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An intimate venue located in San Francisco's historic Ferry Building
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Zeitgeist is located in California. This place is located in the Mission District area.
Zeitgeist is a bar and guesthouse offering guests an outdoor deck, BBQ and over 20 German beers. Hotel rooms are located right above the bar and priced at $30 a night. Among some of the beers include Hubsch Marzen Hubsch Hefe-weizen, Spaten Premium Lager, Steelhead Pale Ale, Paulaner Hefe Weizen and Lind Drake's Ale, to name a few.
1.0 of 5 stars.
Are you freakin' serious?You could have received **** for your unique albeit mellow ambiance reminiscent of a good friend's backyard BBQ uniting fellow San Franciscan hipsters and tourists alike but...
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I've been coming to Zeitgeist for years because I love the picnic table seating, the old school video games and the great selection of beer on tap. It's a great place for groups as well as one of the...
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Another victim of gentrification. Overrun with yuppies/yalies/princetonians/harvardos etc.
yelp.com - user review - 10/16/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This place belongs in "Stuff White People Like". It feels off the beaten path, even though it's packed, the wait staff are somewhat dickish, in a hipster, prove yourself worthy, sort of way, it's a...
yelp.com - user review - 10/15/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
WARNING!!I went here once for lunch. The guy who took our order for a burger practically told me off for not leaving a tip!!! (I usually tip but I'm a broke ass college student and had the exact money...
yelp.com - user review - 10/14/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
"Awww Yeah Beotches!" .... That's what it should say under the EXIT sign at Zeitgeist. Sittin' outside in the most dusty, weed smoking filled, porta-potty populated bar patio in SF and still having a...
yelp.com - user review - 10/12/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
BEST BLOODY MARY. EVER! I drink bloody mary's just about everywhere that I go even if it's nighttime (and no, I don't care if that's not proper drinking ettiquette...) and based on multiple years of...
yelp.com - user review - 10/11/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
maybe im wrong, but when i think of dive bars, i dont usually think of a place with an occupancy of 200 , i dont consider this place a dive. i like this place on a nice afternoon, not so much when its...
yelp.com - user review - 10/10/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
10 points for the cab driver who drove us directly here when we told him we were looking for a cool dive bar.It was a Saturday night in SF and the bars were filled with the usual club kids, except for...
yelp.com - user review - 10/09/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
As a newcomer in SF, after living 3 years in the capital of the Emerald Isle in Dublin, I was totally surprised about the existence of a huge open garden. This is definitely an easy going place, and...
yelp.com - user review - 10/09/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Five Stars is what it is and it is what it gets! I have been going to Zeitgeist on certain occasions for the past 10 years, I can't believe I am just now Yelping this place. I usually think of...
yelp.com - user review - 10/08/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I think Bloody Mary's are gross, which resulted in two things:1) Having to wait a while for beer while the bartender made 10 Bloody Mary's at once2) Feeling sick to my stomach watching people drink...
yelp.com - user review - 10/07/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Love this spot! Had many a crazy night start off here. Love the outdoor seating area, it's cramped but it's kind of fun! Met tons of new peeps here. Cool place to have a beer and smoke a stog before...
yelp.com - user review - 10/07/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I've hear this bar can be cool, but when I've been there it was average. Way crowded and they ran out of their signature grilled snacks. I can see how it would be fun, but not the times that I've been...
yelp.com - user review - 10/06/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
this place abounds with skinny boys in flannel sporting five o'clock shadow aka it's brimming with lots of man candy. mmm. i love the benches and the fact that the inside bathrooms really aren't too...
yelp.com - user review - 10/03/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I don't really know why I'm reviewing this place. I doubt anyone really cares at this point. You all know what kind of place this is. They have decent priced drinks and food and an outdoor area...
yelp.com - user review - 10/02/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
$9 for a pint of Maker's Coke. Cash OnlyThe patio is why everyone comes here, but its like stepping into a crowded Gulag or some chinese lao-gai labor camp. avoid the tables near the porta...
yelp.com - user review - 09/28/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
As every other review says, this is one of the few outdoor bars in San Francisco, where everyone can smoke and drink all they want. Zeitgeist is not a bad place to be in a Saturday afternoon, what...
yelp.com - user review - 09/28/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
If this is what San Francisco yelpers consider a dive bar (really? there wasn't even a visible layer of filth on the floor on a Saturday night!), I'd recommend you hightail it to a seedier city (or,...
yelp.com - user review - 09/28/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Best veggie burgers in the city.Great place to hang out & enjoy a sunny SF day- as long as you can find a seat...
yelp.com - user review - 09/26/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I wish we had a Zeitgiest in San Diego. Thats how much fun i have there when i get up to they City.It's gonna be crowded to the max with beer drinkers and party goers on friday -sunday eve's, but...
yelp.com - user review - 09/25/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Ok, ok so after serious consideration and multiple visits to the Z, I'm changing my review. I really do like this bar. It's great to sit out on the patio I almost feel like I'm in high school lunch...
yelp.com - user review - 09/25/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
This place is Oh-Kay. I like the outdoor beer garden that sits under the freeway overpass and the port-o-lets lining the back gate. It is a perfect compliment to the decent prices on drinks and the...
yelp.com - user review - 09/23/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
once, my preppy roommate tagged along and ordered a diet coke. five stars for not beating the crap out of us.
yelp.com - user review - 09/20/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
okay i recently turned 21 and i have always heard more than wonderful things about zeitgeist so i decided to celebrate the big 2-1 at what playboy calls "one of the top ten bars in america" i loved...
yelp.com - user review - 09/19/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
let me just say...this isnt a beergarden! beer gardens are much nicer! this isnt!they do have a wide selection of brews and they have something for everybody. the no picture rule is douchy and i wish...
yelp.com - user review - 09/19/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Cool place to go on a weekday night. On a crowded weekend night... the security staff SUCKS and will boss you around and make you feel mighty unwelcome.
yelp.com - user review - 09/19/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Reasons this place is great:- the bloody mary's are slap-yo-mama good- this is one of the few awesome outdoor bar spaces in SF- the beer selection is pretty good- the Tamale LadyReasons this place...
yelp.com - user review - 09/18/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
open at 9am. yeah? open.at.nine.am.so at 8:59, roll yourself out of bed and go get yourself a pitcher with a couple of buddies, sit on the sunny patio, order a good smelling burger from the grill,...
yelp.com - user review - 09/17/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Zeitgeist has an outdoor beer garden, so you can smoke. And if you come to this place, you'll want to chain smoke, though you won't have anywhere to ash your cigarette because it's too crowded. My...
yelp.com - user review - 09/16/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
It's hard to know how many stars to give Zeitgeist. On the one hand, it's a San Francisco institution, a required stop for anyone who visits. And there are many reasons it maintains its position as...
yelp.com - user review - 09/14/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
When I queried the barman for the house specials, he gave me a smug look and served everyone else at the bar before me - even those that just walked up! After I gave a little nod, he asked me quite...
yelp.com - user review - 09/14/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Super fun, super real Mission hang out. It's gritty, but not gross, though the port-o-potties outside could use a little Clorox. The beers on tap offer a good selection, but WHEW! The one called...
yelp.com - user review - 09/12/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I always have a good time at Zeitgeist. What else can I say? Oh, you know, you all should offer baby back ribs. Come on... please!
yelp.com - user review - 09/11/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
alas, I have been tipped off that TOM has been replaced with some other game. not sure what. just not TOM. lower your flags to half mast. (...faint sound of Taps in the distance...)
yelp.com - user review - 09/11/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Best smoking policy ever. Cheap and stiff well drinks. An indoor bathroom in case you're not drunk enough to settle for the outdoor porto potties.And seriously, how can you knock a place that has an...
yelp.com - user review - 09/11/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I LOVE this bar and I always will. Always a sure bet for a chill night - get started there before a show, stay and get tossed, or wind up there before closing out the night. A few pinball games; the...
yelp.com - user review - 09/11/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I had a first date here over the weekend. You would think that this is a bit of a risky move and you are probably thinking that this was my idea. However, it was his. It was his because he knew that...
yelp.com - user review - 09/09/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
"Let me take you to the most 'Austin' bar in San Francisco" my local buddy said, and though that may have been one of more amusing things one of us noted all night, turned out he was pretty spot on....
yelp.com - user review - 09/08/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
There's nothing else quite like Zeitgeist..at least not in San Francisco. I'll start with the two glaring cons and then roll on through to the pros that make the bad stuff not matter. The attitude....
yelp.com - user review - 09/07/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Awesome place, cool patio, but the bartenders and wait staff are often dicks. That is all.
yelp.com - user review - 09/07/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
man, i am so surprised that i have found myself disappointed with this place! i had heard such good things, am a lover of bloody maries and beer gardens, and i was STILL let down.first of all, the...
yelp.com - user review - 09/06/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Zeitgeist won't lather your ass with margarine so drink a beer, eat a tamale and stay in control. If you want more than that go somewhere else.
yelp.com - user review - 09/06/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Yeah it's a bit too cool for cats, and the staff can be 'douche-bags' (one of the best expressions to come from your side of the pond) but they do do THE best Bloody Mary ever and spicey as you like....
yelp.com - user review - 09/02/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I love the huge outdoor seating area! Great for a nice & sunny day when you want to be outside while drinking.
