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The Haight-Ashbury's only brewpub combines good beer, fresh food and friendly service in a comfortable pub setting. Located at the bustling intersection of Haight and Masonic, Magnolia is a refuge from the pace of urban living; a place to relax among friends. The pub fosters the tradition of classic English and European ale houses and the best of San Francisco's unique style.
Magnolia Pub & Brewery is open from Noon until Midnight Monday through Thursday, Noon until 1 AM Friday, 10 AM until 1 AM Saturday and 10 AM until Midnight on Sundays. Saturday and Sunday, from 10 AM to 2:30 PM, we feature our special brunch menu which has become a Haight Street favorite. Stout for breakfast—who knew? Breakfast, lunch or dinner, Chef David Coleman's unique, farm fresh twists on brewpub cuisine are sure to delight.
Do you have a story, anecdote or information about our building or the neighborhood? What occupied our space in the very early days? What was on the other three corners of our intersection in the 1960s? We'd like to know more about our home. Please email us at beer@magnoliapub.com or come by the pub.
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Magnolia Pub & Brewery resides in a 1903 Victorian rich with history. The building, along with most of the neighborhood, survived the 1906 earthquake. It became home to a pharmacy in the 1920s and much of the beautiful interior woodwork was installed around this time. The pharmacy served the neighborhood loyally through the mid-1960s, when some pioneering bohemians turned it into the Drugstore Cafe as the neighborhood began its famous change. Next came Magnolia Thunderpussy. This well-known woman created her famous desserts here for delivery all around town. She later reopened the cafe in the front, drawing large crowds to sample the curiously-shaped ice cream desserts and while away the wee hours of the night. The 1970s again brought change to the neighborhood but the 1960s spirit lived on at Psalms Cafe, the venture that followed Magnolia Thunderpussy's early in the decade. Psalms maintained the hippie ethic throughout the decade, culminating in an outrageously festive Thanksgiving dinner for the poor in 1979, the cafe's swan song.
Magnolia Pub & Brewery opened on November 11, 1997 after eight months of construction preceded by four years of planning, preparation, searching and negotiating. We somehow squeezed a brewery into a once-creepy dungeon of a basement and gave the kitchen and dining room a healthy dose of the care they needed. The booths and bar were designed to coexist peacefully with the existing, historic tile floor and woodwork (the latter was painstakingly restored to its original condition). The mural, painted by local artist, Jon Weiss, adds a hearty dose of the whimsical and surreal to complete the feel of our pub.
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