15 Romolo

North Beach & Chinatown


Strap on your spurs: it's gonna be a wild Western night at this back-alley Basque saloon squeezed between burlesque joints. The strong slay the Jabberwocky (gin, sherry, bitters, fortified wine), but the brazen Baker Beach (mezcal, manzanilla sherry, apricot, vermouth, lemon) makes grown men blush. Bask in $9 Basque Pincon punch at 5pm to 7:30pm happy hours, and pace yourself with tasty pintxos (tapas).


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