Utah Hotel

Located in Downtown San Francisco, this inn is within a 15-minute walk of South Park, AT&T Park, and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Westfield San Francisco Centre and Asian Art Museum of San Francisco are also within 2 mi (3 km).

Owners may have changed, but the look stays the same, just like your favorite shirt from the ’70s. Bizarre knickknacks covering the walls, balcony in back shaped like stern of old ship (where live bands play nightly). Built in 1908 and still sating generations of hustlers, miscreants, and thieves. Fairly good bar food. Burgers, onion rings, 12 beers on tap. Eavesdrop on slurred geek speak from...

Hotel Utah is a low key, neighborhood bar that serves up local music seven nights a week along with food and drink. Shows never cost more than a few dollars, and are sometimes free. Mondays are open mic night, so if you want to become a star yourself, start here. The location near the happening SoMa District makes for an interesting mix of clientele ranging from dot-commers (and increasingly...