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In January 2019 Boxcar Theatre hosted the "SF Sketchfest at The Speakeasy", where they co-produced six immersive comedy shows. [9] [10] The Speakeasy was nominated for Theatre Bay Area awards in 2019. It was also named among the "Best Places to Play 2017" by San Francisco Magazine [11] and "Best of the Bay" by 7x7 Magazine.
Historic bars and saloons in San Francisco were some of the earliest businesses during the formation of the city. Many of the first businesses to spring up in San Francisco during the California Gold Rush era (1848–1855) supported the influx of new men, including bars and saloons, [1] breweries, [2] horse racing tracks, [3] and others forms of entertainment.
The Archbishop of San Francisco (Sacramento was not its own diocese yet), Joseph Sadoc Alemany officiated at the dedication ceremony, blessing and dedicating what was then known as St. Patrick's Institute. [5] On 17 July 1876, St. Patrick's opened for its first day of classes, with seven Brothers and 200 students. [5]
Speakeasy Ales & Lagers is a craft brewery that was founded in 1997 by Steve Bruce and Forest Gray in the Hunters Point neighborhood of San Francisco, California, USA. [1] The company brands its beers with references to 1930s prohibition -era mobsters and organized crime .
Big Al's was one of the first topless bars in San Francisco and the United States since the mid-1960s. It was the first full nudity bars in San Francisco. [1] It is next to the Condor Club, where the strip-club phenomenon began; and as of 1991, claimed to be one of the largest porn stores in San Francisco. [2] The adult book store closed its ...
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A 2021 map showing how a tsunami could impact San Francisco was thrust back into the spotlight after a 2024 earthquake
The I-Beam was a former popular nightclub and live music venue active from 1977 to 1994, and located in the Park Masonic Hall building on the second floor at 1748 Haight Street in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco. [1] The I-Beam served as one of San Francisco's earliest disco clubs, as well as serving as a "gay refuge". [1] [2]