Best Dive Bar in San Francisco · San Francisco, CA
Tempest has been a SoMa dive-bar mainstay since 1986, a gloriously unpretentious San Francisco hideout with rotating taps, pool tables, a back-patio grill and a come-as-you-are crowd. Its scrappy charm and seasonal bar food have made it a neighborhood go-to for decades.
A SoMa fixture for nearly 40 years, Tempest is the 2025 Centurion Award winner in San Francisco.
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Selection is by the published criteria, evaluated on public evidence. Tempest cleared every one.
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This is a dated award record, published by The Centurion Awards after Tempest cleared the 2025 evaluation for its market and category. It was not bought, voted on, or sponsored — the criteria are public, only winners are published, and an award that stops holding up is revoked, not quietly removed. Awards run one calendar year and renew only if the business clears the bar again. For everything else — hours, bookings, live reviews — go straight to the business itself.
A SoMa institution tucked off Natoma Street at 431 Natoma St, Tempest pairs classic dive-bar character with Box Kitchen's comfort food. 4.1 stars across 846 Yelp reviews.
Yes — Tempest is the 2025 Centurion Award winner for Best Dive Bar in San Francisco, a verified, criteria-based award. Generations of San Franciscans have made Tempest their unpretentious home base: cheap pours, a rotating tap list, and the box burger regulars swear by, all in a brick-walled hideaway that has outlasted boom after boom.
Tempest is in San Francisco, CA. Details and hours are on its website, https://tempest.pourguys.com.
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