Cherylynn N.
Yelp
If there's one area that locals avoid, it's North Beach. It's a pain in the ass to get to, it's infested with tourists, parking is beyond atrocious, and valet can costs as much as 3 boozy cocktails.
When it comes to parking, I'm going to practice my rare, frugality methods. Shoot, I'm not going to waste money on valet parking that can be used for romancing the bottle. Yep, priorities.
Tater Tot had his first grooming appointment in North Beach so we begrudgingly headed there on a Friday afternoon. The parking gods must have been looking over us because I scored awesome metered parking on Columbus street. We had 2 hours to kill after dropping him off so I thought I knock off some of my North Beach bookmarks that were collecting dust.
First up: The Boardroom.
I love that it's a scotch off the beaten path of touristy Columbus Avenue. And, unless the tourist is a Yelper, they're probably unlikely to find The Boardroom.
I was hoping to be welcomed by the resident pooch that I've seen on Yelp pics but sadly, he wasn't there. It's ok though because we were welcomed by our super nice bartender who had a very distinctive Vin Diesel voice.
The Boardroom is a dive bar that serves decently priced drinks, bar food, and brunch on the weekends (hello, cookie batter French toast!). There's a bunch of flat screen TVs for watching the game and a Rockbot so you can select whatever song you want to play ($1/song).
Fridays are the best day of the week because I can drink to my heart's content and not have to worry about having to wake up at ass crack of dawn to go to work. The Boardroom has happy hour specials Monday- Friday 4 pm - 7 pm: $1 off all wells, beers, and shot specials, $6 fernet and tecate, and $5 nachos. On Mondays, they have 50 cent wings (I'll make it there one day!) and Tuesdays are $2 tacos and trivia night. CC's accepted.
I stuck with usual Hendrick's Tonic ($10) which was nicely stiff. I noticed they carried Effen Vodka which is rare so I also had two Effen Black Cherry Tonics ($9 each).
What's booze without some good drunchies right?
We ordered their infamous Bac-o-Tots ($8): http://bit.ly/1dKsqJn and Carne Asada Nachos (Small - $7): http://bit.ly/1IkLF48 which were great. You can never go wrong with bacon and tots but together, they make the perfect drunchies snack especially with the side of ranch for dipping. Yep, definitely get an order of these...for yourself. We regretted not ordering a large nachos because they was pretty good as well. Fresh mound of crunchy chips topped with a duo of melty cheese, black beans, tender bits of carne asada, salsa rojo, guac, jalapenos, and crema. The chef brought out our food to us himself which I thought was a nice touch.
Didn't encounter any douches when we were there like others did but there may be a resolution for that. Blast some Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus or Ariana Frappuccino Grande on the Rockbot. Problem solved.