620 Jones St
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 496-6858
An inspired fusion of old-world hotel elegance with distinctly contemporary energy and glamour, the nearly century-old Clift’s modern and daring sense of diversity perfectly captures the city’s spirit. Steps from Union Square shopping and the legendary Nob Hill, Clift is perfectly located for sightseeing, shopping and socializing. Clift’s classic stone exterior opens onto a glowing purple entryway that prepares guests for the wonderland within. Designed by Philippe Starck, the soaring lobby contains one of the most eclectic furniture collections in all of California, with chairs from Ray and Charles Eames, a coffee table by Salvador Dali, a surreal stool inspired by Renee Margritte, and a sculpture custom made by William Sawaya. The centerpiece is a thirty-five-foot fireplace with a Bronze chimney sculpture by Gerard Garouste. The thrilling monumental scale and fantastical furnishings create a dream-like composition that is the cornerstone of Clift’s magic.
A long-time local favorite, Jasper’s Corner Tap and Kitchen fuses the best of British and American gastropub fare and then adds in a special twist – Southern cooking. We feature 18 rotating draft beers in addition to a seasonal lineup of handcrafted cocktails. Our “from-scratch kitchen” will delight you with home-style favorites and unique offerings, complemented with a classic pub menu. Just steps away from famous Union Square in San Francisco, Jasper’s welcomes sports fans, adventurous eaters, movers, shakers, and everyone in-between.
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Swig is an ever evolving cocktail bar located right off Union Square in the heart of San Francisco.
Urban Tavern is one of the best dining experiences in San Francisco and can cater to all of your foodie needs. Open for: Breakfast 6am-11am Dinner: 5:00 pm - 10:00pm Bar: 5:00pm - 11:00 pm
Clift's famous and historic Redwood Room has been restored and reinvented as an exceptionally elegant and modern San Francisco bar. Suffused with all-out glamour, the interior features the original redwood paneling and enormous bar, which, legend has, was carved from a single redwood tree, as well as Starck-designed lounge furniture and an ever-changing array of digital artwork displayed on plasma television screens hung throughout the room.
Great cocktails and unique craft beer selection. Nightly free live entertainment with comfortable booth seating, an upstairs mezzanine and a wrap-around bar with full-window views of the bustling streets. The Royale embodies the voice of the creative spirit of our unique patrons.
The Barrel Room Restaurant & Tavern features carefully selected small-production wines and liquors from all over the world, paired with regionally rotating lunch and dinner menus. Our wine flights and comparisons offer guests an opportunity to explore the world of wine while relaxing in a comfortable, intimate environment. We pour 50+ wines by the glass offering something for everyone from wine novice to the die-hard oenophiles. Our cocktail menu features regionally inspired libations that rotate with our focus.
Benjamin Cooper was born in the dark morning hours of May 8, 1885 in the outermost neighborhood of the Bronx, New York, a waning moon overhead. A robust baby of nine pounds, he was the first born son of Russian-Jewish immigrants Vlad, a skilled violin maker, and Marjorie, the county's foremost authority on herbal alchemy. Having demonstrated great scholastic promise, Cooper set off to study law at the University of Pennsylvania, with aspirations of becoming a legislator. He was the top student in his class when his academic career ended suddenly and bitterly, just short of his first year. The precise circumstances remain unclear, but some sources claim he was wrongfully expelled after an altercation with the son of the Dean of Humanities. Following his dismissal, Cooper began working at a bonded whiskey house in Philadelphia, a job which afforded him a great deal of friends and admirers in the nighttime establishments of the area. One such friend was John Ross Hardy, a self-made real estate tycoon and notoriously lubricated bachelor. Hardy and Cooper formed a fast friendship that led them to take a hunting trip to Hardy's native St. Louis, a holiday from which Benjamin never returned. Enchanted by the spirit of adventure, Cooper took a job as the barkeep of the riverboat The Unknown Splendor. Touring up and down the Mississippi, he acquired a substantial taste for earthly pleasures and a reputation as a merciless card player. The crew was out for a night of amusement in New Orleans when Cooper encountered a striking young woman working at Silah's Red Lounge, an infamous house of ill-repute. She was Leona Palomino, a runaway from New Mexico trying to find a door into the local entertainment industry. Ben and Leona's love arrived with immediate and lasting vigor. Within a fortnight of meeting, he resolved that he would make a new life for her in California. She accepted his hasty marriage proposal on the condition her family embraced him, and thus Leona and Ben set out west. On March 21, 1904 Benjamin and Leona were married at Rancho Palomino, a humble plot situated twelve miles outside of Truth or Consqeuences, New Mexico. They spent the next year traveling on horseback throughout the southwest, studying the plant