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is the one bar in SF that slumming Nob Hill socialites and Downtown bike messengers
can agree on - especially after a few $5 cocktails in dimly lit corners.
(
www.thehouseofshields.com
; 39 New Montgomery St;
2pm-2am Mon-Fri, from 3pm Sat & Sun;
Mont-
gomery,
Montgomery)
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Sightglass Coffee
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San Francisco's newest cult coffee is roasted in a SoMa warehouse - and if you're in the
neighborhood, you won't need to be told where to find it. Follow the wafting aromas
through the big wooden doors to discover signature Owl's Howl Espresso and sample the
family-grown, high-end 100% bourbon-shrub coffee.
(
www.sightglasscoffee.com
;
270 7th St;
7am-7pm Mon-Sat, from 8am Sun;
Civic Center)
Local Life
Modern Dance at Yerba Buena
Modern dance pioneer Isadora Duncan hailed from San Francisco, and you can see SF's latest bold, modern
moves at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (
Click here
)
. The main stage hosts the annual
Ethnic Dance Festival
(
www.sfethnicdancefestival.org
)
and regular seasons of notable SF modern dance companies:
Liss Fain Dance
(
www.lissfaindance.org
)
, champions of muscular modern movement;
Alonzo King's Lines Ballet
(
415-863-3040;
www.linesballet.org
) , sometimes falling into martial-arts-inspired formations;
Smuin Ballet
(
415-912-1899;
www.smuinballet.org
) , with relatable dance befitting its tagline, 'Ballet, but Entertaining'; and
Joe Goode Performance Group
(
415-561-6565;
www.joegoode.org
)
, an early adopter of performance art
and spoken word in dance.