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4.0 of 5 stars.
So definitely a dive bar. But what makes it crazy unique is the huge high school cafeteria in the back yard. I liked it. I think if you go there with one or two people it might be an odd, cliquish...
yelp.com - user review - 09/01/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Ohhh, I can't even begin to tell you the thoughts that went running through my mind on a Sunday afternoon as the cab pulled up to Zeitgeist. I see "speakeasy" written in neon beside the...
yelp.com - user review - 08/31/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Good eats, awesome drinks (yes, especially the bloody mary's) and great attentive staff. Best place to go on a slow, sunny, Sunday afternoon in the city. Used to be an unknown little gem but the...
yelp.com - user review - 08/31/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
YOU WILL GET some ass hole Nazi food service from a drug-addled freak with demented and arbitrary rules for taking orders and delivery... and the smokey skunky smell of people medicating themselves...
yelp.com - user review - 08/31/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
lots of space
yelp.com - user review - 08/31/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I hate it when people complain about the service at dive bars likeb Zeitgeist and Toronado. If you want good service, go to Gary Danko. If you just want to chill and relax outside and have a beer,...
yelp.com - user review - 08/29/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This is, hands down, one of the best places to enjoy an adult beverage outdoors. And because it's in the Mission (or Duboce Triangle, if you prefer), the sun often shines over their beer garden even...
yelp.com - user review - 08/27/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I really like this place. Brilliant set up with all the picnic tables outside... Great for smoking whatever it is you enjoy smoking. The bouncer was a total doosh bag, but that didn't interfere...
yelp.com - user review - 08/24/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Great music, good strong drinks, didn't get to try the food!!! so bummed, but the outdoor picnic table seating is wonderful (esp if you likey the smokey (yes the other kind of smokey too)), and yeah,...
yelp.com - user review - 08/24/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is the best bar in San Francisco. Great prices on pitchers with a huge backyard, bbq, and hard rock.
yelp.com - user review - 08/24/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Why do I like this place?And why does it always become brimming with folks in the back patio once the sun stays out for more than an hour? So much that you have to literally sit on someone elses lap...
yelp.com - user review - 08/24/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I've been to Zeitgeist a couple of times. The first experience was a three, the second one was a one. The outdoor area and the fact that they sell food makes it a great place. However the long...
yelp.com - user review - 08/23/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I think I was a resident of Austin, Texas in a previous life. Though I was born and raised in San Diego, I've been to Austin a handful of times... and I constantly find myself visiting new places...
yelp.com - user review - 08/23/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
While visiting some friends in San Francisco, I had to check out Zeitgeist, since many of their SF stories seem to end with "I went to Zeitgeist and that was all I can remember for the evening." The...
yelp.com - user review - 08/23/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Whatever.This place is consistently consistent. Great beer on tap and backyard rundown-Octoberfest-without-a-tent mayhem sans schaukeln and Entetanz.A unique place to see and be seen until you see...
yelp.com - user review - 08/21/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I successfully avoided coming here for years. But, recently, a friend insisted this was her choice spot for a going away party. Luckily, they got there really early on a Fri. afternoon and actually...
yelp.com - user review - 08/19/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Unfortunately I think the good old Zeitgeist days are a thing of foggy memories....(Hopefully not) This past Saturday so many Chestnut Streeters were there that I had to leave after half an hour. I...
yelp.com - user review - 08/18/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Love the outdoor beer garden and pitchers of local beers. Can get pretty crowded on the weekends, but people are usually cool enough to slide in tight and make space for your group. Hit or miss with...
yelp.com - user review - 08/18/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
This place (still) has cheap stiff drinks, a great beer selection, cheap pitchers, and decent food (on the "bar food" scale, fucking GREAT food). These are the good things about this bar. I should...
yelp.com - user review - 08/16/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
#1 on my 5 Best Bloody Marys in San Francisco list!When I am at Zeitgeist on a sunny day, sitting at a huge picnic table talking to friends and strangers, drinking a bloody mary or a red-eye or one of...
yelp.com - user review - 08/15/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Good beer, good variety, good location, shitty service. Thats the truth. It's one of those places where the staff feel like there entitled because they work at a bar serving food and drinks....
yelp.com - user review - 08/14/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
GET OVER IT.An outdoor area is cool when it's nice outside, but how often is it patio weather in San Francisco? At night?If I hear one more recent Bay Area-newcomer, 23-year-old pseudo-hipster wax...
yelp.com - user review - 08/14/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I agree with Cassie C. The bartenders are fine, don't get your panties in a bunch. I love this place--it's one of my favorite places to go in SF. Why?1) great beer selection, and cheap by the...
yelp.com - user review - 08/11/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Divey bar with a biker meets hipster vibe. Lots of ink. Maybe enough ink that my lack of ink made me invisible to the inky bartenders as I was passed over again and again trying to order a drink....
yelp.com - user review - 08/10/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I'm not particularly self-aware.However, I do know that I'm a naturally friendly and nice individual. Many people have told me this. In fact, I try to uphold this "friendly and nice" persona as a life...
yelp.com - user review - 08/10/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Without their huge outdoor area this would be the worst bar in SF. But it's all the rage with the bike grunge and Valencia hipsters. The bartenders and staff are cunts.Still, there is the huge outdoor...
yelp.com - user review - 08/08/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
;P
yelp.com - user review - 08/07/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Hold on... did you just make me pull over at 1:15am to follow the tamale lady into Zeitgeist? lol
yelp.com - user review - 08/06/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Since returning to the country, I've been in search for the best Bloody Mary in San Francisco. I've tried the bloodies at Zeitgeist twice and must admit it's definitely at the top of the list. The...
yelp.com - user review - 08/06/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
My friends always go here so I thought it would be a fun place. Wrong! So many absurd rules, get over yourselfSigns: only one person in the bathroom at a time, or YOU WILL GET EJECTED! SERIOUSLY!!...
yelp.com - user review - 08/05/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
great times here, nothing like a lot of great beer and a large outdoor area equipped with tons of seating. good people watchin' as well
yelp.com - user review - 08/04/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
1) Kind of had a disturbing experience here yesterday that rattled me. I was about to get a pitcher of Lagunitas IPA, and said " A pitcher of IPA" and motioned towards the Lagunitas. The bartender...
yelp.com - user review - 08/02/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
I have held off writing a review of this place forever in hopes that I would have at least one positive thing to say about a place that is so close to my house and has a patio. But..uh..Nope. Can't do...
yelp.com - user review - 08/02/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I dig it ..
yelp.com - user review - 07/31/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I thought the atmosphere was great....and the only kind of people that complain about hipsters are other hipsters...the tamale lady was great....the bar staff were cracking me up...this stupid bimbo...
yelp.com - user review - 07/31/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Still, hands down, the best veggie burger I ever ate!!! And the side fries were spicy and heavenly! Served to me by the cook with the handsome mug and warm smile. Great beer too! Reminds me of a bier...
yelp.com - user review - 07/30/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
It's a large outdoor beer garden which attracts motorcycle folk, punks, bicyclists, travelers, and pretty much anybody who likes drinking a beer outdoors. I love the communal/community aspect of the...
yelp.com - user review - 07/29/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
PRO - Good mixture of people, by which I mean the crowd ranges from preppy to grunge. I like the outdoor seating at this bar because its easy to get a big group together and take over a picnic table....
yelp.com - user review - 07/27/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This place was recommended by some of my customers so myself and a co-worker came down on a perfectly sunny Thursday afternoon. After several pitchers of beer I have decided a couple of things:By...
yelp.com - user review - 07/27/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Used to like this place like a year ago, but something seems to have changed, 'cause I've had three really negative experiences here fairly recently, which is going to keep me from returning for the...
yelp.com - user review - 07/27/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Cheap drinks and food. A blast to hang out on the patio! Funky hot biker, punk, art, mainstream, gay, straight, everything in between types go there.
yelp.com - user review - 07/27/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Um, can I give 0 stars? The large group of people I went with can attest to this avid distaste. Too bad because this seems like the kind of place I would love.I will not even write in my traditional...
yelp.com - user review - 07/27/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Semi-fast service while the atmosphere is perfect for any metal head or open minded person. Always good for groups and people ready to make tons of noise. There is a highway right next to the bar...
yelp.com - user review - 07/23/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Kudo's to everyone @ Zeitgeist, the best Biergarten bar none in the Bay Area. On a sunny day it is pretty much the only place to be, no nonsense 'policy' & if you don't like it try to put yourself in...
yelp.com - user review - 07/22/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
On sunny days and warm nights there's no better place to hang out in the Mission than Zeitgeist. With a large outdoor beer garden that can seat hundreds and well priced pitchers, it's the perfect San...
yelp.com - user review - 07/21/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
I'm down for a good dive bar every once in awhile, but this place stinks. it was recommended to me by a friend who raved about the outside patio area. i went on a sunday and it was extremely...