traditions of the native populations and sleeping under the stars. When money became scarce, they sold the horses to purchase train fare to Reno, Nevada. There, Benjamin put to use his talent at the card table, causing an uproar amongst some of his more rugged opponents. The newlyweds narrowly escaped a gunfight before departing for San Francisco with their winnings. They arrived dusty and without prospects, yet alight with the fire of optimism. Hard-pressed to find decent work, Cooper ended up taking a job in the kitchen of Frank's Fish & Shell. Cooper negotiated an exchange with the establishment's sympathetic owner Frank Delafor wherein he and Leona would clean the restaurant nightly in exchange for staying in a one-bedroom apartment above. The young couple struggled contentedly until Leona discovered she was with child. The pregnancy proved difficult for Leona, and as such they decided to relocate to Gilded Mesa, a small farm in Bolinas owned by a family friend of the Palominos. Reno Hawk Cooper was born on April 17, 1906, the day before the great earthquake struck San Francisco. Shortly thereafter, the Coopers received notice that Delafor, their beloved employer, had died in the quake and left his business and a modest sum of money to Benjamin. The family returned to the city to restore the establishment as a bar called Frank's, in remembrance of its original owner. With Ben's knowledge of fine spirits and Leona's touch for hospitality, Frank's quickly made a name for itself as one of the best places to get a drink in town. At once convivial and elegant, Frank's was known for its live entertainment and affordable oyster platter. Over the next decade, the business continued to grow, as did the Cooper family, with twins Quinn and Lucy arriving in the Indian summer of 1910. Always a patriot, Cooper enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps on April 30, 1917, just two weeks after the country entered the first World War. Due to his age and natural leadership abilities, Cooper quickly rose to the rank of a respected Sergeant. During his absence, Leona kept Frank's thriving and offered substantial support to the wives and families of soldiers. Ben returned home in the summer of 1918 with a purple heart and a bronze star for bravery after rescuing Major General Omar Bundy in the Battle of Belleau Wood. He joined Leona in her efforts to care for veterans and families affected by the war, offering housing, employment, and complimentary beverages to the bereft. Bolstered by the adoration of the community, Cooper decided to run for mayor of San Francisco. While campaigning at a rowdy Anti-Prohibition protest, Cooper interceded in a fight between the protestors and members of the Anti-Saloon League. Witnesses say as the skirmish escalated, Cooper was pushed into the middle of Stockton Street, where he was hit by an oncoming street car that put him into a coma. Benjamin Cooper died one week later on January 16, 1919, the day the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution banning the sale and consumption of alcohol was ratified. By the time Prohibition went into affect a year later, Leona had re-established Frank's as Cooper's Family Restaurant. She continued to serve the people until her death on March 21, 1954, which would have been her and Ben's 50th wedding anniversary. This bar pays tribute to the life and times of Benjamin Cooper by continuing his legacy of generosity, adventure, and dedication to fine spirits.
The Barrel Room Restaurant & Tavern features carefully selected small-production wines and liquors from all over the world, paired with regionally rotating lunch and dinner menus. Our wine flights and comparisons offer guests an opportunity to explore the world of wine while relaxing in a comfortable, intimate environment. We pour 50+ wines by the glass offering something for everyone from wine novice to the die-hard oenophiles. Our cocktail menu features regionally inspired libations that rotate with our focus.
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History of 701 Geary and Trocadero. 701 Geary Street has been the location for various bars since 1899. Once the site of the Miramar Hotel until it was lost to the Earthquake and Fire of 1906. and reappears as a bar in phone directories following the repeal of Prohibition. Some of the past names are as follows: Chatterbox Tavern, The Chatterbox, The Driftwood, The New Driftwood and RJ's before becoming Trocadero Club. The clear story windows above the entrance and bar itself are both original structures, fully remodeled in 2013. There is a hidden stairway behind the bar and a massive vintage safe above the bathroom. We can only image what the walls would say if they could talk. The name Trocadero derives from the Trocadero Metro stop in Paris, as well as San Francisco hangouts of the past. A nice place where everybody is welcome to enjoy. In this iteration, Trocadero is located literally in the heart of The City, and is simply a bar without gimmicks. This makes it easy for us to provide great service and nice products for customers to have a conversation.
Great cocktails and unique craft beer selection. Nightly free live entertainment with comfortable booth seating, an upstairs mezzanine and a wrap-around bar with full-window views of the bustling streets. The Royale embodies the voice of the creative spirit of our unique patrons.
