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DrinkPubChinatown-North Beach

Specs

Opened in 1968, Spec's is a holdout from the Beat era of North Beach. The bar is filled with artifacts, and is perhaps the best place for a serious conversation in all of downtown San Francisco.

Address
12 William Saroyan Pl
Getting there
down a small alley off of Columbus Ave, around the corner from Tosca
Hours
Sun-Thu 4:30PM-2AM, Fri-Sat 5PM-2AM

Listing from Wikivoyage: San Francisco/Chinatown-North Beach, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Location and details from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

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Updated 27 Sept 2026. Something wrong? Tell us.