The Hotel Utah Saloon is a 100-plus-year-old San Francisco institution in the midst of a reinvented, reinvigorated SOMA neighborhood. We have 12 tap beers, a handful of select wines, and a full bar, accompanied by a full menu of fresh-made tasty food.
Our separate stage area features independent live music 7 nights, and some weekend days. Monday nights we host one of the longest-running, biggest and best open mics in town. The rest of the week is a variety of local and touring bands—check out acts you may know, or will want to know, in our intimate setting with our state-of-the-art sound system. Many weekend brunches are accompanied by free shows, from bluegrass and country to talented student showcases.
It was built in 1908, when the Barbary Coast was still going strong. 1908, the year Bette Davis was born. The year of the first Model T. Twenty-eight years before the Bay Bridge. This bar was standing before, during, and after Prohibition.
The Deininger family opened the saloon, and commissioned furniture makers in Belgium to design and create its ornate bar-back. They also served the city’s best beer, Fredericksburg, brought to The Utah by horse and carriage and lowered into the cellar in wooden kegs.