Da' joint is jumping and this broad has a lot more to say about San Francisco's underground hideout, Bourbon and Branch. Meet your friends, rendezvous lover or partners in crime on the sly to drink some booze and discuss the welcome evils of gambling and jazz.
You may think times are tough today with the tanking economy and California’s unemployment rate at the highest it’s been in 14 years, just imagine what it was like nearly 80 years ago when the Great Depression of 1929 busted open the pockets of Wall Street shareholders. Soon after, there was hardly a penny for some and due to America’s prohibition laws, much less a trinkle of bourbon either.
Bourbon and Branch bar in San Francisco’s Tenderloin district is a secret passage back in to the late 1920s during the era of Prohibition, when the sales and consumption of alcoholic beverages were outlawed. The San Francisco establishment was originally built in 1867 and has operated at the Jones Street location ever since.
Getting into this joint is not going to be as simply text messaging for an address or dare calling for directions. You must plan ahead by completing an online request at www.bourbonandbranch.com. You will receive an email confirmation with directions and a password (like 'Bubs' or 'Toots' but I didn't tell ya' so!). However, it's worth the effort for some unforgettable libations.
Always remember the House Rules:
1.) Please speak Easy
2.) Don’t even think of asking for a Cosmo
3.) Please be patient, their drinks are labor intensive
4.) No standing at the bar
5.) cell phones prohibited
5.) Please exit quietly from the bar
Now scram buster! Plus, a word of caution for those of you on the lam, always keep an eye out for Johnny Law!
Bourbon and Branch
501 Jones St.,
(between Geary St & O'Farrell St)
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 346-1735
www.bourbonandbranch.com
~By Erika Lind~
photo: www.bourbonandbranch.com
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