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Last week Eater asked its readers for their opinions on the "douchiest" bar in San Francisco.
Readers went nuts.
Inundated with drunks aching to voice their thoughts on the most annoying watering hole, Eater Editor Paolo Lucchesi had to create this bookmark-worthy this handy map and nomination guide.
While you can keep submitting your nominations for your least favorite SF bar, a few of the nominees so far are Medjool ("vomiting bartenders"), The Matrix ("trying to be an upscale New York lounge"), Americano/Hotel Vitale ("As if the Marina suddenly puked up best and brightest in the fields of self-absorption, douchebaggery and cougardom into one consolidated spot"), Redwood Room ("the women in there might be prostitutes"), Zeitgeist ("hipster bike messengers"), Bar None ("an orgy of hair gel, wristbands, and unrealized homo-eroticism unseen in any bar west of Staten Island"), Bruno's ("bros and their sparkly-top hos"), Beauty Bar ("cologne-drenched Eurotrash grabbing your ass"), Supperclub ("editorial judgment"), and the Lookout (token gay bar pick).
The polls will remain open throughout the weekend.
Next week? The most popped-collared of them all will be announced.
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Here's a link to the voting page
http://sf.eater.com/archives/2008/11/21/the_vote_whats_the_douchiest_bar_in_san_francisco.php
eatersf is always fun to read but this series of posts was truly hilarious.
That clip is amazing, it is the proverbial trainwreck that you cannot look away from. The vomiting chicks, the air guitar... you truly cannot fake awesome.
I really want to watch my alma mater destroy the Gauchos tonight with this guy. I would be entertained. Should I go to the Bust Stop? Oops. Typo.
Bar None should "win" this competition.
It's nice to see ESF feature content written by people who actually live in San Francisco for a change.
(I kid! I kid!)
You cannot fake how awesome the Marina is.
As someone who lives in the Marina, I have to agree. It's a new thrill every night. The obvious delights aside, you really have to be a permanent resident to fully experience the underlying paranoia and tension you experience daily from your neighbors if you are a member of the "don't shave much, don't wear khakis, don't go to the gym" underclass.
There are some rednecks who live on my street who permanently party in their garage with the door open. They've been mentally lynched by everyone in a three block radius.
If this world was just that man would have a TV channel devoted entirely to him. Endlessly entertaining.
I wish I lived in the Marina, then I could wear my awesome striped shirt more often. Just look at it.
@dolemite43 - I have no idea who your alma mater is but THEY SUCK! ;P
Anyway, I vote for Matrix Fillmore - I've never been in there, but having walked by it once or twice the douchiness just oozes from it like an infected sore.
Go Gauchos!
I am amazed that Skylark didn't make the list!
And Zeitgeist? It may be many things, but here you're simply abusing the word "douchey"
I've heard its pretty tough to play in the Thunderdome, but I hope the HEELS pull out the win.
It's the first time the Gauchos have had a #1 ranked team play them at home since 90-91. If you're such a fan, shouldn't you know about this game at 7pm tonight?! :)
In my 15 months in the city, I've never been to Medjool. Should I consider myself lucky?
I enjoy reading the Zeitgeist reviews on Yelp, where I can almost picture the poor Marinaite sitting at its computer, lip trembling, relating its story about how the mean bartender told her to fuck off.
I like Zeitgeist on a warm afternoon/evening as much as anyone, but I think you guys are narrowing the definition of "douchey" if anything: that place is absolutely crawling with d-bags.
You don't need to live in the Marina (whatever the connotation) or be a frat guy or wear a striped shirt with lots of hair gel to fit the term.
I really don't see the difference between hipster douchebags and Marina douchebags. The lack of any originality and the need to "fit in" apply equally to both groups. Striped shirt or skinny jeans and facial hair, it's all the same. That is why Zeitgeist is just as douchey as Matrix.
Zeitgeist is filled with douchebags and I still love that place. Find me a bar with a huge back patio, $11 pitchers of damn good beer and burgers, where I can smoke cigarettes and their not so carcinogenic friend and I'm there!