This place has been a bar as long as there have been bars on Mission Street, we think. On the wall near the short end of this curving bar is a letter from the City Planning Department OK'ing the Bar's request for three hitching posts. (2 on the 29th street side and 1 on the Mission street side) That kind of tipped us to the fact that we were in a place that had a little history.
There it was spread out on one of the two tables along the main wall: a whole stack of newspapers from the 30's and 40's that had been just pulled from under the carpeting that was being replaced in the apartments upstairs (let's not get into that too deeply). Anyway this place has been here a long time and it shows, the Flynn boys love a bar that has plenty of windows and none you can see out of. It dark and dingy the way a bar should be, serving mixed, but not blendered drinks.
One thing worth mentioningis the murals. Now, mind you, they're not the classic H.F. Vick variety of the 3300's Bernal Heights neighbors, Charlie's or Skip's, but they are notable. At the 3300, men seeking relief are greeted with the image of an immodest wood-nymph seated at foot of a frothing blue waterfall (and just above the urinal trough).
Flynn says 2 and half jiggers.
Flynn Facts:
Prices: Rum and coke: $2.50
Beers on tap: none
Bartender: Joe
Features: A very nice paperback lending library, old newspapers for your amusement, and a fine display of exotic jerky (we had the alligator)
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