Blackbird

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Camper English

Joined 4 years ago

Finally, a cocktail bar in the Castro.. In the Castro area bars turn over at a fast pace, but this stylish lounge on the site of the former Expansion Bar and Metro is likely to get by for a while on its looks alone. The long and narrow venue looks and feels spacious thanks to a light gunmetal grey paint job with newsprint accents and creative drop ceiling over the lounge seating half of the room. Everything about the bar seems designed to enhance an upscale casual vibe: the cheery lighting, the young, mostly gay, often suited-up post-work crowd at happy hour, and the carefully chosen drink list with just six cocktails, ten beers on tap, and nearly all sustainably-produced wines. The seating arrangements are casual too- orange vinyl benches and low tables spaced along one side of the room encourage patrons to mingle and make friends with the neighbors.