yelp.com - user review - 07/21/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
At the end of the day, it's a dive. But loved the place - outdoor seating, good beer selection.
yelp.com - user review - 07/20/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
FINALLY made it here after so many years of wanting to go. it was great outdoor seating. very alternative vibe. very interesting/random crowd. ppl stood in lines at the bar - can't say i've ever...
yelp.com - user review - 07/16/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
It's funny, in San Diego I'm a city boy, but in SF I'm pretty much fcking country, so to a bumpkin like me zeitgeist was home away from home...if home is a drunken fixed gear mecca that most likely...
yelp.com - user review - 07/16/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I was here last night after being coaxed out of my sleeping coma from Monday's hangover.Anywho, great place. Fun times. If you're a fan of PBR and a whishkey back, and you're a broke as hell alcoholic...
yelp.com - user review - 07/15/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
couldn't finish my 2nd bloody mary, it was so spicy.i'm a big baby. i tried though. i think i walked a long long walk til i finally got to this place, but it was a great sunday afternoon i think. and...
yelp.com - user review - 07/15/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Nice dive bar..I had the best Bloody Mary at this Joint..Believe me I had them at several places..but this place rocks as well get the good stuff Absolute Pepper..don't be cheap.. the beers are cheap...
yelp.com - user review - 07/15/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Met a couple friends there on a Saturday afternoon. It was packed with all types of people. The bar itself is tiny but they have a massive outdoor patio where everyone hangs out, drinks, and smokes....
yelp.com - user review - 07/13/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
You don't go to Zeitgeist for a beer, you go for a long shift. I mean, why would you even need to leave. Unless it's raining, it is an all day event, as it should be. They have burgers, they have...
yelp.com - user review - 07/13/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I just turned 21, and I've only been to a few bars in the area so far...but this one is definitely the best!!! large pitcher of a good selection of beer for only $14...awesome. yummy food to share and...
yelp.com - user review - 07/13/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
the bartenders are the best (todd and the rest whos names I dont know)seriously they are my favorite bartenders in SFthey made my birthday GREATof course this is my fav place and I cant wait to go...
yelp.com - user review - 07/12/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Nice beer selection, but trying too hard to be unpretentious is just another form of pretension.
yelp.com - user review - 07/10/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Until a few weeks ago I may have given Zeitgeist 3 stars. Having been there probably 10 times I had never been there during the day. I went with LM and some friends on a Saturday afternoon when the...
yelp.com - user review - 07/08/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
So much beer!
yelp.com - user review - 07/07/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
After 4 years in SF, I still hadn't been to Zeitgeist, but I finally made it there last night. Great beer prices & selection & great burgers. Best part is the outdoor patio. Looks like it hold...
yelp.com - user review - 07/07/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Took me forever to finally come here but I have been hearing bout Zeitgeist from everyone. Randomly my friend said lets hit up this cool bar in the city and I am glad we went. The beer selection here...
yelp.com - user review - 07/05/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
If you want to experience a bar that is unique and utterly "San Franciscan", then this is the spot.The outside area is larger than the inside area. There is a large bicycle parking space in the...
yelp.com - user review - 07/04/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
"SHE is your wife? But she is so cute!!"That is what the girl next to me said, after my wife finally arrived that day. My brother in law and I had been drinking since 3pm and it was 10pm now. At some...
yelp.com - user review - 07/02/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Truly this is the ninth circle of hell.I'll give it props for having an outdoor beer garden which is nice and props for the tamale lady and the bike area. Unfortunately there's always a ridiculously...
yelp.com - user review - 07/01/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The garden is nice, the bloody marys are decent, and the grilled goods looked tasty, but I just don't know if this makes up for the long wait at the bar, the surly staff, and the porta potties....
yelp.com - user review - 07/01/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
This place is pretty overrated, but worth checking out at least once. The guys who run the place are effing bastards, and I don't mind pushing their buttons. Service sucks and drinks are expensive....
yelp.com - user review - 06/30/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
No that I go here often but I think it's a pretty cool bar. Everything I want: mixed drinks, a (massive!!) outside area, food, and pool. I think its pretty chill.
yelp.com - user review - 06/30/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Booze. Food. Outdoor patio. And 1300 good reviews. Need I say more? One of my favorite group spots in the MIssion.
yelp.com - user review - 06/29/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
I used to really like this bar. On Sunday afternoons with a few friends, it was great. I never had a bad experience. Then I made the mistake of going on a Friday with some folks from out of town. I...
yelp.com - user review - 06/28/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I have been here 3 times. The first time I hated it - it was packed and smelly and the bathroom was disgusting. The second time, it wasn't so bad. I mean the beer is cheap the outdoor tables in the...
yelp.com - user review - 06/28/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
This used to be my favorite bar in SF. I based my entire 30th birthday weekend around being there and it seemed like there was someone there to tell us we couldn't do whatever it was we were doing...
yelp.com - user review - 06/28/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
It's okay place... the cold sf air kinda kills the beer garden theme of relaxing.Just past midnightouside 19 girls- 39 guysinside 5 girls - 19 guys -2 andro
yelp.com - user review - 06/25/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I have saved writing this review for last because it was one of my favorites of all the bars and debauchery we got into on our visit to the fine city. The fact that it has more than 1,300 reviews...
yelp.com - user review - 06/24/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I don't give a crap about the clientele of a bar, nor do I really care if my bartender has an attitude or not. It goes like this: I want a drink and you give it to me; if you don't smile it doesn't...
yelp.com - user review - 06/24/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
It's like...what if they put a bar in a prison yard and then made people pay to be verbally abused?
yelp.com - user review - 06/24/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
I'd rate this 0 stars, but I can't. I went here for the first and last time tonight and spent exactly $3.95 - the ATM fee. The bouncer was needlessly rude to a woman in front of me trying to get in....
yelp.com - user review - 06/23/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This place is like my backyard away from home. Just know that you must stay on your toes while drinking here. Unless you're very careful, money will fly out of your pockets and many hours will...
yelp.com - user review - 06/22/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
We headed over to Zeitgeist today expecting it to be tricky to find any kind of room so quickly finding a table in direct sunlight was a pleasant surprise. This was my first visit and I have to say...
yelp.com - user review - 06/21/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Another fun evening at Zeitgeist. Though, it didn't start out that way. I was just going to write a glowing review for Zeitgeist (before heading out tonight), based on my 2 day-drinking visits there,...
yelp.com - user review - 06/20/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I liked this place. Went on a Thurs for drink and a burger. They had a great selection of beers for an average price. I got a Great White for $4.50. They have Neiman Ranch burgers, garden burgers,...
yelp.com - user review - 06/19/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
While the patio is great, most everything else is not.Extremely rude doorman (hardly a bouncer with his ten-speed sitting near by), bartenders with more interest in pissing off patrons than receiving...
yelp.com - user review - 06/19/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
There has never been a time when I've been to Zeitgeist and someone hasn't drunkenly shattered a bottle. Happened again last night, in fact. I'd say the last nine times I've been to this place, it's...
yelp.com - user review - 06/17/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Does another review really matter at this point?A bloody mary that kicks ass. A patio that kicks ass.A burger that kicks ass.It even kicks ass when you're freezing your ass off. I guess that's what...
yelp.com - user review - 06/17/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
If you are not into the dive bar experience, don't go here.I believe everyone who says the place is a grungy rat trap staffed by surly bartenders. With that being said, I have never had a bad...
yelp.com - user review - 06/16/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
I can't believe it took me almost a year to bitch about how much I detested this bar! The last ten minutes or so have been quite the bummer and I so boy was I delighted to stumble onto some...
yelp.com - user review - 06/16/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Ouch. It PAINS me to re-rate this place with only one star - but I have no choice given the events during my most recent visit this Saturday. On a beautifully sunny Saturday evening, it was no...
yelp.com - user review - 06/15/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Saturday, June 13, 4 pm. Ground Zero: Zeitgeist. Hadn't been there in about 5 years, wanted to capitalize on the sunny Saturday with late afternoon beers with an old friend and thought it may have...
yelp.com - user review - 06/15/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
How are you not familiar with Zeitgeist?100% dive, 100% hipster, 100% huge patio.Bartenders are a bit intimidating, drinks are lethal, burgers are yummy, people-watching is highly entertaining.Super...
yelp.com - user review - 06/14/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
every time i walk into zeitgeist, i feel like i'm transported into a high school cafeteria, only i'm safe-guarded with a bloody mary in hand.this place has slowly evolved the past five years i've been...
yelp.com - user review - 06/11/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Hey look! Another hipster bar.It's got a patio, the patio's great, go when the patio's open, hang out on the patio!
yelp.com - user review - 06/11/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
bloody marys are awesome... but they're not very fun for the bartenders to make, so be nice to them when you order one :) hot-dogs and burgers are cheap and well worth the wait. tamales are a nice...
yelp.com - user review - 06/11/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This maybe the only five star review I ever write. I've had so many good times in this bar. I've made some of the best friendship of my life here, had many of the most interesting conversations of my...
