Cantina Gallery 580

Cantina is a Latin abode, an Art Salon, a Culinary Cocktail lounge featuring wines and spirits shaken and poured in nouveau ways. More than a mere bar or gallery, Cantina seeks to weave itself into the fabric of our community. The colors of our space are warm and enticing; our music is a sound collage of Latin Soul, Funk, Salsa, Disco and Global Rhythms.

Know Before You Go: This is not the place to come for shots of Patron, Red Bull-and-vodkas, or Long Island Iced Teas; such choices will be filled only grudgingly (if at all) and miss the whole point of this bar.

Parking: Try the Priority Parking Garage on Post Street (between Mason and Powell), or the Union Square Garage.

“If you are lucky”, “hot” owner (and star bartender) Duggan McDonnell will be at his “hip” Latin-themed Downtowner, but the other “talented” bartenders also concoct “well-thought-out” “craft cocktails” using “unique liquors” and “fresh juices”; though it “can take awhile” to get served, fans say the “quality drinks” are worth it, and “cool DJ sets” provide welcome distraction amid the...

Stalwart of the ‘cisco cocktail scene, in a dark, attractive slot a couple blocks off Union Square, adorned with candelabras, burnt-orange walls and smartly-DJ’d samba, cumbia and hip-hop. From co-founder of San Francisco Cocktail Week Duggan McDonnell, who proffers concoctions like a rich blackberry & cabernet caipirinha, a dope five-spice margarita, and our favorite: the powerfully spicy...

Dozens of votive candles cast a honeyed glow upon coppery tequila-hued walls and neo-tropical wallpaper inside this cozy Latin art salon and "culinary cocktail" lounge near Union Square. It's a comfortable hole-in-the-wall with cowhide armchairs and wine-barrel tables. Owner Duggan McDonnell is known for his artisanal drinks, and bartenders from around town grab stools at the long bar to watch...

SF's superstar mixologist Duggan McDonnell runs this nationally recognized mixology bar, where one-of-a-kind drinks--Laughing Buddha: buddha's hand vodka, lime, crushed ginger & serrano chiles,...

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