Where do the tastemakers go on their night off? To the cusp of Potrero Hill and the Mission, of course, where neighborhood bar Il Pirata lures the CCA set. On any given night in this wood-paneled throwback to Potrero’s rougher days, lusty salsa dancers mix with keffiyeh-sporting art-school savants, with wonderful results. The back room is the place to get down—Friday nights might have you two-stepping to Celia Cruz, Sunday afternoons could find you mellowed by reggae beats—but the bar is where the real action happens. Step up for a reliably stiff drink, and you just might leave with a dissertation on the state of postmodernism.
Il Pirata 2007 16th St., 415-626-2626
Where do the tastemakers go on their night off? To the cusp of Potrero Hill and the Mission, of course, where neighborhood bar Il Pirata lures the CCA set. On any given night in this wood-paneled throwback to Potrero’s rougher days, lusty salsa dancers mix with keffiyeh-sporting art-school savants, with wonderful results. The back room is the place to get down—Friday nights might have you two-stepping to Celia Cruz, Sunday afternoons could find you mellowed by reggae beats—but the bar is where the real action happens. Step up for a reliably stiff drink, and you just might leave with a dissertation on the state of postmodernism.
Il Pirata 2007 16th St., 415-626-2626
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