yelp.com - user review - 06/10/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is the epitome of what a bike dive bar should be. Bike parking for days. An amazing backyard beer garden. Huge trees to provide shade, and if you're there in the evening, the tamale lady will...
yelp.com - user review - 06/10/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
These are some of the Best Bloody Mary's in Town, I have never been disappointed in my drink at Zeigeist - that's why I will continue to come back regularly. If I'm going to make my list of bloody...
yelp.com - user review - 06/08/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I go to Zeitgeist for happy hour on the patio. It turns into Friday night at Debuce & Valencia. By this time, I've devoured my burger. No ketchup has spilled onto my understated outfit. Success!Why it...
yelp.com - user review - 06/06/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Not 5 cause I always see a new shade of grey I go there. My list of gripes would be a run-on sentence, although the reason I love this place is because I attended my first film fest ever there. I...
yelp.com - user review - 06/02/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Visited my sister in San Fran and this place was one of my best memories. The set-up was what made it amazing (possibly mixed with the SF kind of crowd it takes to make it work). The outdoor eating,...
yelp.com - user review - 06/01/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Don't go here unless you are a smelly hipster. Everyone in this bar was too cool including the bartenders. And when i say "too cool" i really mean fucking lame. I got my beer slammed on the table...
yelp.com - user review - 06/01/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
This place is cool. Come with the right attitide though. Put on your hipster shit and come here and then you will be marry. Fuck the assholes you serve you your food though. These previous posts...
yelp.com - user review - 05/29/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Smells like pee, looks like crap. I guess I'm not trendy or emo enough to go to this bar. Went here in my business casual work clothes, after work obviously, and got the stare down from many patrons....
yelp.com - user review - 05/28/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Zeitgeist is the anti-Marina bar. I was meeting a friend there and my first thought walking in was "seems a little shady, but interesting" but then you pop out onto the outdoor patio and the whole...
yelp.com - user review - 05/28/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is one of my favorite places in San Francisco. So chill and fun. You get to have drinks with your buds, hear them talking to you, meet new people, and have a tamale or two if you're lucky.
yelp.com - user review - 05/26/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
The staff is made up of really miserable people that perhaps were beaten as children or went to Catholic school? I'm not sure. BUt when my friend walked over a table to get to the other side (it was...
yelp.com - user review - 05/24/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I'm giving this place 5 stars because it fulfils what it set out to do! Love the rude bartenders, who are "sometimes" nice to me. On a warm night, I can't imagine wanting to go anywhere else! it's a...
yelp.com - user review - 05/23/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Inside smells of Budweiser-soaked piss, Outside smells of pot Bloody Mary's are strong and spicy, Tap list is thick and saucy Tat's are impressive, Music is hard, Chicks are soft, Freaks are out...
yelp.com - user review - 05/20/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This place is almost always my default burger place. Their home fries are awesome, their beer selection is good, their outside patio area has a great vibe, especially on sunny days, and you can...
yelp.com - user review - 05/20/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This place pretty much is as good as it gets. You have to be a fiercely loyal dive bar fan and be totally ok with blasting butt-rock, punk rock or heavy metal though, because that's what's playing 90%...
yelp.com - user review - 05/19/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
My favorite place to drink Margaritas and smoke in the Mission.Sun, wind, moon, smell of the smokey grill...ahhhh.People who give long stories about how the bartenders were rude to them probably need...
yelp.com - user review - 05/18/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
It's pretty much once was one of the awesomest bars ever. But now it's not so much. If annoyance and pretension is your flavor, then by all means, have a drink. It's not so bad if you're there friend...
yelp.com - user review - 05/18/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
WOW, isn't the atmosphere here great? On a nice sunny day, the seating outside is pleasant, despite them blasting death metal music in the courtyard. People were friendly and the beer prices were...
yelp.com - user review - 05/17/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Several of my friends feel that this is the best bar around. I have to premise my review on the fact that I myself was a bartender at a dive bar and hated it so I understand the frustration of...
yelp.com - user review - 05/15/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Drinks, loaded. Food, (Burgers) awesome. Vibe, unique. Tamales at 2am priceless!!
yelp.com - user review - 05/13/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Pretty cool.! That is about all I can say! Took my 68 year old mom there, and she had a great time. The place is really kinda biker-ish, but we like that. Porta Potties there, but I didn't use...
yelp.com - user review - 05/13/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Still my #1 bar in the City. And yes, definitely not a place for pansies!
yelp.com - user review - 05/11/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
this place is pretty lame. they have a good selection of beers on tap, but that's about it. the music is lame. the scene is lame. but most of the people here seem to think they're someplace cool....
yelp.com - user review - 05/10/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
The people who work here are awful. Now, I'm not saying they are rife with sexually transmitted diseases, nor am I saying they have the mental capacity of the taco bell dog. Nope, I'm just saying...
yelp.com - user review - 05/10/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
this place needs to get over itself. We went there and the staff was rude and hostile to my out-of-town guests. I'm sorry that we can't all be young, hipster and bitter but I will definitely never...
yelp.com - user review - 05/09/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
A fun bar on a saturday or sunday sunny morning to early afternoon. The key is coming with a group of friends and getting a good place to sit in the sun while drinking some 9% beer of choice. I will...
yelp.com - user review - 05/09/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Being right at the gateway of the Mission, Zeitgeist absorbs much of the doucherie that might otherwise filter into my neighborhood ( ). Having to encounter the contingent of doucherie that I work...
yelp.com - user review - 05/06/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
This Place sucks ass now a days. Yeah I totally want the Zeitgeist Police shooting lazers at me with them eyeballs all night. Sorry I don't have a goatee down to my manboobs like you.
yelp.com - user review - 05/06/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
It's a shame that drinking outside is such a novelty (ditto in movie theaters) that places that offer it are seen as small miracles. ZG feels a bit like a museum dedicated to the dive bar, rather than...
yelp.com - user review - 05/06/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Someone emailed and let me know that this is thee #1 bar in all of California. I believe that just as much as a Truck stop cafe says they have thee best pie or burger in the world. When you ask where...
yelp.com - user review - 05/06/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Happy. Happy. Happy times. and plenty of good people.The Good:DrinksBartendersBurgersPeople in line for drinksPeople in line for the inside pottyPeople waiting for foodPeople sharing picnic tables...
yelp.com - user review - 05/04/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Okay, yes we know this patio is an oasis in urban hoods, but that's it. Expensive, and not great service. Filthy bath rooms. The food is a step up from a gas station. There are to many other choices...
yelp.com - user review - 04/30/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Zeitgeist is a great bar in the Mission, thye have a huge beer selection and a great outdoor patio bench setup up outside. Every time I have went here with friends it has been a blast. Although the...
yelp.com - user review - 04/29/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
As an update, I went there to meet a friend and thought the crowd was more eclectic...actually saw a cute blonde I work with.I also realized how cheap the booze is...deserved another sloppy star
yelp.com - user review - 04/27/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
It's cold again in SF (boo), but I was lucky to have made it to Zeitgeist for a warm sunny Sunday before winter came back. Zeitgeist is likely one of the top 5 places to spend a sunny day drinking in...
yelp.com - user review - 04/27/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
In town for Ameer's birthday and what a better after a long Friday night throughSaturday night, jadebar/goldengateparkbbq/beer/nap/andmorepartysaturdaynight, than kickin' it at Zeitgeist . The...
yelp.com - user review - 04/27/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
4 stars from 3 of my favorites...I'm going to be my rule-breaker self and go with the A-OK. Zeitgest is the type of place that you just HAVE to go to, just for the experience, but for me it took a...
yelp.com - user review - 04/27/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I think this is one of my favorite bars. Tons of space to hang out/drink/smoke/games in the garden (rarity in sf) and aside from the service, the bar has good beers on tap and always 2-4 bartenders...
yelp.com - user review - 04/26/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Rude, incompetent staff, but good place to hang out with friends. This place is a real paradox, but overall left me with a bad taste in my mouth. The good:- I loved the big backyard where everyone...
yelp.com - user review - 04/25/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I'll throw my hat in this very thoroughly reviewed establishment's ring!They let me park my race bike right outside the door and warn me when DPT comes by, have lots of beer, often there are very cute...
yelp.com - user review - 04/24/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
So I was sitting in the beer garden in a cloud of Parliament smoke playing poker with hipsters on the hottest day so far this year...... OK, that may take some explaining; let me start this review...
yelp.com - user review - 04/24/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I seriously wish they had spots like this in LA; went here to meet some friends late into the night and we hung out in the back area mostly, it was chill, I like the vibe. Didn't drink or eat so I...
yelp.com - user review - 04/23/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Come here at least once a year. It has a fairly large outdoor seating area with bbq and beer drinking and smoking. Decent prices on pitchers $11/ pitcher for great white. Decent food. A lot of...
yelp.com - user review - 04/22/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Good Beer, Great atmosphere, lots of different crowds. Know what you want when you order, do not slow play the bartenders will let you know and the people behind you already know what they want,
yelp.com - user review - 04/22/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Come on down! Don't forget to bring the whole IT department and their big, smart brains. Mmm, brains.
