The final bar of the evening was Yong San Lounge. I'd walked past here a bunch of times and always thought it looked like a good place to drop in. The bar used to be called the Drift Inn, and was known as the hangout for conspiracy theorist, and author of the Gemstone Files, Bruce Roberts. This guy must have been "fun" to have a drink with.
So, we shuffled in the door and the bartender, a friendly middle-aged asian woman, scuttled some of the regulars from their barstools and ushered us up to the freshly cleared seats. They had little plates of nuts and chocolates on the bar, and after a bit, she brought out fried chicken and egg rolls and placed those on little plates in front of us as well. The bar had a fairly typical beer selection, made run-of-the-mill cocktails and had an active pool table in the back. The bar decor is straight out of the 70's and little has changed inside since then. Unfortunately, the padded arm rest at the bar was torn to bits and had been 'repaired' maybe 5 years ago with about 200 rolls of reddish-pink electrical tape: sticky. I had read somewhere online that the bar was a hangout for escorts and prostitutes and surely some of the ladies there were. Nothing in your face, mind you, but women a little too dressed up in dresses a little too small.
Anyway, more of our friends showed up and we kind of took over a better part of the bar. It was a fun place to hang out, and the waitstaff was nothing but friendly and genuinely interested in keeping you there with your wallet open. It makes me think the woman running the bar is most likely the owner as well. We had a few pints here and then moved on to Nob Hill Tavern to play some pool/darts ourselves. As we've been there many times, it won't be counted in the talley, but that's where we ended the night.
Josh, Julia and Kathy
Molly, Lisa and Rick
Mark and Ryan
Yong San Lounge, 895 Bush Street
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