Uploaded December 2018 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
Tis the season for some yummy winter libations of both the hot and cold kinds! Here's my definitive list of the 12 best winter-themed cocktails throughout San Francisco:
1. Aunt Chrystl's Hot Austrian Punsch/Bluestem Brasserie
2. Warm Winter Bowl/Whitechapel Bar
3. Dog's Nose/Whitechapel Bar
4. Hot Butt Rum/Elixir Saloon
5. Kentucky Pilgrim/Elixir Saloon
6. Eleven Pipers Piping/Top of the Mark
7. Nine Ladies Dancing/Top of the Mark
8. A Partridge In A Pear Tree/Top of the Mark
9. Irish Coffee/Buena Vista Cafe
10. Brandy Milk Punch/Bar Agricole
11. Not In My Backyard/Arguello
12. House Cappuccino/Tosca Cafe
#sanfrancisco #sanfranciscofoodie #exploresanfrancisco
Bluestem Brasserie (SOMA/Union Square)
One Yerba Buena Lane
San Francisco, CA
415-547-1111
Email: info@bluestembrasserie.com
Website: bluestembrasserie.com
Open Daily 11AM-11PM
Whitechapel Bar (Tenderloin)
@Embassy Hotel
600 Polk Street
San Francisco, CA
Email: info@whitechapelsf.com
Website: whitechapelsf.com
Open Sunday to Wednesday 5PM-12AM and Thursday to Saturday 5PM-2AM (21+)
Elixir Saloon (Mission District)
3200 16th Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
415-552-1633
Website: elixirsf.com
Open Mondays to Fridays 3PM-2AM and Weekends 12PM-2AM
Top Of The Mark (Nob Hill)
@ Mark Hopkins Intercontinental Hotel
999 California Street
San Francisco, CA 94108
415-392-3434
Website: intercontinentalmarkhopkins.com/top-of-the-mark.aspx
Open Monday to Thursday 4:30-11:30PM, Fridays & Saturday 4:30PM-12:30AM, Sundays 10AM-10PM (21+ after 10PM)
Buena Vista Cafe (North Beach/Ghirardelli Square)
2765 Hyde Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
415-474-5044
E-mail: thebuenavista@comcast.net
Website: thebuenavista.com
Open Monday to Friday 9-2AM and Weekends from 8-2AM
Bar Agricole (Hayes Valley)
355 11th Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
415-355-9400
Website: baragricole.co
Open Monday to Thursday 5-11PM, Friday and Saturday 5PM-12AM
Arguello (The Presidio)
@ The Presidio Officers' Club
On The Main Post
50 Moraga Avenue
San Francisco, CA 941029
415-561-3650
Website: arguellosf.com
Open Tuesdays 11AM-4PM, Wednesdays to Saturdays 11AM-9PM, Sundays 11AM-4PM
Tosca Cafe (North Beach)
242 Columbus Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94133
415-986-9651
Email: info@toscacafesf.com
Website: toscacafesf.com
Open Sunday to Thursday 5:30PM-12AM and Friday to Saturday 5:30PM to 1AM
____________________
Music Attributions:
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Source: incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100270
Artist: incompetech.com
Fiddles McGinty by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Source: incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1400051
Artist: incompetech.com
Winter Ride by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Source: twinmusicom.org/song/308/winter-ride
Artist: twinmusicom.org
Italian Morning by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Artist: twinmusicom.org
Tis the season for some yummy winter libations of both the hot and cold kinds! Here's my definitive list of the 12 best winter-themed cocktails throughout San Francisco:
1. Aunt Chrystl's Hot Austrian Punsch/Bluestem Brasserie
2. Warm Winter Bowl/Whitechapel Bar
3. Dog's Nose/Whitechapel Bar
4. Hot Butt Rum/Elixir Saloon
5. Kentucky Pilgrim/Elixir Saloon
6. Eleven Pipers Piping/Top of the Mark
7. Nine Ladies Dancing/Top of the Mark
8. A Partridge In A Pear Tree/Top of the Mark
9. Irish Coffee/Buena Vista Cafe
10. Brandy Milk Punch/Bar Agricole
11. Not In My Backyard/Arguello
12. House Cappuccino/Tosca Cafe
#sanfrancisco #sanfranciscofoodie #exploresanfrancisco
Bluestem Brasserie (SOMA/Union Square)
One Yerba Buena Lane
San Francisco, CA
415-547-1111
Email: info@bluestembrasserie.com
Website: bluestembrasserie.com
Open Daily 11AM-11PM
Whitechapel Bar (Tenderloin)
@Embassy Hotel
600 Polk Street
San Francisco, CA
Email: info@whitechapelsf.com
Website: whitechapelsf.com
Open Sunday to Wednesday 5PM-12AM and Thursday to Saturday 5PM-2AM (21+)
Elixir Saloon (Mission District)
3200 16th Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
415-552-1633
Website: elixirsf.com
Open Mondays to Fridays 3PM-2AM and Weekends 12PM-2AM
Top Of The Mark (Nob Hill)
@ Mark Hopkins Intercontinental Hotel
999 California Street
San Francisco, CA 94108
415-392-3434
Website: intercontinentalmarkhopkins.com/top-of-the-mark.aspx
Open Monday to Thursday 4:30-11:30PM, Fridays & Saturday 4:30PM-12:30AM, Sundays 10AM-10PM (21+ after 10PM)
Buena Vista Cafe (North Beach/Ghirardelli Square)
2765 Hyde Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
415-474-5044
E-mail: thebuenavista@comcast.net
Website: thebuenavista.com
Open Monday to Friday 9-2AM and Weekends from 8-2AM
Bar Agricole (Hayes Valley)
355 11th Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
415-355-9400
Website: baragricole.co
Open Monday to Thursday 5-11PM, Friday and Saturday 5PM-12AM
Arguello (The Presidio)
@ The Presidio Officers' Club
On The Main Post
50 Moraga Avenue
San Francisco, CA 941029
415-561-3650
Website: arguellosf.com
Open Tuesdays 11AM-4PM, Wednesdays to Saturdays 11AM-9PM, Sundays 11AM-4PM
Tosca Cafe (North Beach)
242 Columbus Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94133
415-986-9651
Email: info@toscacafesf.com
Website: toscacafesf.com
Open Sunday to Thursday 5:30PM-12AM and Friday to Saturday 5:30PM to 1AM
____________________
Music Attributions:
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Source: incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100270
Artist: incompetech.com
Fiddles McGinty by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Source: incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1400051
Artist: incompetech.com
Winter Ride by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Source: twinmusicom.org/song/308/winter-ride
Artist: twinmusicom.org
Italian Morning by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Artist: twinmusicom.org
