This dance bar is in the second story and boasts a balcony and an open-to-the-sky patio inside. It's always packed with a perky, mixed crowd. The dance floor is, alas, barely two arm reaches across.

Open Hours

1:00pm-2:00am

Location/Contact Info

2367 Market St.
Phone: (415) 861-3846

This is the best dance space in San Francisco, many think. It is a huge space with fabulous lighting system and many different spaces. In the center is the main dance floor, two stories tall with a skylight and galleries all around. There's an outdoor patio and an upstairs lounge with bar, both shielded from the speaker blare by doors. Down in the basement another dance floor, famous for acid house music, plenty of sofas.

Location/Contact Info

1015 Folsom St. (Between 6th & 7th)
Phone: (415) 431-1200

The dramatic ceilings must be at least 25 feet tall and the Redwood walls give this bar a definite ambiance. It's one of the new chic "in" spots in town. This sophisticated bar also offers the feeling of being in a haunted mansion. Check out the "pictures" on the wall and you'll know what we mean.

Location/Contact Info

495 Geary St. San Francisco, CA 94102

For the heck of it, we're including a few of the past scene spots. There's Charlie's on Union Street, whose all-black dress attire and cool factor were the best in the city until it became fished out.

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