Exterior of Entrance to Buddha Lounge
Flickr/Shawn Clover
Flickr/Shawn Clover

Buddha Lounge

San Francisco
Dive Bar
$$$$

Chinatown surprisingly houses some of our favorite dive bars in the city and Buddha is one of the diviest (and best). It’s cash-only, has a bathroom you can only access after being buzzed in by the bartender, and oh yeah, the bartender… he’ll play you a game of dice for a beer (lose and you buy him/you a beer, win and he buys you/him a beer). But it’ll have to be before 8pm so he can drive home after work. Yeah, it’s that kind of place.

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