Kissakeko is a listening bar in Soma, San Francisco.
Editorially verified May 20, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
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Tip: Open Monday and Thursday through Saturday; one seating per session. Quiet listening is the unwritten rule; no phones at the bar.
Address: 1327 Mason Street, San Francisco, CA 94108
Side A on 19th Street in SF is the vinyl listening bistro from Parker Brown and Caroline Brown, pairing Californian and Midwestern plates with DJ vinyl sets.
TipReservations recommended for the dining counter; vinyl DJs spin from 19:00. The kitchen runs late, so listening sessions stretch past 22:00.
Specs' Twelve Adler Museum Cafe sits down an unmarked alley off Columbus in North Beach, a sailors' and poets' bar since 1968 with maritime relics and cheap.
TipKnock on the yellow door at 250 Columbus to find it. Cash bar runs faster; the back booths are the local seats, not the bar.
Vesuvio Cafe on Columbus in SF, across Jack Kerouac Alley from City Lights, has been the Beat-generation bar since Henri Lenoir opened it in 1948 with two.
TipUpstairs balcony has the best people-watching over Columbus. The bartender will pour a Jack Kerouac cocktail to anyone who asks.
The 500 Club sits at Guerrero and 17th in SF's Mission, a corner dive with a neon martini sign over the door, cheap drinks and a back room of regulars.
TipBloody Mary at 06:00 on weekends is a Mission tradition. The room runs cash; the back room is the locals' corner, not the front bar.
Zeitgeist on Valencia in SF is a German beer garden and Mission dive with a backyard the size of a city lot, 60 taps and a kitchen turning out cheeseburgers.
TipCash bar only; the patio sets at picnic tables. The kitchen runs Bloody Marys all weekend and shuts the grill by 23:30 most nights.
The Saloon on Grant Avenue first poured in 1861 and survived the 1906 fire, making it the oldest operating bar in San Francisco with blues bands every night.
TipLive blues every night with a small cover most weekends. Cash bar; the original 1860s wood bar is the photo opportunity.
