Wild Side West, San Francisco, California Restaurant Details

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With a dark decor and pool table right when you walk in, The Wild Side West bar has a unique feel. The walls are loaded with posters and pictures and there are some comfy chairs by the back door. The patio is nice although very limited in seating. Perhaps the best aspect is the cheap drinks. Service was slow for the crowd in there but friendly none the less.

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Great neighborhood bar with personality. Good prices. The highlight is the back patio, but unfortunately there is a curfew at 11pm.

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The back garden is nice for a quiet conversation in a pleasant setting, but you are more likely to get to use the pool table at El Rio.

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A bar with many stories, The Wild Side West is the quintessential San Francisco experience. It's full of history (just ask them about the "Janis Joplin pool table" and the shenanigans she pulled there), it's decor is eccentric, but the atmosphere remains easy - without pretention. Despite it's labeling as a gay bar, it's actually an everyone bar with a hidden secret. That secret - so carefully concealed behind it's brown wooden walls and bar - is the lush green garden in the back. Once you have your beer (or excellently made cocktail) slip off the pressure of being an adult, and indulge in the magic that is the outdoor garden. Step down into the small encove and find a table perfect for get togethers with friends, or venture further to find a kind of open air art museum, with both nicknacks large, and small, embedded in the flowers and plants. This place is both romantic and refreshing, a little get away while still at home. There is much seating to choose from, but don't forget to sit in my favorite seat: the swing bench. Swaying gently on the bench with a mint mojito in hand, makes me feel like Blanche Devereaux out on the veranda. Even if you don't enjoy pretending to be a cultured southern lady of means, your date/lover/friend with turn to you and understand that you KNOW the places in SF to go (and why you are such a cool kid, it's not even a big deal to share this oasis with them). As for you: sip your beverage, listen to the slight creak of the bench wood and enjoy this respite from the calls of a demanding world (but remember to scoot over when I arrive).