Flight of the Blackbird
Well I knew it would happen eventually. The typical bar crawl of the Castro has lost much of its luster after 4 or so years doing the same journey. Trigger, The Cafe, Q Bar, Moby Dick, blah blah blah. Not that I don't enjoy these fine establishments of haziness (especially on 2 for 1 night), it's just that I needed some new and fresh. Enter Blackbird. After hearing whispers and the occasional yelp stalking for the past couple of weeks I finally decided that last Sunday I absolutely had to make it there come hell or high ball glass. Armed with my bff and my favorite pair of jeans we ventured to this new watering hole. First impression: me likey! The environment was quite inviting and I quickly dubbed it "The Bourbon and Branch of Upper Market" or BBUM. We made it there around 8:30 so it wasn't packed but pleasantly full of after dinner patrons looking for something to take the edge off of Sunday Funday. My first drink was The Early Bird, and by far the favorite. I tried a couple of others but nothing held my attention like the EB. Reminiscent of a gimlet this drink was easy to digest and provided a nice coolant for the unusually muggy summer night. 2 hours drifted away as I noticed the place reached critical-I-can't-move-without-brushing-some-well-fitted-7's mass. Occupying a window table near the door I noticed the clientele was a perfect cross-section of the location. You had the bears, the club boys, the super trendy str8 folks, and the avg hipster. Everything for anyone.
Around 11pm the DMS entourage and myself decided to fly the coop and head out to Toad Hall that ended in a totally uneventful evening. However, Blackbird lived up to the hype and I will certainly be back.
Blackbird Bar: 2124 Market St
(between Church St & Sanchez St)
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