yelp.com - user review - 04/21/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I knew it was going to be a good time, when i walked in. Very rustic, as in OLD looking, and I loved it. Veronica G and I came here on Monday, for a few pitchers and some good times with Drue C and...
yelp.com - user review - 04/21/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
This place is somehow a standard among the people that I associate with, I don't really know how or why but I don't necessarily recommend it.Every freaking time I go, the bouncer gives me shit for the...
yelp.com - user review - 04/19/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
How in the hell does this place average 4 stars? I went here tonight and it was absolutely horrible. To sum it up in one sentence: Bitchy bartenders and bouncers that were complete dicks. The...
yelp.com - user review - 04/18/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
So, I LOVE Zeitgeist. By which I mean LOVE. A lot of people seem to hate the staff here, as I've read many statements regarding nasty bouncers and bartenders. This is both true and untrue. When...
yelp.com - user review - 04/18/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I wound up here after a local motorcycle shop recommended I give it a try for lunch. They said I'd find it to be an interesting place and they were right.This is what I consider in all my travels to...
yelp.com - user review - 04/18/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Grungy-but-lovable outdoor beer garden, tasty burgers, great beers, killer bloody mary's, and at 70% chance of seeing the tamale lady? YES PLEASE! On a sunny afternoon or a nice evening, there is no...
yelp.com - user review - 04/16/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
On a warm summer evening, you can come to Zeigeist, sit at a picnic table with a group of good friends, a beer in one hand, and a cigarette in the other. Hank Williams will likely be blaring in the...
yelp.com - user review - 04/16/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Zeitgeist is the abusive boyfriend with special "skills" of bars.Basically, this is where you want to be on a sunny afternoon, period.Just don't expect not to "fall down the stairs" on the way.The...
yelp.com - user review - 04/15/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
This place is like the MIssion's glass slipper. It fits just right. It's a gem, truly. A diamond in the rough. Great beers in tap for pitchers. Get hungry? You got food right there baby!Get...
yelp.com - user review - 04/14/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Great burgers and beer, bad attitude from the grill register. His tip jar says "I'm not that much of an asshole- don't stiff me." But if he doesn't like your tip, he'll slap it on the counter and say...
yelp.com - user review - 04/14/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
it's safe to say that if I lived in San Francisco, I would come here often. the outdoor patio, the cheap pints, the vibe - it all was very soothing.but it was a dead Friday night - and something...
yelp.com - user review - 04/13/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I guess it's time to write the obligatory Zeitgeist review. (In time for late-Spring lazy Sunday afternoons.)Big-bellied men, giving way to scrawny fixed-gear bike enthusiasts, scootching over for...
yelp.com - user review - 04/12/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Hate it. So rude. This was the first place I went to on my 21st birthday. BIG mistake. Probably fine to go to on any ol' day but not your birthday. I didn't even get a free drink.Cheap though.
yelp.com - user review - 04/12/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
This is a very casual place that is very interesting to experience, I had fun to be in such a place and to meet new friends and feel once a while how this other world looks like.
yelp.com - user review - 04/11/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Good grilled cheese, good setting, and lots of beer. My only complaint is when there's nice warm nights this place even on weekdays can be packed and feel like some sort of disaster shelter.
yelp.com - user review - 04/10/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is one of the best dirtiest dive bars ever!!! Nasty bathrooms, mean men, and an inadequately spaced pool room, but still so much fun. I went on a Saturday night and expected there to be a whole...
yelp.com - user review - 04/10/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This will be your favorite bar. My advice though is don't be offended if they are rude to you if you have a FENDI bag with blonde hair. Can you blame them for hating you ;) This place is great to...
yelp.com - user review - 04/09/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
It's a nice place to go on a beautiful afternoon to sit outside, eat tamales (or bbq), and drink beer. BUT, I often feel like this place is exactly like an outdoor high school cafeteria. Everyone is...
yelp.com - user review - 04/09/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This became my nightly spot for spring break.I didn't know I had to step all over others urine on the floor in order to sit on a toilet and.. urinate. Minus that, I came here almost every night...
yelp.com - user review - 04/08/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
For my first time and not my last, I Love it! The pool table, food, backyard area, music, the plants, the art, just every lil inch...I'm sure it can get worse on some nights but what place doesn't....
yelp.com - user review - 04/08/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is my favorite bar. It has the best outdoor space in town. The informal people and big picnic tables make it really easy to make new friends. They have some good beers, sell pitchers and the...
yelp.com - user review - 04/08/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Been here once, lucky it was a nice day outside otherwise I can see this place being a wash. It was a middle/late afternoon at the tale end of fall...ahh, such romance. On to the reality. I didn't eat...
yelp.com - user review - 04/07/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
My guess is that if you're looking up Zeitgeist on Yelp is that you are probably not part of who they would like to see in their bar.So for those of you who wouldn't fit into that description I would...
yelp.com - user review - 04/06/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Fun bar to go hang out, nice selection of beer and liquor...
yelp.com - user review - 04/06/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Soooooooooo, the very first place I ever went in San Francisco was the Zeitgeist. The front door looks like your about to walk into a shady fortune teller's den. Inside you find yourself in a well...
yelp.com - user review - 04/05/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I am a fan of Zeitgeist in the way Rhianna is a fan of Chris Brown.I love Zeitgesit but I'm afraid of it.If you're not tattoed (and I am but they're hidden) hipster or punk kid wearing all black you...
yelp.com - user review - 04/04/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Smells like piss and vomit inside but they have a great patio. On a sunny day, there is no where else in SF I'd like to post up with and share a pitcher of beer with my SF friends than here.
yelp.com - user review - 04/04/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Love the setup here but the staff's piss-poor attitude makes this place "not worth it." What a buncha a-holes.
yelp.com - user review - 04/03/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Cool idea sitting outside at night like at camp, but food was mediocre (it's a boca burger - YUCK) and anything they sold was kind of expensive; I wouldn't go here much. It was a cool idea though......
yelp.com - user review - 04/03/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Not worth dealing with a staff of Monkeys for a beer that I can get elsewhere. I also like the fact that everyone who frequents this place probably finds the name Ironic. The name is dead on to...
yelp.com - user review - 04/02/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Jebus- I love and miss this bar so much. Such a fun time in my life. I recently went back here when I was in town with gf. After moving away from SF in 1996 it was one of the few places I really...
yelp.com - user review - 04/02/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
It is what it is. This is a dive bar. I enjoy sharing a pitcher here on a sunny day sitting on the benches outside. It is divey though. Divey as in, I saw mice running around the trees near the...
yelp.com - user review - 03/31/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Why pay money to be treated like crap?If you treated any of the employees the way they treat you, you'd be tossed out. The cook is probably the worst asshole of all.Screw 'em.
yelp.com - user review - 03/30/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I went here for drinks on a Friday after work with one of my friends. She insisted that I come out and I'm glad I did! This place is definitely a dive bar that brings in many different types of...
yelp.com - user review - 03/30/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
i love this place !!!three words..... sunny Sunday afternoons
yelp.com - user review - 03/29/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I enjoy this bar...a lot. It's great on a sunny day when you can sit outside on a picnic table (if you come early enough to get a table) and enjoy a beer or a delicious kick-you-in-the-throat Bloody...
yelp.com - user review - 03/29/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The drinks are cheap. The burgers are great! Bring lots of friends - it takes maneuvering of a couple people to find seats. Go on a sunny day, it is great outside. Dress in layers - the wind is always...
yelp.com - user review - 03/29/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Zeitgeist is the heavy weight champion of dive bars. That's right, nothing comes close to this place. I don't care how many hipsters show up with their fixed gear bikes, this is still a fabulous place...
yelp.com - user review - 03/28/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Zeitgeist, Zeitgeist, Zeitgeist, where do I begin? This is the most OVER-RATED turd-on-a-saltine-cracker I know. The next time I get dragged there, I will surely sneak in my own liquor to smite the...
yelp.com - user review - 03/27/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
My first offical dive bar experience! This place scared the hell out of me when I first walked in. It was dirty and dark and the bartender's shirt said, "Fuck Off", or something to that affect. So I...
yelp.com - user review - 03/26/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I thought this was going to be some sort of beer snob dive bar thing, but it was more like.. a biker bar. With great beer. With bicycles instead of harley davidsons, and with hipsters instead of...
yelp.com - user review - 03/25/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
patio uno many, many bloodies = one of us was bound to get kicked out. I mean, we were totally leaving anyway. But my friend (not me, promise) was the winner of a gentle escort out the door....
yelp.com - user review - 03/25/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Zeitgiest on a hot day is nothing short of amazing. Picnic table style seating on a large lawn and a great selection of beers at low prices make this place a lovely all day drinking spot. I will...
yelp.com - user review - 03/24/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Five stars to the bartenders who go over and above looking out for the patrons. While hanging out, a harmless looking but somewhat creepy guy was hitting on my friend and I. We were enjoying ourselves...
