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A man sits at a bar counter smiling at a bartender in a red jacket who is pouring a drink. The setting is dimly lit with art deco decor.

Need a drink? Here are the Mission area bars open on Thanksgiving.

by Oscar Palma and Joe Eskenazi November 27, 2025, 9:30 amDecember 19, 2025, 9:56 am

An iron fence with a locked gate stands in front of a building entrance with an open orange door, barred windows, and air conditioning units above.

S.F. sheriff’s deputies evict Tenderloin dive bar with ‘shields & batons’

by Jessica Blough August 19, 2025, 3:56 pmAugust 21, 2025, 10:19 am

A long line of people stands on a sidewalk outside a storefront with a sign reading "Coming Soon Rikki's" during daytime.

Fans whoop and holler for Rikki’s, San Francisco’s first women’s sports bar

by Marina Newman June 11, 2025, 9:02 amJune 12, 2025, 2:50 pm

A teal building with boarded-up windows and colorful street art on its walls located at a sunny street corner, with pedestrians and traffic lights visible.

After year-long ‘nip & tuck,’ Beauty Bar in the Mission slated to reopen in April

by Oscar Palma March 10, 2025, 2:19 pmMay 5, 2025, 5:48 pm

Danny Mendez, co-owner of Rosamunde, poses for a photo with his favorite beer, a Hafbrau lager, on Thursday Jan. 30, 2025. Photo by Oscar Palma.

People We Meet: Danny Mendez, co-owner of Rosamunde Sausage Grill

by Oscar Palma February 8, 2025, 6:00 amJune 21, 2025, 11:35 am

An image of Casablanca. Mission Local put together a list of bar open on Thanksgiving.

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Happy Turkey Day! Here are the Mission bars open on Thanksgiving.

by Oscar Palma and Joe Eskenazi November 28, 2024, 6:00 amNovember 29, 2024, 11:34 am

A mural on the side of a building featuring three women with colorful and ornate body art, holding beauty tools, and a small dog in the foreground; the marquee reads "Beauty Bar.

Beauty Bar slated to reopen under new ownership by year’s end

by Junyao Yang September 10, 2024, 6:00 amSeptember 10, 2024, 12:07 pm

Two women are dancing with raised arms in a dimly lit venue with red curtains in the background. The woman on the right is wearing a yellow dress and smiling broadly.

Knee-high boots, pupusas, and Chappell Roan: Friday nights still buzzing on Valencia

by Abigail Vân Neely and Anne Li August 23, 2024, 6:00 amAugust 27, 2024, 1:31 pm

Three people sitting at a table with water bottles and papers during a meeting in an uptown office. An American flag and a whiteboard with the word "Window" are in the background.

Serial evictor who dispatched Uptown bar gets earful at fiery meeting

by Zenobia Pellissier Lloyd June 19, 2024, 12:28 pmJune 20, 2024, 12:49 pm

A street sign for 17th St. hangs below a lit sign for a bar or restaurant named "Uptown." Buildings and a tree line the street under a cloudy sky.

Serial evictor plans new bar in former Uptown space

by Junyao Yang June 4, 2024, 8:00 amJune 18, 2024, 9:04 pm

New owners of Teeth, Brooke Lloyd (left) and Robert Sill (right), standing in the patio of the bar.

Teeth welcomes new owners this month

by Xueer Lu September 15, 2023, 4:07 pmApril 6, 2025, 6:26 pm

Mothership bar bathed in pink light, and naloxone and fentanyl test strips on the counter.

In the ’80s, bars stocked condoms. Now, it’s strips to test for fentanyl.

by Annika Hom and Griffin Jones March 28, 2023, 4:54 pmMarch 30, 2023, 11:57 am

A grid map of where to get fentanyl test strips and Narcan at bars in the Mission District.

Where to get fentanyl test strips and Narcan in the Mission

by Annika Hom March 28, 2023, 6:01 amMarch 29, 2023, 12:07 pm

Power exchange: Kilowatt bar to change hands after 28 years

by Eleni Balakrishnan November 23, 2022, 10:13 amNovember 25, 2022, 11:47 am