Comments on: Clooney's: The Next Hot Bar in the Mission

By: johnny0

johnny0 — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:20:23 +0000

And La Lengua is alREADY crackalackin.

By: Ariel Dovas

Ariel Dovas — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:37:19 +0000

It is little known. Except for the commenter three above you.

And the fact that is two comments above you is widely known.

By: eddo

eddo — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:25:25 +0000

Little known fact: Broken Record, back when they were looking to open up a bar in 2007, considered opening up where Clooney’s is (and has been, as far as I can tell, forever). They ended up at their current place in Crocker Amazon/Excelsior-adjacent on Geneva, but if they had gone and opened up in the Clooney’s space, with their large whiskey collection and foodie sausages and whatnot, 25th & Valencia would be crackalackin.

By: Renzomatic

Renzomatic — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:49:35 +0000

This is why this blog is dumb sometimes, “Oooo, the next cool thing!” while at the same time everyone decries the fact that once-cool places are now overrun by (name your worst fear) undesirables.

So, head on over to Clooney’s, act like you found the place out of nowhere, and they’ll we’ll patiently wait until you get back up and say “I remember clooney’s from back in 2009, and it was great, long before they started selling soy dogs, and the lines for pool were manageable”.

As much as things change, so much stays the same.

By: Stephan

Stephan — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:19:00 +0000

This blog is pretty embarrassing.

By: G. Urusus

G. Urusus — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:46:06 +0000

Don’t fear Clooney’s has already been colonized. Heck I heard this was one of the places the guys who opened Broken Record tried to buy. I was having ironic before work shots there back in 2000.

There is nothing to see here, no need for Mission Mission readers to investigate, and stop claiming the Clooney’s regulars are some sort of murderous cannibal clan, they are simply normal bar regulars.

Also remember “Naps Only” has Kar-o-kee.

By: two beers

two beers — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:15:04 +0000

your sentiment and concern for the long-time locals means nothing to my need to act out and be noticed once I leave my cubicle. who cares if this is the last bar to be destroyed by the ravenous hipster maw? the maw needs to be fed!

By: EH

EH — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 07:44:53 +0000

that ain’t the real dovre anyway.

By: candlestickkid

candlestickkid — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 07:26:34 +0000

oh man, it’s a cool bar, let’s go and smoke cigarettes outside.

By: candlestickkid

candlestickkid — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 07:25:19 +0000

wow, that’s cool. That sounds like a cool place. After the food carts, let’s go there.

By: fabulous freddy from fremont

fabulous freddy from fremont — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 04:26:37 +0000

Leave those people alone. Don’t f**k with their thing. If you do go there, respect them and do NOT call in for soy dogs. Don’t think they’ll beat you up, but just try not to make a scene – there are very few bars left in the Mission where people can go to have a drink without getting swamped by the transplant “I’m unique” crowd.

Seriously, for a lot of people there, this is the only place to go, and it may be the most important thing in their lives – the place they can hang out with their friends and not get hassled by anyone else. Don’t take that away from them just so you can post on your blog that you went somewhere “new”. You may leave in a few years, but these folks WON’T. There are plenty of other “edgy” bars for you people. Respect theirs.

By: Old School

Old School — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:17:51 +0000

Please, it’s at 25th and Valencia, one block from Dovre, practically across the street from Suriya/Pi Bar (sigh) – you really think you’re the first non-alcoholic to walk in there? This little conversation about regulars being “badass” and it being a hidden gem are what make other people think you people are idiots. It’s just a bar.

By: two beers

two beers — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 02:38:40 +0000

the regulars eat ironically-hirsute, tight-pantsted fixie-douches for breakfast. just saying.

By: Neo Displacer

Neo Displacer — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 02:28:41 +0000

I know I am repeating myself but fuck it. Clooney’s is the only bar I have ever been in where someone was passed out with their head on the bar and the bartender didn’t give him the righteous heave-ho. My friend was also seriously hit by the bar fly. She sat on his lap, ran her fingers through his hair, and cooed in his ear. He was totally skeeved.

By: chalkman

chalkman — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 02:28:01 +0000

the only bar I’ve been in SF with grimmer barflies than Clooney’s was that weird John Wayne Gacy-like clown bar in the Inner Sunset, I think it was called the Wishing Well.