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Benjamin Cooper was born in the dark morning hours of May 8, 1885 in the outermost neighborhood of the Bronx, New York, a waning moon overhead. A robust baby of nine pounds, he was the first born son of Russian-Jewish immigrants Vlad, a skilled violin maker, and Marjorie, the county's foremost authority on herbal alchemy. Having demonstrated great scholastic promise, Cooper set off to study law at the University of Pennsylvania, with aspirations of becoming a legislator. He was the top student in his class when his academic career ended suddenly and bitterly, just short of his first year. The precise circumstances remain unclear, but some sources claim he was wrongfully expelled after an altercation with the son of the Dean of Humanities. Following his dismissal, Cooper began working at a bonded whiskey house in Philadelphia, a job which afforded him a great deal of friends and admirers in the nighttime establishments of the area. One such friend was John Ross Hardy, a self-made real estate tycoon and notoriously lubricated bachelor. Hardy and Cooper formed a fast friendship that led them to take a hunting trip to Hardy's native St. Louis, a holiday from which Benjamin never returned. Enchanted by the spirit of adventure, Cooper took a job as the barkeep of the riverboat The Unknown Splendor. Touring up and down the Mississippi, he acquired a substantial taste for earthly pleasures and a reputation as a merciless card player. The crew was out for a night of amusement in New Orleans when Cooper encountered a striking young woman working at Silah's Red Lounge, an infamous house of ill-repute. She was Leona Palomino, a runaway from New Mexico trying to find a door into the local entertainment industry. Ben and Leona's love arrived with immediate and lasting vigor. Within a fortnight of meeting, he resolved that he would make a new life for her in California. She accepted his hasty marriage proposal on the condition her family embraced him, and thus Leona and Ben set out west. On March 21, 1904 Benjamin and Leona were married at Rancho Palomino, a humble plot situated twelve miles outside of Truth or Consqeuences, New Mexico. They spent the next year traveling on horseback throughout the southwest, studying the plant traditions of the native populations and sleeping under the stars. When money became scarce, they sold the horses to purchase train fare to Reno, Nevada. There, Benjamin put to use his talent at the card table, causing an uproar amongst some of his more rugged opponents. The newlyweds narrowly escaped a gunfight before departing for San Francisco with their winnings. They arrived dusty and without prospects, yet alight with the fire of optimism. Hard-pressed to find decent work, Cooper ended up taking a job in the kitchen of Frank's Fish & Shell. Cooper negotiated an exchange with the establishment's sympathetic owner Frank Delafor wherein he and Leona would clean the restaurant nightly in exchange for staying in a one-bedroom apartment above. The young couple struggled contentedly until Leona discovered she was with child. The pregnancy proved difficult for Leona, and as such they decided to relocate to Gilded Mesa, a small farm in Bolinas owned by a family friend of the Palominos. Reno Hawk Cooper was born on April 17, 1906, the day before the great earthquake struck San Francisco. Shortly thereafter, the Coopers received notice that Delafor, their beloved employer, had died in the quake and left his business and a modest sum of money to Benjamin. The family returned to the city to restore the establishment as a bar called Frank's, in remembrance of its original owner. With Ben's knowledge of fine spirits and Leona's touch for hospitality, Frank's quickly made a name for itself as one of the best places to get a drink in town. At once convivial and elegant, Frank's was known for its live entertainment and affordable oyster platter. Over the next decade, the business continued to grow, as did the Cooper family, with twins Quinn and Lucy arriving in the Indian summer of 1910. Always a patriot, Cooper enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps on April 30, 1917, just two weeks after the country entered the first World War. Due to his age and natural leadership abilities, Cooper quickly rose to the rank of a respected Sergeant. During his absence, Leona kept Frank's thriving and offered substantial support to the wives and families of soldiers. Ben returned home in the summer of 1918 with a purple heart and a bronze star for bravery after rescuing Major General Omar Bundy in the Battle of Belleau Wood. He joined Leona in her efforts to care for veterans and families affected by the war, offering housing, employment, and complimentary beverages to the bereft. Bolstered by the adoration of the community, Cooper decided to run for mayor of San Francisco. While campaigning at a rowdy Anti-Prohibition protest, Cooper interceded in a fight between the protestors and members of the Anti-Saloon League. Witnesses say as the skirmish escalated, Cooper was pushed into the middle of Stockton Street, where he was hit by an oncoming street car that put him into a coma. Benjamin Cooper died one week later on January 16, 1919, the day the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution banning the sale and consumption of alcohol was ratified. By the time Prohibition went into affect a year later, Leona had re-established Frank's as Cooper's Family Restaurant. She continued to serve the people until her death on March 21, 1954, which would have been her and Ben's 50th wedding anniversary. This bar pays tribute to the life and times of Benjamin Cooper by continuing his legacy of generosity, adventure, and dedication to fine spirits.
Happy Hour Specials: $1.50 off draft beers $5 well drinks $6 Bacchus specialty cocktails $6 can of Tecate with a shot of El Jimador tequila (blanco or reposado) Other stuff: - Pool table (there aren't any surprise dips and bumps either.) - Juke box (Old school, new school, and everything in between.) - Smoking room (take your drink and enjoy a cigarette without having to step outside.) - And Six HD TVs!
Happy Hour: 5:00PM-7:00PM, every day! $3 bottled beer and $4 well cocktails Late Night Happy Hour: 10:00PM-Close, Mon-Thurs Buy a shot, get a PBR Sunday Funday: Open at 10:00am every Sunday for football season! NFL Sunday Ticket access in HD $4 Bloody Mary's and $3 mimosas from 10:00am-1:00pm! Outside food is welcome!