Bender's Bar & Grill

Benders Bar and Grill can be found at S Van Ness Ave 806. The following is offered: Entertainment Venues. The entry is present with us since Sep 10, 2010 and was last updated on Nov 14, 2013. In San Francisco there are 19 other Entertainment Venues. An overview can be found here.

After being gutted by a fire a few years back, Bender's rose from the ashes like a glorious phoenix covered in tattoos, blasting heavy metal and drinking heavily even on weekdays. From the bar, where during happy hour you can get a shot and beer for $5, to the mini-kitchen, which serves tasty drunk food (with vegan options) the smoker's patio out back, Bender's is everything you can really ask from a bar. The prevailing crowd is definitely one of bike messengers and Mission flannel champions, but you'll also find plenty of v-necks and collared shirts here shooting pool and the breeze just...

Staff won't sugarcoat a thing, but they will serve a mean burger from the kitchen (Monday-Saturday, 5:30pm-11pm). The simple bar menu includes chili and mac and cheese, each for about $6.

Check out the grilled specialties at your peril, or get lubricated enough to kill the pathogens. Latter not a problem as booze is cheap and plentiful. Patrons range from sketchy to dirty to slumming bohos, but overall surprisingly non-aggro. Music shows happy at the barrel's bottom, but legit for all that.

After being gutted by a fire a few years back, Bender's rose from the ashes like a glorious phoenix covered in tattoos, blasting heavy metal and drinking heavily even on weekdays. From the bar,...

With tattoo-inspired artwork, random rock and punk band stickers, and general revelry in its dive-bar status, there's no mistaking this place for anything but what it is. Bartenders pour mostly...

Bender's is a Mission District legend. Firebombed into oblivion in 2006, its valiant founders rallied the troops, and with a cavalcade of community support, reopened just a year and half later, bigger and better than ever. Some choice burnt-to-a-crisp fire wreckage are kept around as trophies of the place's victory over tragedy, you will love watching it. Comfy booths surround the pool table...