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City Beer Store sets the standard for San Francisco bottle shops.

City Beer Store was closing at 6 for the Fourth, so we raced over the hill from Pac Heights to beer-up. It wasn’t quite Steve McQueen in “Bullitt,” but it was close. When we arrived at Craig and Beth Wathen’s contemporary beer store, the CLOSED sign was up but the door was open, so we walked inside like we hadn’t seen it. Downstairs, people were congregating around the tiny bar, so we still had time to raid the fridges. Based on what we saw, it’s hard to imagine a better bottle shop within San Francisco city limits.


Craft Beer San Francisco

City Beer had two fridges and well-stocked shelves holding hundreds of different beers.

Craft Beer San Francisco

If you get a mix-and-match sixer, City Beer gives you a 10% discount.

We picked up bottles of Russian River Pliny the Elder, Russian River Blind Pig, Dogfish Head Aprihop, Jolly Pumpkin Special Holiday Ale, St. Bernardus Tripel and Dogfish Head Palo Santo Marron. After two cocktails and a beer float at dinner, I only managed to drink two beers during the fireworks display: Dogfish Head Aprihop, an IPA brewed with apricots; and Jolly Pumpkin Special Holiday Ale, a malty beer brewed with chestnuts, juniper berry, white sage and caraway seeds. Christmas in July? Why not?

Craft Beer Menu San Francisco

Our mission may have been bottle-driven, but we still succumbed to the tap list.

City Beer Store poured sours, which were all new to my parents, so we ordered Van Steenberge tart Flemish sour red ale.

It looks like there will be another trip to San Francisco in August. A second drive to City Beer Store is in order, and next time, we won’t cut it so close to closing time.

Address: 853 Valencia Street, San Francisco, CA 94110
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Joshua Lurie

Joshua Lurie founded FoodGPS in 2005. Read about him here.

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I have only been here once and I already can’t wait to go again. I picked a sahti from Nogne, cans of Siamese Twin from Uncommon Brewers and more. Craig is a great guy too. Easy to talk with and has a great selection to choose from.

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