"If your idea of a fun night revolves around creative cocktails and gossipy conversations that would make TMZ jealous, you’ll love April Jean. This fern-laden North Beach bar serves spirit-forward drinks with ingredients like pie crust, condensed milk, and raisins. One even comes with a cookie on the side. And the best part is that you can always count on a crowd to fill this mid-century modern lounge with pendant lights and a pistachio green tambour trim, loudly chatting about their forbidden romances while perched on the many redwood stools until the lights shut off at 2am." - julia chen 1, patrick wong, lani conway, ricky rodriguez