Left Door
Restaurant · Union Street
1905 Union St, San Francisco, CA 94123
Highlights
Stylish lounge with delicious, craft cocktails and upscale bites
Stylish lounge with delicious, craft cocktails and upscale bites
"The team behind the Marina’s Bus Stop opened this swanky restaurant in fall 2023, and rolled out its bougie brunch a year later. For $125, each guest is party to a coordinated dance of two cocktails, a tasting menu of “tea service-inspired bites,” and DJ Max Heegard playing throughout the affair. Make reservations through Tock." - Dianne de Guzman
"Bus Stop Saloon is a long-running neighborhood favorite but that doesn’t mean it can’t manage to surprise the locals still. The Bus Stop team opened Left Door just upstairs, but with a completely different look and feel from the street-level bar below. Expect to sip on one of six martinis or another classic cocktail, while sitting in what feels like your fanciest friend of a friend’s living room. As is befitting a classy place, caviar service is available — as well as a smaller, more manageable caviar bump — along with a limited raw bar, charcuterie board, and more." - Paolo Bicchieri
"A New Year’s Eve cocktail party that replicates a caviar-and-Champagne Marina-apartment vibe without the cleanup: $100 tickets include a welcome cocktail, a charcuterie spread, caviar bumps, and a Champagne toast at midnight; attendees are asked to wear cocktail attire and purchase tickets via Tock." - Dianne de Guzman
"This swanky new speakeasy is hiding on the second story above Bus Stop Saloon. It looks like a fabulous living room filled with floral wallpaper, tufted couches, and oh yes, a black marble fireplace. If that doesn’t warm you up, the martini menu with half a dozen options plus olive pairings should do the trick." - Becky Duffett
"Next door to the Bus Stop Saloon in Cow Hollow is a pair of unmarked doors to what looks like an apartment building—except these include a bouncer out front. Ascend the stairs and step into a cocktail lounge that’s full of bubble velvet couches, chandeliers, and enough gold accents to make Versailles look minimalist. You’ll find people wearing flashy dresses and freshly dry-cleaned sports coats lounging next to painted portraits that look straight out of an exhibit at the Legion of Honor. To match the atmosphere, the drinks and food have a bit of extravagance. Cocktails with ingredients like jasmine rice-infused tequila, aloe liqueur, and Okinawa brown sugar and bar bites such as a Valrhona mousse choco taco, $65 aged wagyu bites, and $12 bumps of caviar. Walk-ins are subject to availability, so plan ahead, make a reservation, and pull out your gala outfit (or, more realistically, the flashiest piece in your wardrobe)." - julia chen 1, lani conway, patrick wong, ricky rodriguez
