[Travel] [Bar Review] [Fashion] Bourbon and Romance - Dirty Water (San Francisco, California)

I was recently in San Francisco for my friends' wedding (to each other—the best kind of friends' wedding, in my opinion).  For that awkward chunk of time between the ceremony and the reception (necessary—the wedding party needs to take pictures, after all), my friends and I looked for a watering hole in which we could chill.

We found Dirty Water, a warm, inviting bar of amber, browns and leather surprisingly located on the ground floor of the Twitter building in SoMa: 

Dirty Water
1355 Market St. (between Fell St. and 9th Street in SoMa)
San Francisco, CA 94103

The bar is fairly well stocked and offers various classic craft cocktails like the Calcutta Cup (botanist gin, Pimm's and Golden Gate) and the Touchy Feely (Fernet—so earthy if  you've never had this, gin, sweet vermouth, Campari, and grapefruit bitters) as well as a variety of wines and bubbles.

There's a restaurant behind the bar and lounge area—not open between lunch and dinner—but you can still order cheese and charcuterie to nom on during the day—which is exactly what we did.  After all, there is never a wrong time for cheese.

To the side of the bar were clusters of large, brown, overstuffed leather sofas.  We made ourselves at home—I thought the decor was the perfect rustic, masculine foil to my ultra-feminine Kate Spade New York Livia heels (now on sale!), which are basically an adorable riff on ballet shoes, and Kate Spade New York Emma book clutch (unfortunately, from a few seasons ago, but I highly recommend checking for this or other classic book clutches on eBay, Poshmark, or any other secondhand platform).