Sports, beer buckets, pool tables, and daily drink specials























"Listed among participating spots in the Bar Blackbird subscription program from a loyalty platform founded by Resy co-founder Ben Leventhal, this venue is covered by a plan that, for a monthly subscription fee, lets members "unlock a complimentary cocktail... with the purchase of one drink" and access other perks; the program launched its San Francisco arm on December 5 and aims to help frequent drink-buyers offset rising prices. Eater NY provides additional background on the platform's 2023 debut." - Dianne de Guzman
"Bus Stop in Cow Hollow is where you can watch every team imaginable under one roof, and also small enough that you might end up making friends with your sworn sports enemy (or making friends with a regular) and buying each other rounds. For larger games, they cover up the pool tables in the back to create more places to sit or put your drink down. There’s also a different drink special each night, and while they don’t have food here, Bus Stop lets you bring it in from anywhere." - lani conway, julia chen 1, will kamensky
"After a $300,000 bathroom redesign (making the toilets ADA-compliant and then some), this 102-year-old Cow Hollow bar is back in business. The owners are known to buy everyone at the bar food on game day, so make sure to swing through if you’re hungry — but if they roll their eyes don’t tell them Eater SF sent you." - Paolo Bicchieri, Eater Staff
"A 123-year-old Cow Hollow bar that’s been getting ritzier, the Bus Stop Saloon underwent bathroom renovations last summer that cost more than $300,000 and now houses the new upstairs lounge Left Door after the space was transformed by owners Joseph Wallace and Robert Lemons." - Paolo Bicchieri
"I consider this an essential Cow Hollow bar that will soon have a new restaurant, Left Door, opening above it next year." - Lauren Saria