San Francisco's whiskey runs on passwords: Bourbon & Branch pours in a genuine Prohibition-era speakeasy on Jones Street. It ran as JJ Russell's Cigar Shop in the dry years, which the family will appreciate, and its sister bar Rickhouse stacks barrel staves to the ceiling off Kearny. Downtown smoke, hidden pour.
Tap a gold pin to see the bar and jump to its card below.
It spent Prohibition disguised as a cigar shop; a century later it's still pouring behind the same unmarked door. The most PIPS whiskey story in America.
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Every whiskey bar here pairs with a PIPS cigar lounge across town, see the Lounge Guide for the other half of the evening.
