Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Drinking
21
Bar Agricole
BAR
Drink your way to a history degree with well-researched cocktails: Bellamy Scotch Sour
with egg whites passes the test, but Tequila Fix with lime, pineapple gum and hellfire bit-
ters earns honors. This overachiever won a James Beard Award for restaurant design -
don't miss the sleek deck - and serves sophisticated bar bites such as sea-urchin deviled
eggs.
(
415-355-9400;
www.baragricole.com
; 355 11th St;
6-10pm Sun-Wed, to late Thu-Sat;
9, 12, 27, 47)
22
Rickhouse
Like a shotgun shack plunked Downtown, Rickhouse is lined with repurposed whiskey
casks imported from Kentucky, and back-bar shelving from an Ozark Mountains nunnery
that once secretly brewed hooch. The emphasis is on rare bourbon, but authentic Pisco
Punch is served in garage-sale punchbowls.
(
www.rickhousebar.com
; 246 Kearny St;
BAR
5pm-2am Mon,
3pm-2am Tue-Fri, 6pm-2am Sat;
Montgomery,
Montgomery)
Local Life
SF POPOs
Above busy Downtown sidewalks, there's a serene world of unmarked public rooftop gardens that put SF's
skyscraper-canyons into proper perspective. They're called 'privately owned public-open spaces,' or POPOs. Local
public-advocacy group SPUR (
www.spur.org
)
publishes a complete list; its smartphone app lists them all. Local fa-
vorites:
One Montgomery Terrace
(
OFFLINE MAP
,
F2; 50 Post St/1 Montgomery St;
10am-6pm Mon-Sat;
Montgomery,
Mont-
gomery) Downtown's prime picnic spot has benches and greenery above Crocker Galleria.