yelp.com - user review - 03/24/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I LOVE a good dive bar with lots of space and friendly people. The atmosphere was really laid back and the decor was definitely "biker bar" esque, which I enjoyed. The elephants on the wall were my...
yelp.com - user review - 03/23/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
seriously, what's one more fucking review out of like 1.63billion on here...hipstersbikesdirtyport-a-shittersgamesgood beer selectiongood people watchingno lip from staff(and my tat's weren't even...
yelp.com - user review - 03/23/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
REALLY good prices for pitchers.The absolute definition of a dive bar. If you're not into dive bars, you're gonna hate it.The entrance may look a bit sketchy, but one you get out in the patio it is...
yelp.com - user review - 03/22/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Zeitgeist is the first bar I visited in San Francisco and I was not disappointed. Big cheeseburgers, $3.50 pints, and outdoor seating make this place great. The ONLY complaint I have is that there...
yelp.com - user review - 03/19/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
A great bar except for all the people. Zeitgeist is a beer haven with pretty cheap pitchers available. The bartenders are more gruff than personable but you'll get over it. You will want a jacket...
yelp.com - user review - 03/19/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
"SIT THE F*&% DOWN!!! DON'T STAND ON THE BENCH!!!!" its kind of hard not to when you're trying to squeeze your skinny little butt onto one of their picnic table group seating area place things. pros:...
yelp.com - user review - 03/18/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
So I sent off a few text messages asking "Daytime drinking in SF, where should I go?"All my friends told me to go to ZeitgeistDid I hate it?NoDid I love it?NoDid I have an impending lack of caffeine...
yelp.com - user review - 03/17/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
What more do you need? Tamales? Oh wait, she comes here every hour or so. This place is nirvana. I also love the beer selection, and the bloodies here are top notch. The only thing I could do without...
yelp.com - user review - 03/17/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The best dive bar in all of SF. I've been here several times, the only part I don't enjoy is the line out the door on busy nights. Otherwise, it meets all expectations. And the Tamale lady is here...
yelp.com - user review - 03/17/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Dirty. Gritty. Sloppy.Decent beer, but I can get that any number of more pleasant locations.
yelp.com - user review - 03/16/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Holy Bloody Mary! I'm going to San Francisco for my birthday this year and I'll definitely pop into Zeitgeist for a little hair of the dog.
yelp.com - user review - 03/16/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I love this place the atmosphere is always fun and lively. I always have a great time here, the staff is fun, the crowd is low-key and the atmosphere is a tad grimy but welcoming. There are benches...
yelp.com - user review - 03/15/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Great backyard beer garden. Pretty big too! Nice pool table. Good greasy food! It is a very diverse, eclectic and fun place. Variety of crowd some corny and interesting. Cool spot
yelp.com - user review - 03/14/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Again my simpleton ways take precedence over real taste and quality... but who the f cares.This is a place where you can get good beer, a GREAT bloody mary and also do "questionable" things all in...
yelp.com - user review - 03/14/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
After being away from the Bay Area for 3 years it was great to go back to Zeitgeist. All the people we went with had a blast and it made me want to move back to SF more than ever. I think we all had...
yelp.com - user review - 03/14/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The pink elephants.The grilled cheese.The beer selection and bloody marys.The massive outdoor area.The tamale lady!I've had some amazing times at Zeitgeist and aim to keep it that way. Definitely one...
yelp.com - user review - 03/13/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Went here once with a couple of buddies and had a great time...chilled, smoked and waitin for days for some burgers, by them time we got them anything would have tasted good. Went back recently and...
yelp.com - user review - 03/13/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Zeitgeist is hands-down the best place to go to drink in SF. You can be who you want to be. You can talk about cafe bikes. You can smoke, you can not smoke, you can dance on a picnic table, you can...
yelp.com - user review - 03/13/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Over 1200 people posting on this one-wow!Well, Yes to what everyone said about the bloody mary's being the most delicious ever. Yes to the backyard picnic tables, yes to the smoker's garden, yes to...
yelp.com - user review - 03/12/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I like Zeitgeist. I like Zeitgeist a lot. I am terrified of the staff who work there and have bawled me out for being dumb in the past. I approach the bar in trepidation and quiver in fear at the...
yelp.com - user review - 03/10/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The "guy with the hat and glasses" goes by the name of Eyeball. Not only is he a sweetheart, he still makes the best bloody in the house!
yelp.com - user review - 03/09/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
If it's sunny, warm, and a weekend, this is where I'll be--Zeitgeist.The first time there, I was a cold SF--not physically, but literally. I mean, I give directions, I smile when people approach me,...
yelp.com - user review - 03/09/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
The smell of BBQ is so good haha. Great place to have a pitcher with a few friends.
yelp.com - user review - 03/08/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
hmmmm? Tamale lady? effing cool. Large patio? effing cool. port-o-potties outside....effing drunk cool. Jackass bartenders being jack asses to jack ass patrons....very cool. Same bartenders toning the...
yelp.com - user review - 03/05/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I'm from New York, and when I stepped into Zeitgeist's outdoor beer consuming area, I was immediately reminded of the Bohemian Beer Garden in Astoria - a true staple for those who know in the 718.The...
yelp.com - user review - 03/03/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
How have I lived in SF for 2.5 years and never been to this bar??? What a great find on a warm night in SF. It totally reminded me of the Beer Garden in Astoria, NY.. that's a big plus for me! And the...
yelp.com - user review - 03/03/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
This is simultaneously the best and worst bar in San Francisco. I love the beer selection, but the beer is always warm. I love the tamale lady, but hate the staff. The bathrooms are suprisingly ok,...
yelp.com - user review - 03/01/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
so many reviews, i'll make it short. Almost everything about this bar is awesome, the food, the crowds that come here, the strength of the drinks, the bartenders, the kitchen staff, the bar backers,...
yelp.com - user review - 03/01/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
*Siiiiigggghhhhh*Came here on a Friday night last week after a barrage of little spots in the city to assist in the destruction of my once happy little liver....Upon entering, its got the feel of an...
yelp.com - user review - 02/28/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Zeitgeist's vast outdoor patio has a post-apocalyptic feel that really does it for me. The freeway looming overhead has always brought to mind Terminator 2 for some reason. But if its actually the end...
yelp.com - user review - 02/28/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Get out back on a sunny day and enjoy what must be the biggest outdoor seating area in SF. Non sunny day? ...eh
yelp.com - user review - 02/27/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Yes, it's got sort of a dirty porn vibe on the inside, and yes, its a honeycomb of hipsterism, but I love Zeitgeist, and not just because my twin sister and I celebrated our 23rd birthday across...
yelp.com - user review - 02/24/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Way too bright for a dive bar. Like you're in a classroom. Fix that and it could be 5 stars. It has everything else, the dingy bathrooms, drunken patrons to harrass you, kegs stacked in the middle of...
yelp.com - user review - 02/24/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I like places where i can drink, eat, smoke, and play dice at the same time.
yelp.com - user review - 02/24/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Many of my friends are big fans of Zeitgeist. I'm happy to join the for the inexpensive beer and relaxed atmosphere.However, being inundated with wafting smoke is most definitely not my idea of a good...
yelp.com - user review - 02/24/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I don't really have anything bad to say about Zeitgeist except that when you tell the bartender its somebody's 21st birthday, they say "oh."Also, my friend was told to stop dancing on a table. and one...
yelp.com - user review - 02/22/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
!!! Went to Zeitgeist while visiting friends in the bay area, and cannot express the giddy joy I felt on receiving my whiskey coke in a pint glass. FIVE STARS. I also enjoyed the outdoor seating and...
yelp.com - user review - 02/21/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I went here for the first time last night with the bf. This place is a good deal:$3.50 pints of GOOD beer, like Stone, Bear Republic etc.$11.50 for a huge pitcher of said beerI liked the decor,...
yelp.com - user review - 02/19/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
i don't say this lightly: I HATE THIS PLACE. the last time i went here was back in 1999, and i swore i would never give them another dime. anyone who asks me What's a good bar in the mission, i tell...
yelp.com - user review - 02/16/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Okay, I gave you two stars before for the benefit of the doubt. Now you get one, Zeitgeist.I've been told by some people I know (who wrote their own negative reviews) they are getting even MORE...
yelp.com - user review - 02/14/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Rude or not!I love my Bloody Mary's at Zeitgeist and nothing in this world would keep me a part from them, especially not on Sunday mornings!I also think it is funny that Zeitgeist has a reputation to...
yelp.com - user review - 02/13/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I keep coming back here because of the outdoor patio. What can I say, I'm a sucker for a smoker's spot.The bartenders are as happy to serve you drinks as dogs are to scratch fleas. Terrible service....
yelp.com - user review - 02/11/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Scenario: Last (9th) hole on the pub golf course. Note: it was Sunday afternoon and raining cats and dogs with freezing cold wind.Product: I have been here once before and it's basically like any...
yelp.com - user review - 02/10/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Ok, so I was there with a huge crowd of people so I might be bias since I felt in my element. But i could see how being there with smaller crew you could feel lost amongst the crowds. But we happened...
