Zeitgeist Makes Esquire’s ‘Best Bars in America’
Esquire’s just published The Best Bars in America, and Zeitgeist scored pretty big. They call it the best bar in San Francisco, and it ranks high as any other bar in the state. More:
But there’s something at Zeitgeist that goes beyond the great food and the great beer garden. The bar seems angry. The symbols are angry. The bumper stickers are angry. But Zeitgeist is not an angry place. In fact, it is unmistakably friendly and open, even happy. At Zeitgeist, nobody’s a freak, not even the guy in the khakis and polo shirt.
I agree that it definitely is friendly, but I see people mistake it for unfriendly pretty often, so I don’t know if I’d use “unmistakably”. (via Eater SF)
Previously on Mission Mission:
WTMF of the Day: Baby Stroller with Motorcycle Windscreen in the Median in Front of Zeitgeist
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May 22, 2008 at 12:01 pm
“…but I see people mistake it for unfriendly pretty often…”
Anyone that sees this place as unfriendly has some serious mental and emotional hangups and should either immediately walk out the door or drink until it passes.
May 22, 2008 at 12:41 pm
Angry is hip? Oh, don’t tell John McCain and ruin Zeitgeist with him showing up.
May 22, 2008 at 1:51 pm
Crikey. As if this place isn’t full enough in the summer. Please, Esquire, hush up.
May 22, 2008 at 3:45 pm
and thus, Zeitgeist is declared dead.
May 22, 2008 at 11:50 pm
Well if that’s the yardstick of it’s death, perhaps it’s mention in Wired magazine and the BBC documentary that was filmed there had something to do with it – like six years ago. It’s seriously changed since that time – I lived 1/2 block down. Cell phones (read: hipster .com assholes) were barely tolerated there at the time.
May 23, 2008 at 12:44 am
lemme back that up a bit. I’m talking around 2000-2002
May 23, 2008 at 8:53 am
I am now glad that I have never been a devoted Zeigeist fan. But, what is this about them serving good food???
May 23, 2008 at 12:00 pm
I haven’t eaten there in a long time, the kitchen staff has a regular turn-over, but their food has always been frickin’ amazing. BBQ! Cornbread! Burgers! Oh My!
May 24, 2008 at 10:23 am
Those guys are so mean they make my soul cry. Angry is NOT hip.
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September 8, 2008 at 9:03 am
I think it’s pretty easy to mistake it as unfriendly when the bar tenders and the manager verbally harass you! I once witnessed the manager tell a young female that if she “had half a brain” she could see that a practitioner was ½ closed and see that that obviously meant they weren’t selling food. Are you kidding? That asshole needs to get over himself.