Instant City | Lit City
Seeking San Francisco Bar by Bar They’re the repositories of so much of the city’s undiscovered history, of anecdotes and information that rarely find their way into ink– some of the best stories out there. And San Francisco, original home of the shanghai and the world’s largest collection of ‘last chance’ saloons, is particularly endowed with bar stories. From Chinatown’s underground dens to SOMA’s industrial caverns, the Tenderloin’s dives to the Fillmore’s jazz joints, the Mission’s Mexican pubs to the clubs and surf shacks on the outer edges of the city, so much of the city’s history and stories lie in shards on the grit and sweat-soaked floors of its many watering holes. This issue, in attempt to sweep up a few good ones, we asked contributors to send in stories their favorite spots.