yelp.com - user review - 02/10/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
OK...now I have read some other reviews of Zeitgeist...wow what a bunch of whinny little BIATCHES!!!!Yes the staff can be really rude...But have you seen this place on a sunny day or a warm evening???...
yelp.com - user review - 02/10/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Grit, beer, burgers, and one lovely outdoor area. For those who can handle a little rough-and-tumble, this bar is the place. Check out the juke box! I am always there on nights so popular and jammed...
yelp.com - user review - 02/09/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Seriously simultaneously gross and beautiful in all its glory -- the dive. We stopped off just after a shooting up the street...the beer garden seemed like a safe space to de-stress and stay away...
yelp.com - user review - 02/08/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This might just be my favorite bar in SF. The best is to go in the afternoon, get a pitcher and take it out to the patio's picnic tables, where you can smoke pretty much whatever while drinking...
yelp.com - user review - 02/08/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I felt a little out of place here...like I was too blonde or something. But, I'm naturally a little out of place, and still had a good time. Lots of space to sit which is always a plus if you're with...
yelp.com - user review - 02/08/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Ew, ew, ew is all I can say about the bathrooms. 8 toilet paper holders and not a single roll of toilet paper to be found.. we besides the floor that is. Also the bathrooms are super small, my...
yelp.com - user review - 02/08/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
OMFG, I just saw a review on this toilet.It might've been cool back in the late 80s,At least then, there were bikers there.but man o man what a pit.what a bunch of loser employees.I got kicked out of...
yelp.com - user review - 02/08/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
THE THREE "B"s, And they are quality here. They have decent burgers, and thier fries are seasoned potato chunks packed with flavor. The bartenders are kind of quiet, and don't seem to be your...
yelp.com - user review - 02/04/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Dear Zeitgeist,You are perfect. Do not ever change. I love you, bloody mary. A perfect stranger from my hometown met me at the door. We exchanged intersections. Chicago is a big town. No matter....
yelp.com - user review - 02/03/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
DO NOT ASK ANY QUESTIONS!!!!Just read the menu and if it's not there, don't even dare ask. They don't have chicken sandwiches, "do you *SEE* it on the menu?!?" The cheeseburgers are so damn good...
yelp.com - user review - 02/02/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Humor abounds at Zeitgeist. My smoker buddies love the outside patio, and I love it too because when we sit out there, I'm not suddenly abandoned at random times while they all go out for "fresh...
yelp.com - user review - 02/01/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Dear Zeitgeist,You know I love you and always will. You are my favorite place to drink in SF, to the point where I refuse to drink anywhere else if I'm crossing the bay. I love your cheap drinks...
yelp.com - user review - 01/31/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
10 minutes into my arrival, I thought I was gonna give this place a one star. The bartender was the absolute rudest I've ever encountered. I've never met someone who works for tips giving the attitude...
yelp.com - user review - 01/31/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Do I like Zeitgeist because it's the Mission-doppelganger of Union Pool in Brooklyn, or does Union Pool appear as the East Coast version of Zeitgeist because I left Brooklyn for the road and the...
yelp.com - user review - 01/31/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I inevitably feel preppy and inadequate at this uber hipster hangout, but it's worth it for the people watching and killer bloody marys...soooo spicy, just the way I like em. Zeitgeist is at its best...
yelp.com - user review - 01/29/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Some may say that Zeitgeist deserves less than 5 stars due to the sometimes rude cooks, the long lines, the grim in the bathroom and the ever present hipsters...But I say it DOES deserve five stars...
yelp.com - user review - 01/26/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
It does the job. No BS. If you are rude, the bartenders are rude. If you are nice, they are nice. So don't be a turd. Burgers are great, some of the best in SF. Prices are average. I expect lower...
yelp.com - user review - 01/25/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
My favorite bar in San Francisco. Great place to go on a nice evening with a group of friends, and it has outdoor seating. It's especially nice when the Tamale lady shows up!!
yelp.com - user review - 01/25/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
How weird that I haven't written a review of Zeitgeist yet. I've been here quite a few times. One of my more memorable experiences was back in a very warm summer night in 2007. Some of my friends from...
yelp.com - user review - 01/22/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
hands down....the best outdoor drinking experience on the west coast. excellent selection of micro beers, great burgers and home fries, and even better bloody marys. an SF institution. i have found...
yelp.com - user review - 01/21/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
this place is awesome! it might possibly be my new favorite bar in sf. its dirty without being super disgusting. the outdoor patio area is great for meeting new people or just taking in the sights of...
yelp.com - user review - 01/21/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Came up from LA on vacation and this was the first stop for my bday celebration. I asked the bartender for a dirty Shirley and he laughed at me! Ha! I thought that was great. He made it for me anyway,...
yelp.com - user review - 01/21/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The hits don't stop, Zeitgeist is quickly becoming my favorite place to booze on Friday night now..I came back a here a few times and ordered more of the same pint sized greyhounds. You'd think it...
yelp.com - user review - 01/20/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
WOW. The matchbooks have boobies on them. This is a place that everyone should experience just for the heck of it. I especially got a kick out of the bathroom. Bring a bio hazzard suit if you plan on...
yelp.com - user review - 01/18/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Once you walk in the door and make your way out back this place reminds me of HUGE company picnic. Like the ones you would see Kevin Arnold's dad take the family on the Wonder Years before the sister...
yelp.com - user review - 01/18/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Yes Zeitgeist. This is apparently the place to be. And rightfully so for two reasons: (i) The Tamale Lady lives here (wait, right?) and (ii) it has an outdoor area complete with picnic tables. On...
yelp.com - user review - 01/14/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I can see why a lot of people like it here, its just not my scene. Hipsters, cigarette ash on the tables, a port-a-pottie. But the bartender I talked to was nice and helpful. She even took a shot with...
yelp.com - user review - 01/13/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
As if Zeitgeist needed any more reviews...When it's not too crowded, I love this place. All of the food is delicious, and they are guaranteed to have a beer you like on tap. Odds are you'll have...
yelp.com - user review - 01/13/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
San Francisco's very own Hipster Beer Garden.Once you get over the hipster part you find that there is much to love at Zeitgeist. Sitting at a picnic table with a pint of good beer, enjoying...
yelp.com - user review - 01/12/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
What better way to spend those warm summer nights in the city, then to walk a few blocks from my pad and chill on the patio of a place where I once celebrated the Tamale lady's birthday by watching a...
yelp.com - user review - 01/11/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I love this bar!! I can't say enough about it. For those who talk s*** about the bouncers.. You are all dumb. You can't take fu**ing pictures at any bar! You can't stand on the benches... These are...
yelp.com - user review - 01/10/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Only been here a couple of times but I enjoyed it. Good burgers. Worth the wait. Bar staff is as friendly as they can be given how busy they are.
yelp.com - user review - 01/09/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Went here often when I first moved to the city...it was the coolest (at first) to my recent Midwest transplant self. Then...I grew up...I have a feeling the crowd there still hasn't. You can get...
yelp.com - user review - 01/09/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Zeitgeist is the whole of the east village condensed into one bar, on steroids. It is perfect for those sunny days when you wake up hung over - or still drunk, whichever the case may be - and are...
yelp.com - user review - 01/06/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Great place for drinking and listening to punk.
yelp.com - user review - 01/04/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
This is a good place to drink & eat during the daytime. The food is more than your trypical bar food. They have Niman Ranch burgers w/ homefries for $5! But the service is horrible. The guy who...
yelp.com - user review - 01/04/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
This place embodies everything I dislike about the mission: rudeness, griminess, and a culture that I will just never understand.Every member of the staff shares two qualities: complete apathy towards...
yelp.com - user review - 01/01/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This first time I came here was actually on a first date. We had some beers and hung out on it the backyard, it was actually nice to have a place to sit without being overwhelmed by too many people.I...
yelp.com - user review - 12/30/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Best bloody marys in SF at the best price--$7. Most successful place for getting hit on/picked up. Largest beer garden I've seen in San Francisco so far. Negative: huge amount of hipster/bicycle nuts...
yelp.com - user review - 12/30/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Awesomely unpolished and great for people watching.
yelp.com - user review - 12/29/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
At the twelfth bar of Christmas I bought myself for me:One PBROne vodka Red BullOne FernetOne vodka Red BullOne PBROne FernetOne PBROne PBROne Jack and CokeOne PBROne vodka Red BullOne pint of PBRThis...
yelp.com - user review - 12/27/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Mostly I like this place. The back yard is excellent for meeting up with a group of people... only it's not a good place to try and mingle. People generally sit as a group taking over a table or two...
yelp.com - user review - 12/25/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
don't call it frisco.
yelp.com - user review - 12/18/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
There is a very rude bartender here. I wanted to drink a B-52 and a Mai Tai for my friend. He said he could not make those two drinks because they do not have the ingredients. He stated that he could...
yelp.com - user review - 12/16/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
BACK PATIO: This is why I keep coming back. Beer, sun, talking shit...good times.FOOD: Eh. It's better when I'm drunk.BOUNCERS: Take themselves way tooo seriously. Diplomacy fellas: you act WAY...
