Bear Vs. Bull — Restaurant in San Francisco

The "Bear vs. Bull" at Alamo Drafthouse in San Francisco refers to a standalone bar located within the New Mission Theater. The bar's name is inspired by a San Francisco historical rumor of animal fights, and the menu reflects this theme with locally sourced ingredients and California-centric selections. Historical Inspiration: The bar's name comes from a rumor that the New Mission Theater once hosted animal fights, including a legendary encounter between a bear and a bull.

The building is listed as a San Francisco Designated Landmark since May 27, 2004; and listed as one of the National Register of Historic Places since November 9, 2001.

The building originally designed by the Reid Brothers. It was renovated for the Nasser Brothers Theaters circuit in 1932 by Timothy Pflueger, who transformed it into Art Deco-style. It boasts a 70 foot (21 m) marquee sign that is a local landmark. In its early life, it showed mostly "B" movies.

In the 1960s and 1970s, it specialized in children's fare. The theater closed in 1993 and became a furniture store. It was purchased by the City College of San Francisco, who proposed to raze it and build new campus facilities. But a group called "Save The New Mission Theater", headed by Alfonso Felder, lobbied to stop the college from destroying the theater.

The building was renovated by the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema chain headquartered in Austin, Texas; it re-opened as a movie theater, restaurant, and bar in December 2015, and maintained the name New...

Horrible experience w the bartender photographed. He was racist and told my friends and I to “kick rocks.” He proceeded to call us derogatory names and put us out while other patrons sat comfortably in their chairs till they were done with their drinks. I don’t know how someone that works in hospitality thinks it’s appropriate to communicate with someone that way but my friend and I weren’t even disrespectful towards him for him to react that way. He got upset cause we asked if we could get one more round before they closed. He expressed that the bar was closed so we dropped it and he just kept going. Absolutely disgusted with the treatment here and I suggested you all avoid this bar at all costs. They do not deserve your presence, attention or money. I moved here from NYC and have never been treated with...

Good drinks and bites, great vibes, great staff. Great beer selection. The cocktails are basic but get the job done, would love to see more love given in general to the cocktail program, but it feels like there’s some limits with how complex they can go while managing getting drinks to the theaters in...