The best bar in America is in San Francisco. Why we need Vesuvio.
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Vesuvio Cafe, 255 Columbus Ave., San Francisco, January 2021Andrew Chamings
San Francisco is a city built by eccentrics, artists and adventurers, and nowhere encapsulates that spirit of wanderlust more than Vesuvio Cafe, the historic cocktail bar that’s been watching over North Beach for over 70 years.
“I like to think of Vesuvio as the little boat that keeps cutting through the water,” owner Janet Clyde says.
Clyde first started working the bar in 1979, when the little alley that runs between it and City Lights bookstore, connecting North Beach and Chinatown, was still called “Adler.”