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When you wake up tomorrow with peanut shells in your hair and someone else's mascara
on your cheek, you'll know it was another successful, near-lethal night at the Hemlock.
Blame it on cheap drink at the oval bar, pogo-worthy punk rock in the back room, and free
peanuts in the shell to eat or throw at infamously difficult Trivia Nights.
(
415-923-0923;
www.hemlocktavern.com
; 1131 Polk St; cover free-$10;
2, 3, 19, 47, 49)
21
Edinburgh Castle
Photos of bagpipers, the
Trainspotting
soundtrack on the jukebox, dartboards and a ser-
vice delivering vinegary fish and chips in newspaper provide all the Scottish authenticity
you could ask for, short of haggis. The town's finest battlement of drink comes complete
with pool tables, rock bands and raucous literary readings.
(
BAR
415-885-4074;
www.castlenews.com
;
950 Geary St;
5pm-2am;
19, 38, 47, 49)
22
Two Sisters Bar & Books
BAR
Witty banter is helped along by wine and conversation-starting books in this cozy Victori-
an nook. Trade
Twilight
for
Fahrenheit 451
- there's a take-one, leave-one honor system -
and order the truffled deviled eggs or a weeknight special (4pm to 6pm), including $5
cheese plates and cocktails.
(
415-863-3655; 579 Hayes St;
4-11pm Tue-Thu, to midnight Fri, 11am-
midnight Sat, noon-10pm Sun;
5, 21)
23
Rickshaw Stop
Red-velvet curtains line the black-box walls of this former TV studio, where the all-ages
party scene is like a wilder, weirder MTV reality-show. Crafty DJs cross-pollinate music
and hemispheres to offer something for everyone: bad-ass bhangra nights, Latin explosion
bands, lesbian disco, and mainstay Thursday Popscene (18+).
(
NIGHTCLUB
415-861-2011;
www.rickshawstop.com
; 155 Fell St; admission $5-35;
variable, check online;
Van Ness)
