Skip's was called "The Cherokee" during 1950's (before Flynn's time).
According to the current owner Bill (who was in his cups the night the
Flynn boys called) the Cherokee was a rough and tumble affair filled with
"bikers and indians: the worst possible combination for a bar." The police
nicknamed it "the Bucket of Blood."
Still not the gathering place for the genteel, Skip's has a fairly mundane
decor, with inflatable beer advertisements, the usual old photos of San
Francisco and Marilyn Monroe. One extraordinary exception is THE reason to
visit Skip's on your way from the Wild Side West to Charley's: a grimy
mural above the door painted by "H.F. Vick" in 1950. True to the Cherokee
heritage of the site, the famous murals-for-drinks artist depicted Native
Americans on horseback heading towards a wagon train.
Bill told us it was the only H.F. Vick mural left in a San Francisco bar, but
who can blame him for not visiting his competition two blocks up? Yes, Vick
fans, there are two masterpieces on one street (See our review of
"Charley's")
Flynn says 2 jiggers.
Flynn Facts:
Prices: Hot Brandy = $3.00
Beers on tap: Bud, Sam Adams, Anchor, Wider Heffenweizen, cider. (Craft
beer drinker beware: on a previous Flynn visit the bartender was having
trouble filling up a pitcher and said "the trouble with these microbeers is
they're so foamy and that's what gets you drunk.")
Bartender: Overworked Millie, who claims to have been coming to the bar for
40 years.
Features: Mural by H.F. Vick. Bonus Mark Spitz photo. "Notice it is illegal
to argue w/bartender" sign. Centralized bar accesible from all angles. Pool
table
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