CHAMBERS eat + drink

Civic Center / Tenderloin, San Francisco –

A genre-bending combination of lounge, poolside hotel bar, and high-end restaurant, CHAMBERS eat + drink is where haughty foodies, loud yuppies, and purposefully dorky hipsters all find something to love.

Unmarked and hidden next to the Phoenix Hotel, the venue’s streetside entrance leads patrons into the dining room first, where thousands of old record albums fill the floor-to-ceiling shelves and the words “BE AMAZING” are inscribed in lights behind the main bar. Trendy professionals dine on a pork belly update of the BLT, or take on Japanese-influenced fare like salmon sashimi served on a tiny wood-chip smoker.

Down a narrow hallway, the record theme continues into the lounge, with cozy nooks separated by old Rod Stewart and Doors LPs and huge low couches tucked beneath everything from Simon and Garfunkel to AC/DC’s first albums.

Mixology buffs hit up the second bar for a pisco punch or a cuba libre, which they can enjoy next to an open fireplace or head outside to join chic LA transplants chilling in a cabana next to the pool. Once the evening sets in, DJs get the young and diverse late-night crowd bumping to rock classics and soul hits, although anyone in need of a full-on dance club likely heads elsewhere.

There are plenty of ways to be cool, but CHAMBERS eat + drink is all about that casual, devil-may-care kind of cool, where people come for a meal, stay for a drink, and maybe pretend to be someone else for a night as they dip their toes in the water.