Trick Dog
Cocktail bar · Mission
3010 20th St, San Francisco, CA 94110
Highlights
Award-winning bar with creative, themed menus & eclectic small plates.
Award-winning bar with creative, themed menus & eclectic small plates.
"Trick Dog is one of our favorite bars for starting or ending a night in the Mission. It’s nice enough that you could go there with visiting friends to show them why they need to drop everything and move to SF, but casual enough that you could grab a drink while you wait for a table at Penny Roma next door. The menu changes regularly, but the cocktails always run along a central theme, like Pantone colors or astrology." - ricky rodriguez, julia chen 1, lani conway
"This San Francisco venue was named Best U.S. Cocktail Bar (presented by Pernod Ricard), marking it as the top cocktail-focused bar in the U.S. category for 2025." - Erin Perkins
"Trick Dog is not only the go-to Flour + Water waiting spot, but it is one of the city's best cocktail bars. No matter the night, Trick Dog will have a random assortment of people who are here to drink whatever’s on their seasonal, themed menu (previous themes have involved dogs, sports, and Lunar New Year). There’s also a great food menu that plays along with the shifting themes." - julia chen 1, patrick wong, lani conway, ricky rodriguez
"Trick Dog is a ridiculously popular bar (and Flour + Water waiting spot) in the Mission that serves creative cocktails that are actually good (and not just pretentious). No matter the night, Trick Dog will have a random splattering of people who are here to drink whatever’s on their seasonal, themed menu. Pop, R&B, and rap play on the speakers, and it’s just loud enough for you to still be able to chat with that person you brought over from the climbing gym around the corner." - lani conway, julia chen 1, ricky rodriguez
"Trick Dog in the Mission is the city’s most famous cocktail bar—thanks to their knockout drinks that are clarified, slushie-d, or spiced with green curry, nutritional yeast, and Santo Palo, and themes that change twice a year (astrology, Tantric yoga, Pantone colors). This is a serious cocktail bar but in a nerdy, fun sort of way that ends up feeling like the best kind of clubhouse. Since this place can get loud, arrive early to spend quality time studying the impressive drawings on the menu and talk to the bartender." - julia chen 1, lani conway, ricky rodriguez
