Girls Night Out

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Updated: June 10, 2009

A night out with your S.O. is nice, but it's no match for an evening with the girls. Gather your gal pals and hit one of these fun spots for everything from a quick after-work drink to an all-night bash that carries over to Sunday mimosas.

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  1. 1 5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended Frankee Uno San Francisco
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    1221 Divisadero St, San Francisco, CA 94115 (map)

    For a fun experience with your gal pals, sign up for one of this fashion-forward salon's Hairstyling 101 classes. A stylist will teach you how to use those straighteners and blowers you've already got, and they'll provide the wine to get things going.

  2. 2 2 Star Rating: Below Average Orson
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    508 Fourth St, San Francisco, CA 94107 (map)

    Start a Friday night with the girls by hitting this food-and-drink spot for $5 happy-hour cocktails and a few shared plates. Don't forget dessert: Chef Elizabeth Falkner of Citizen Cake fame helms the kitchen here as well.

  3. 3 4.5 Star Rating: Recommended Asia SF
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    201 Ninth St, San Francisco, CA 94103 (map)

    Perhaps San Francisco's campiest nightlife destination (and consequently the city's go-to bachelorette party spot), this SoMa night club features scantily clad transgendered performers--gorgeous ladies who bring their bar-top song and dance into the audience for body shots and butt grabs--and a prix fixe Pan-Asian dinner with drinks.

  4. 4 5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended Gitane Restaurant & Bar
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    6 Claude Ln, San Francisco, CA 94108 (map)

    Tucked away on an alley near Union Square, this plush and sexy newcomer to the scene blends the flavors of Spain, France and Portugal and boasts a seriously delicious cocktail list--the perfect components for a night of gabbing and boozing.

  5. 5 5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended Open Enterprises
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    603 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA 94110 (map)

    While the how-to courses at this legendary Mission sex shop aren't for the easily embarrassed, your liberal girlfriends will love one of the workshops--or at the very least, you'll all have a good laugh together.

  6. 6 4.5 Star Rating: Recommended Lime Restaurant
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    2247 Market St, San Francisco, CA 94114 (map)

    The thumping bass from this Castro restaurant and bar may seem like a little much the morning after a big night out, but bottomless mimosas and brunch in the pink-hued dining room are the perfect way to start a shopping day or delay the end of an old-school slumber party. Plus, there's no worry of the eye candy hitting on you.

  7. 7 4 Star Rating: Recommended Mint Karaoke Lounge
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    1942 Market St, San Francisco, CA 94102 (map)

    This dimly lit Upper Market karaoke bar has cheap drinks and an encyclopedic catalog of songs, making it a popular destination for both serious songbirds and gaggles of girls looking for a Friday night that involves drunkenly belting out Wham! tunes in unison.