yelp.com - user review - 12/15/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
5 stars-- because i was kicked out on my birthday for sprinkling glitter on people!!! HAHAHA! i couldn't think of a better reason to be kicked out of this rough and ready establishment, where the...
yelp.com - user review - 12/15/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This place is a hipster dense fun bar to hang out at. It's kinda funny becuase this is a biker bar in every sense of the word; you have your harley types, your fixie types, and sometimes you even get...
yelp.com - user review - 12/15/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Meh ... I had such high expectations of Zeitgeist. I've been here several times now, and I've never had a horrible time. I don't have any major complaints except for the fact that Zeitgeist just...
yelp.com - user review - 12/15/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Came here with my old classmates for a little get together yesterday... I was bombarded by the bajillion drunk santa's out there. One was particularly rude but anyway. I had a good time with my...
yelp.com - user review - 12/14/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
My kinda bar... this was the place that actually made me decide to come to Frisco instead of going to school up north when I transferred... the beer garden outside is the spot and there's always...
yelp.com - user review - 12/14/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Zeitgeist has sort of turned into the Beauty Bar, and I mean that in that more hipsters and random Marina-ites who want to go to a "dive bar" so that they can get treated like shit by the bartenders....
yelp.com - user review - 12/12/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
my kinda place. outdoor seating and $12 pitchers on some quality microbrews. great.
yelp.com - user review - 12/11/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
ok, i have to be honest here.... i dont find people purposely being complete dicks to be charming... especially when you can tell they have nothing to be cocky about.anyway.. i've been here a few...
yelp.com - user review - 12/09/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
love this place! awesome! raw to the core and fab all the way!
yelp.com - user review - 12/08/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I like this place, I like the outdoor seating and how you meet random people. it's fun. i love the grill and i LOVE the grilled cheese here when im drunk late at night.
yelp.com - user review - 12/06/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Zeitgeist is an awesome spot. I came here once over the summer for happy hour and it was great.It's a great spot to come with friends on a nice summer afternoon or for people like me who enjoy...
yelp.com - user review - 12/05/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
pretty much my cheers.pitchers, bloody maries, burgers, picnic tables, card and dice games, tamale lady, random chaos, good times basically.
yelp.com - user review - 12/05/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Let me preface this with the fact that the only bars I like are dive bars. This dive bar rocks. I went there a few weeks ago with a group of friends, and, being the friendly drunk I am, I proceeded...
yelp.com - user review - 12/04/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Bomb-ass bloodies, a porch that doesn't quit, and enough attitude for all of San Fran. Zitgeist punched me in the gut and I puked up pure gold. Thank you sir may I have another?!?
yelp.com - user review - 12/04/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
What a fantastic place to met people. The picnic tables are communal so you can met just about anyone you sit next too! Also their beer selection is great. They have local, state, and international...
yelp.com - user review - 12/03/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
great outdoor space. great friendly crowd. great staff. pool. pinball. food. tamale lady. pitchers.if you like pain, order a bloody mary.
yelp.com - user review - 12/03/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Cheap beer, picnic benches (perfect for a sunny Sunday), rude bartenders - your quintessential dive bar. Actually I think I've seen the bartender/s yell at somebody almost every time I've been here....
yelp.com - user review - 12/03/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
#1 daytime spot for: beer drinking, bench sitting, friend making, and people watching.Oh heck yes!
yelp.com - user review - 12/03/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Dear Zeitgeist:How I loved thee for my post-birthday celebration! My friend and I spent all day there and were not dissapointed. I have my beloved Casbah here in San Diego and you reminded me of a...
yelp.com - user review - 12/01/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Wow, if you've been stuck in your wine bars, come here for happy hour and truly see the other side of SF. The smell of pot permeates the air when you're hanging outside, where rows and rows of...
yelp.com - user review - 11/30/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
this place is pretty sweet. The HUGE outdoor area is what is really clutch about this place. On a nice day this is one of the places to be, as you can drink from their awesome beer selection, sit on a...
yelp.com - user review - 11/30/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
One of the most enjoyable places to spend a sunny afternoon. Spontaneous conversations with delightful strangers Good people-watching Bloody Mary's Great White the Candy Girls- the benches make...
yelp.com - user review - 11/25/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
You'll find me here on July 4th for Pubsquat. The story behind it will tell you why my friends and I agree, this place is the bees knees:Some years ago, four friends were in SF, all for different...
yelp.com - user review - 11/25/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This review is dedicated to my roommate, Agustin A., quite possibly the most entertaining individual in the solar system. Also, a special thanks goes out to Jeff L., without whom I would never have...
yelp.com - user review - 11/25/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
This place is interesting, but just not my type of place. I do love dive bars. And I LOVE bars that have outdoor seating, but this place is just WAAAAAAAY too overcrowded. And call me a ninny, but I...
yelp.com - user review - 11/25/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I love zeitgeist!I came here with a few friends my last night in San Francisco a few months back. I honestly, didnt know what to expect at first. I had no idea where we were going, but after a few...
yelp.com - user review - 11/25/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
We came here for some drinks and sat outside on the benches so it was like being in someone's backyard. Luckily, I didn't have to use the bathroom/porta-potties and the mice left me alone, so it was...
yelp.com - user review - 11/23/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I just wrote a review for Lucky 13, and much prefer the patio there than at Zeitgest. THAT SAID, I dig this place. I LOVE the cheap pint sized mixed drinks.I LOVE the pool table that never seems...
yelp.com - user review - 11/23/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
If you don't like Zeitgeist that just means you don't belong there. Go back to the marina.For me ? yea I really don't like the dirty, gross new york subway feeling that I get when I'm there but I also...
yelp.com - user review - 11/22/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
if i lived in the city i would go allllll the time! we spent our last night here before heading back to ny and had a great time. indoor patio bike parking...come on...freaking love it! i had the vegan...
yelp.com - user review - 11/21/2008
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What more do you need? Tamales? Oh wait, she comes here every hour or so. This place is nirvana. I also love the beer selection, and the bloodies here are top notch. The only thing I could do without is the...
citysearch.com - user review - 11/20/2008
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The beer garden in the back is my favorite place to down a pitcher. There's never a wait to use the bathroom because there's a row of port-o-lets right there in the patio. You also don't need to worry about...
citysearch.com - user review - 11/19/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Always fun times at this place. Its a bit seedy and dirty, but that only makes me like it more. The Cider is great, the bathrooms are disgusting, but you can't have it all
yelp.com - user review - 11/18/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
so basically this bar would be cool if the bouncers/workers werent such FUCKING assholes. i am still highly confused as to why they threatened to call the cops on me last night. i went in, looked for...
yelp.com - user review - 11/16/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I love Zeitie. I have many excellent memories of being bundled up, drinking a bloody mary and eating a tamale from the tamale lady surrounded by a group of friends, boisterous strangers, and a cloud...
yelp.com - user review - 11/15/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
man do i hate this place. somehow somebody always suggests it and i shoot them down with a "HELL NO I HATE THAT PLACE." the bartender was a total asshole to me last time and it's full of dirty mission...
yelp.com - user review - 11/15/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Zeitgeist is rugged and is full of ruffnecks and is a great place to go if all you want to do is be loud and drink. Take off the heels, because you won't be needing them here; grab your Chuck Taylors...
yelp.com - user review - 11/12/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
This is a decent casual place to have a great Bloody Mary. They like to make a lot of Bloody Marys all at once which isn't a problem because so many people order those here. If you're not down for a...
yelp.com - user review - 11/11/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
One of the most unique bars I've ever been to. And like most people reading this review, I've been to quite a few. I was introduced to this place by my old co-workers/friends and I finally...
yelp.com - user review - 11/11/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
For all who don't like Zeitgeist because it's dirty and there are a bunch of "scary" people with tattoos and piercings...GO HOME!!! We don't need you, we don't want you. I have no tattoos, I have no...
yelp.com - user review - 11/10/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
First: wide variety of good beers at reasonable prices, excellent cheeseburgers & bloody marys, better than average music. Plus the tamale lady. Not much else to say there that hasn't been covered in...
yelp.com - user review - 11/10/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I'm not officially a bike messenger, nor do I pretend to be, but I kind of love this place and wall-o-bike rack is kind of rad. On a nice day/night the picnic tables, pitchers of beer or a bloody mary...
yelp.com - user review - 11/10/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
eh, my opinion of this place steadily declines each time i go here. the good: the burgers are AMAZING. you can't beat them. they're cheap, and they're quality. the outdoor patio is huge. you sort of...
yelp.com - user review - 11/08/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Zeitgeist best described as 'chill.'Great burger, typical variety of pints, chill vibe outdoors, can get pretty busy sometimes. If you're a Marina bar type individual, this might not be the place for...
yelp.com - user review - 11/06/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Fucking badass. I felt like I was in a bar in some bizzaro world "dive bar theme park". I've never seen a bar that looks like this, it's crazy! Also, there's rows and rows of picnic tables outside,...
