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Smuggler's Cove (bar)

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Smuggler's Cove bar
Smuggler's Cove bar

Smuggler's Cove is a tiki bar in the Hayes Valley neighborhood of San Francisco, California. Founded in 2009 by owner Martin Cate, the three-story bar offers the largest selection of rums of any bar in the United States, with over 1,300 varieties as of 2025. The bar's menu features 80 cocktails, including classics of the tiki canon and some original recipes. Widely considered one of the world's greatest tiki bars, Smuggler's Cove was named the best cocktail bar in the United States by Tales of the Cocktail in 2016, and it appeared on The World's 50 Best Bars six years in a row, between 2011 and 2016.

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Smuggler's Cove (bar)
Gough Street, San Francisco Western Addition

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Gough Street 650
94102 San Francisco, Western Addition
California, United States
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Fillmore District, San Francisco
Fillmore District, San Francisco

The Fillmore District is a historical neighborhood in San Francisco located to the southwest of Nob Hill, west of Market Street and north of the Mission District. It has been given various nicknames such as “the Moe” or “the Fill”. The Fillmore District began to rise to prominence after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. As a result of not being affected by the earthquake itself nor the large fires that ensued, it quickly became one of the major commercial and cultural centers of the city.After the earthquake, the district experienced a large influx of diverse ethnic populations. It began to house large numbers of African Americans, Japanese and Jews. Each group significantly contributed to the local culture and earned the Fillmore district a reputation for being "One of the most diverse neighborhoods in San Francisco". In particular, the district was known for having the largest jazz scene on the west coast of the United States up until its decline in the 1970s. A large Japantown was also historically located in the Fillmore District although technically it does not lie within the borders of the district today.During the late 1960s and 1970s, the Fillmore District underwent a large-scale redevelopment. This has largely led to a decline of the jazz scene in the area. However, many people have claimed that jazz in the district has made a large rebound in recent years. Even today, the redevelopment of the Fillmore remains a controversial issue. Many of the people who were forced to move from the district say that redevelopment was a product of racism. The city planners claim redevelopment was a way to combat the high rates of crime in the area and to reinvigorate the local economy.