A Red-Neon North Beach Dive With Late Cocktails
Cocktails pour late at a small V-shaped bar, a decades-old North Beach dive on Columbus Avenue near the Transamerica Pyramid.
🍸 The corner dive
Mr. Bing's is a small North Beach dive at 201 Columbus Avenue, marked by a red neon sign a few blocks from the Transamerica Pyramid. Inside, a V-shaped bar anchors the room, with raised window seats that look out on the Columbus and Pacific corner.
The menu leans on cocktails rather than a long beer list, and the bartenders keep drinks moving through a crowd of regulars. Decades of use show in the old sports decor and kitschy details, and the back room turns over to underground stand-up comedy on some nights. Doors stay open until 2 AM every day of the week.
The room holds a 4.5 rating across more than 400 reviews, and the welcome runs neighborhood-casual. Comedy schedules and cover vary. Night-of details come from the bar.
