SF's Best LGBTQ+ Happy Hours

San Francisco is already an iconic queer city to the world, so it only makes sense for its LGBTQ+ happy hours to be just as well known! Ranging from 2-for-1 specials, delicious liquid courage concoctions, or a familiar cheap beer, these queer drinking spots each have something for everyone in the community and beyond!




Aunt Charlie's Lounge (Tenderloin)

Monday-Friday: 12pm-2pm & 5pm-7pm
  • $3 Domestic Bottles, Well Drinks


Badlands (Castro)

Monday-Thursday: 3pm-8pm

  • 2-for-1 Drinks
  • $7 Long Island
  • $4 Fireball
  • $6 Cucumber Lime with Soda


Beaux (Castro)

Monday - Friday, 3pm-9pm;

Saturday - Sunday, 2pm - 8pm

  • 2-for-1 Specials

Martini Mondays

  • $5 Martinis

Tapped Tuesdays

  • $2 Any Beer, $2 Tacos

Wine Wednesdays

  • Wine/Bubbly: $5 glass, $15-$20 bottle

Dee's Keys Thursdays:

  • $7 Specialty Cocktails
  • Free Drink for Every Singer

Frisky Fridays: 8:30pm - 10pm

  • $2 Well Drinks


Blackbird (Castro)

Monday - Friday: 5pm-8pm
  • Offers wines by the glass, artisan craft beers, and oak-aged cocktails
  • $1-2 off draft beers
  • $2 Bud Lights and PBRs


Blush! Wine Bar (Castro)

Every Day Until 6PM

  • 30% off any wine


The Cafe (Castro)

Daily 2-4-1 Drinks
  • Monday – Thursday: 5pm – Close
  • Friday: 5-9pm 2-4-1 drinks | 9-10pm $1 Wells
  • Saturday: 5-9pm
  • Sunday: 2-10pm


The Edge (Castro)

Monday - Friday: 5pm-9pm

  • 2-for-1 (drink + chip): Buy 1 drink get a 2nd for $1

Saturday - Sunday: Noon-9pm

  • 2-for-1 (drink + chip): Buy 1 drink get a 2nd for $1


El Rio (Bernal Heights)

Monday: 1pm-2am

  • $2 Tecate

Tuesday - Friday: 1pm-8pm

  • $5 Well and Draft Beer
  • Bloody Barry Bar with Infused Vodkas


Hamburger Mary's (Castro)

Monday - Friday: 4pm - 7pm
  • $3 Tecate, PBR & Bud Light
  • $5 Coronas
  • $5 Drakes 1500 & Stella Drafts
  • $3 Well Drinks
  • $5 Appetizers: Love Me Tenders, Mary’s Mac & Cheese Balls, Macho Mary Nachos, Chicken Wings, Mary’s Tasty French Fries, Onion Rings


Hi Tops (Castro)

Thursday: 8pm-10pm
  • 2-for-1 specials

Jolene's Bar (Mission) 

Thursday + Friday: 4pm-7pm

  • $4 Draft Beers 
  • $5 Fernet Jelinick
  • $6 Chardonnay, Pinot, Rose 
  • $7 Moscow Mule, Bartender Special 
  • $10 Highlife Pony + Jameson Shot


Last Call Bar (Castro)

Daily: 12pm - 7pm
  • $3 Well Drinks
  • $2 Pabst Blue Ribbon on Tap
  • $3 Selected (Bottle) Beers


Lookout (Castro) 

Daily: 4pm - 8pm

  • 2-for-1 specials
  • $8 - Deep Fried Bourbon Shots (with bacon caramel dipping sauce)
  • $8 - Deep Fried Tequila Shots (with strawberry dipping sauce) 


Midnight Sun (Castro)

Daily until 9pm

  • 2 for 1 drink specials
  • Buddha's Elixir - Effen Cucumber Vodka, Midori Melon Liqueur, muddled cucumber and fresh lime.
  • Lady Marmalade - Tanqueray Gin, Cointreau Orange Liqueur, orange marmalade and fresh lemon.


Moby Dick (Castro)

Monday, Wednesday-Friday: 12pm - 8pm
Tuesday: Open - Close
  • $2 Beer (draft and bottle)
Saturday

  • Bartender Special
  • 2 for 1 Frozen Lemon Drops

Sunday

  • $4 Bloody Mary
  • $3.50 Budlight Draft
  • 2 for 1 Frozen Lemon Drops


The Mix (Castro)

Monday: All Day

  • $2 Domestic Pints
  • $4 Premium

Wednesday: All Day

  • $5.50 Hangar 1
  • $3 Any Beer

Thursday: All Day

  • $2.50 Tecate
  • $5 Tito's Vodka


OMG (SoMa)

Daily 2-for-1 Special


Special Cocktails Include:

  • Hi Chai: in-house infusion of spiced vodka mixed with Indian chai, Bailey's and condensed milk. 
  • Anar-tini: cosmo made with vodka and pomegranate juice
  • Tikha Khatta: jalapeno vodka and mango passion fruit juice
  • Porn Star: Grey Goose and X rated liqueur
  • Power Bottom: blended Mango strawberry daiquiri.
  • Fem Top: blended Margarita in your choice of flavors - Mango, Strawberry, Watermelon


Pilsner Inn (Mission)

Monday - Wednesday: All Day

  • $5 Well Drinks


QBar (Castro)

Weekdays: 4 - 9pm, Weekends: 2 - 9pm

  • 2-for-1 Drink Specials
  • $2.50 Well
  • $3.50 Call
  • $3 Shots: Jager, Jameson, Sauza
  • $3 Draft Microbrews


The Stud (SoMa)

Sunday-Thursday 5PM-9PM
  • $5 Cocktails/Craft Beer
  • $3 Bud/Bud Lights
  • $7 Slushees
  • $5 Jameson and Espolon shots
  • $8 Tecate + Espolon Shots
  • $6 Specialty Cocktails


Toad Hall (Castro)

Monday - Friday: All Day

  • 2-for-1 Specials


Wild Side West (Bernal Heights)

Everyday: 5PM - 8PM
  • 2-for-1 drinks



Written by Fernando Martinez