# Olde Fashioned Opens in Nob Hill

> Victorian cocktail bar Olde Fashioned debuts in San Francisco's Nob Hill after decades of bar history.
- Title: Olde Fashioned Opens in Nob Hill · The San Francisco Standard
- Summary: 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…
- Keywords: olde fashioned, nob hill, victorian bar, will herrera, soda popinski's, traveler, zhuzh, eddie rickenbacker's, negroni, teacup, brass footrest, harlan records
- Source: The San Francisco Standard — https://sfstandard.com/2026/10/13/olde-fashioned-cocktail-bar-nob-hill
- Published: 2026-10-13T13:00:00+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: olde fashioned, nob hill, victorian bar, will herrera, soda popinski's, traveler, zhuzh, eddie rickenbacker's, negroni, teacup, brass footrest, harlan records
## 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
## Key takeaway

Olde Fashioned, a Victorian-inspired cocktail bar in Nob Hill, opens with a teacup Negroni and brass footrests from a closed motorcycle bar.