From The San Francisco Standard · · 1m 10s
Olde Fashioned Opens in Nob Hill
Victorian cocktail bar Olde Fashioned debuts in San Francisco's Nob Hill after decades of bar history.
In brief
Victorian cocktail bar Olde Fashioned debuts in San Francisco's Nob Hill after decades of bar history. Olde Fashioned, a Victorian-inspired cocktail bar in Nob Hill, opens with a teacup Negroni and brass footrests from a closed motorcycle bar. Originally reported by The San Francisco Standard.
Olde Fashioned opens in Nob Hill
A Victorian-inspired cocktail bar opens in San Francisco's Nob Hill after decades of bar history.
“Olde Fashioned is what a bar would look like if the Victorian Era had never gone out of style”
Olde Fashioned uses teacup Negroni
The bar serves a Negroni in a flower-patterned ceramic teacup with gold-enameled lip and foot.
“A Negroni comes in the most old-fashioned of vessels: a flower-patterned ceramic teacup with a gold-enameled lip and foot”
Owner Will Herrera explains cocktails
Owner Will Herrera uses Spanish and Italian sweet vermouth for his cocktails.
“I use a Spanish and an Italian sweet vermouth”
Olde Fashioned occupies historic space
The bar occupies space that was Zhuzh and Soda Popinski's before becoming Traveler in the 1960s.
“It’s been a watering hole or a saloon for decades, in fact, possibly its entire existence”
Brass footrests from Eddie Rickenbacker's
The bar features brass footrests from Eddie Rickenbacker's motorcycle bar that closed in 2019.
“They came from Eddie Rickenbacker’s, the downtown motorcycle bar that closed in 2019”
Olde Fashioned menu is simple
The bar offers three wines, four beers, and six classic cocktails including an old-fashioned.
“The menu is compact, with three wines, four beers, and six classic cocktails”
Olde Fashioned follows Harlan Records model
The bar will develop its menu organically after building relationships with neighbors.
“That’s something that I, as a lifelong bartender, would be much more proud of than putting my own brainchild on the menu”
The takeaway
Olde Fashioned, a Victorian-inspired cocktail bar in Nob Hill, opens with a teacup Negroni and brass footrests from a closed motorcycle bar.
