San Francisco wrote the modern speakeasy playbook: Bourbon & Branch behind its unmarked Tenderloin door, the Wilson & Wilson 'detective agency' hidden inside it, and Local Edition pouring beneath the old Hearst newspaper building on Market.
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A true Prohibition address reborn, passwords, house rules and serious drinks behind an unmarked door.
Pip’s Tip Reservation and a password, both required. The house rules are actually enforced.
The speakeasy inside the speakeasy, a noir 'detective agency' with its own password and menu.
Pip’s Tip The bar inside Bourbon & Branch, with its own password and menu. Separate booking entirely.
Beneath the old Hearst building, typewriters, newsprint and big-band nights in a basement ballroom.
Pip’s Tip Basement of the old Hearst building. Typewriters, newsprint and big-band nights.
Gold-drenched hideaway behind The Cavalier where 1920s cabaret glamour meets serious cocktails and late-night SoMa energy.
San Francisco's tiniest bar, eight seats behind an unmarked alley door pouring Michelin-caliber cocktails from the Nightbird team.
Tuxedoed bartenders shake Scotch-forward cocktails in a moody jazz-age den hidden up an unmarked staircase above China Live.
World-famous three-level tiki temple with over 1,000 rums hiding in plain sight behind a nondescript Hayes Valley facade.
Bohemian Victorian-boudoir cocktail den on a quiet Mission corner, honoring dancer Lola Montez with lush, playful drinks.
Art-deco 1930s club moderne pouring classic daiquiris and martinis nightly, with live jazz straight from a noir film.
Hand over a trinket at the pawn counter and slip into this playful SoMa speakeasy for Spanish bites and cocktails.
Part speakeasy, part escape room behind a fake puzzle-shop storefront, mixing theatrical oddball cocktails with Asian small plates.
Press Felix's framed photo and descend to a red-lit basement lounge with rotating DJs and Asian-inflected cocktails.
Swanky hidden lounge above Bus Stop Saloon with chandeliers, velvet couches, caviar service, and Cow Hollow's best-dressed crowd.
Chinatown-born speakeasy reborn on Polk Street; snag the weekly Instagram password for smooth cocktails in pig-shaped glassware.
Whimsical 12-seat hideaway through a giant keyhole door at Merchant Roots, pouring art-nouveau libations and edible strawberry bubbles.
The password gets you in; the house rules keep it sacred. The room that revived America's speakeasy in 2006.
A hidden room with the family. Members get the password first.
Speakeasies are one chapter of Pip's Lifestyle, find the lounges, whiskey bars, rooftops and jazz clubs below.
