid below.

San Francisco's rooftop belongs to Charmaine's, crowning the Proper Hotel at Market and McAllister, plush lounges, fire tables, and the downtown grid glittering in the fog.

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Mid-Market

Charmaine's

1100 Market St (enter at 45 McAllister), San Francisco, CA
Evenings · arrive early on weekends

Crowning the San Francisco Proper, velvet lounges, fire tables, and the city grid below. The fog never looked so good.

Pip’s Tip Arrive early on weekends or you are queuing. Velvet, fire tables and the city grid below.

SoMa/South Beach

Kaiyō Rooftop

701 3rd St, San Francisco, CA 94105
Mon 4-10pm, Tue-Thu 4-11pm, Fri 4pm-1am, Sat 11am-1am, Sun 11am-10pm

A 12th-floor Nikkei rooftop styled like a tropical oasis, pairing Peruvian-Japanese small plates with a skyline-and-Bay-Bridge backdrop at sunset.

Pip’s Tip Twelfth-floor Nikkei rooftop, Peruvian-Japanese plates. Open till 1am Friday and Saturday.

Union Square

Starlite

450 Powell St, San Francisco, CA 94108
Thu 4pm-1am, Fri-Sat 4pm-2am, Sun 4pm-12am, closed Mon-Wed

Twenty-one floors up at the Beacon Grand, this Art Deco lounge in jewel tones and velvet channels old Hollywood glamour with downtown views.

Pip’s Tip Closed Monday to Wednesday. Twenty-one floors up at the Beacon Grand, Art Deco and velvet.

Mission Bay

Cavaña

100 Channel St, San Francisco, CA 94158
Sun-Thu 4pm-12am, Fri 4pm-1am, Sat 2pm-1am

A tropical, plant-filled Latin American bar atop the LUMA Hotel with DJs, milk-clarified cocktails, and views over Oracle Park toward the East Bay.

Union Square

Rise Over Run

33 Turk St, San Francisco, CA 94102
Tue-Fri 5pm-10:30pm, Sat brunch-dinner, closed Mon

A greenhouse-like atrium on the 13th floor of The LINE SF, thick with velvet seating and plants, opening onto a deck with fire pits and blankets.

SoMa

Shelby's Rooftop

250 4th St, San Francisco, CA 94103
Daily lunch 11am-2pm, dinner from 5pm, weekend brunch 10:30am-2pm, DJ Fri-Sat 9pm

Twelve floors above SoMa at the Canopy by Hilton, this reservations-only rooftop mixes railing-side couches with dining tables near Moscone Center.

Mission District

Cubita

2516 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94110
Tue-Thu 5-10pm, Fri 5pm-12am, Sat 11am-12am, Sun 11am-10pm, closed Mon

A Cuban restaurant and bar relaunched above Lolinda, keeping the Mission skyline views but adding a mural-lined dance floor and photo booth.

SoMa/Mission Bay

Rooftop 25

25 Lusk St, San Francisco, CA 94107
Tue-Wed 3-8pm, Thu 3-9pm, Fri-Sat 11am-10pm, closed Sun-Mon

A glass-walled rooftop above the industrial-chic 25 Lusk restaurant, pouring cocktails and wine alongside oak-roasted octopus as the sun drops.

Union Square

Cityscape Sky Bar

333 O'Farrell St, San Francisco, CA 94102
Daily 4pm-12am

Forty-six stories up at the Hilton Union Square, Cityscape bills itself as the tallest sky bar in San Francisco, with 360-degree floor-to-ceiling views.

SoMa

The View Lounge

780 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94103
Daily 4pm-12am

Perched on the 39th floor of the Marriott Marquis, this glass-walled lounge delivers a genuine 360-degree panorama of downtown and the Bay.

Union Square

Chotto Matte

50 O'Farrell St, San Francisco, CA 94108
Mon-Thu 11:30am-12am, Fri 11:30am-1am, Sat 11am-1am, Sun 11am-12am

A wraparound rooftop dressed in Japanese lavastone and charred wood, serving Nikkei ceviche and sushi over Union Square.

Union Square

Dirty Habit

12 4th St, San Francisco, CA 94103
Daily 7-11am, 4-11pm

A fifth-floor hideaway at Hotel Zelos built around a deep whiskey list, drawing a post-work crowd for New American bites on a heated patio.

Union Square

Mastro's Steakhouse

399 Geary St, San Francisco, CA 94102
Sun-Thu 5-9pm, Fri-Sat 5-10pm

A dress-to-impress steakhouse with a covered rooftop dining room that opens to the sky, live music nightly, a few steps from Union Square.

SoMa/Mid-Market

Montesacro Pinseria

510 Stevenson St, San Francisco, CA 94103
Tue-Thu 11:30am-2:30pm & 4-9pm, Fri-Sat extended hours, closed Mon

Rome's ancient pinsa tradition served on a cozy, heater-warmed second-floor terrace that stays open through the fog.

Lower Nob Hill/Tenderloin

620 Jones

620 Jones St, San Francisco, CA 94102
Tue-Thu 9am-2:30pm & 4:30-10pm, Fri 9am-2:30pm & 4:30pm-12am, Sat 11am-12am, Sun 11am-3:30pm, closed Mon

An 8,000-square-foot heated patio billed as the largest outdoor restaurant space in San Francisco, known for weekend drag brunch.

Dogpatch

The Palm Court at RH San Francisco

590 20th St, San Francisco, CA 94107
Mon-Thu 11am-9pm, Fri 11am-10pm, Sat 10am-10pm, Sun 10am-9pm

Inside RH's Bethlehem Steel Building gallery, a marble atrium leads up to a garden rooftop strung with palms and fire pits.

Mission District

Good Good Culture Club

3560 18th St, San Francisco, CA 94110
Mon-Thu 5-9pm, Fri-Sat 5-9:30pm, closed Sun

Liholiho Yacht Club's sister spot has a breezy second-floor deck with palms and teal booths, plenty of natural wine and shareable dishes.

Inner Sunset

Fiorella Sunset

1240 9th Ave, San Francisco, CA 94122
Mon-Tue 5-9pm, Wed-Thu 11:30am-2:30pm & 5-9pm, Fri 11:30am-2:30pm & 5-10pm, Sat 11am-2:30pm & 4:30-10pm, Sun 11am-2:30pm & 4:30-9pm

The largest Fiorella location has a string-lit, retractable-roof rooftop deck over the Inner Sunset for wood-fired pizza when the fog rolls in.

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