Last Call Bar, San Francisco

About Last Call Bar

Last Call sits at the eastern edge of the Castro on 18th Street, billed as the last LGBTQ+ bar heading out of the neighborhood that direction. There's been a bar at this address since 1971, under three names — The Mistake, then the Men's Room for some thirty years, and Last Call since 2009 — and the current owners took over in 2021. A fireplace, an '80s-stocked jukebox, and a deliberately low-key, conversation-first room make it a refuge from the busier bars up the hill. The quirk locals love: there's no fixed cocktail list, so each bartender pours from their own set of signatures and the bar's character shifts with whoever's working. The daily happy hour runs from midday into the early evening — the bar claims the longest in the Castro — and the place is dog-friendly and easygoing enough to stay neighborhood rather than tourist. Come to talk and stay awhile, not to dance.