... a low-key watering hole with a four-foot-tall Connect Four, arcade machines, a pool table and an all-day French menu, now open on the corner of 16th and Harrison. If you take anything away from this, it’s that Dear Mom is the closest version of the downstairs playroom you dreamed of having as a kid, only in bar form.
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Grown-Up Games, Drinks & Food
at Dear Mom
Bartenders/owners/heroes Jay Beaman and Oliver Piazza focus on low-key booze: Think daily tiered whiskey specials from the 100-plus selection, eight beers on tap, and a small classic cocktail list. Soak it up with gastropub fare by Chez Spencer’s Laurent Katgely (beef sliders, shrimp and grits).
(more)Dear Mom, they say, also taps into what we want as San Franciscans. People like dive bars because they’re cheap and they like the folks that inhabit them, but they will also drop $200 on a meal – even if they’re not making a lot of money. Jay and Oliver would hazard a guess that this city’s citizens spend 30 to 50 percent of their income on drinking and eating out. Thus, they serve $7 beer and shot specials alongside French pub fare.
(more)What to Order
"Chef Laurent Katgely of Chez Spencer will be doing the food. Try the beef sliders. Dear Mom also has a massive selection of around 100 whiskeys!" — The Sōsh Concierge
What to Order
"The four-cheese penne is delicious. The portion size was perfect for a bar, too. Also, if you're in a whiskey/scotch/bourbon kind of mood, then trust your bartender and try a new recommendation. They know their booze." — May Yip
What to Order
"Ask the bartenders for whisky recommendations. They'll help guide you towards something that will warm your cockles." — Rod Begbie
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Friday
3:00pm – 1:30am
Saturday
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Sunday
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