Beer Hall Near Me in Mission Bay: SF Brewing Co.'s Hooper Street Brewery

San Francisco Brewing Co. opened its biggest room yet on June 26, 2026, at 100 Hooper Street #30, an 18,680-square-foot brewery that took over the space Seven Stills left in 2022. A 16-ounce pour of most house beers is $9, a pitcher is $33, and the doors open at 3 pm Tuesday through Friday and noon on weekends. For a beer hall near me search around Mission Bay, this is the room with long tables, 20 taps, an arcade and a working brewhouse behind the glass.

Josh Leavy founded San Francisco Brewing Co. in 2012, and the company says brewing in his family goes back to 1923, when his great-grandfather Miguel Gonzalez started Mexicali Brewery in Baja California. Before Hooper Street, the brand was best known for its Ghirardelli Square taproom near Fisherman's Wharf, which still operates. The Hooper Street lease gave it room to brew at real scale: Hoodline reported a 30-barrel system with 60-barrel storage tanks and about 15,000 barrels of yearly capacity.

The building also has a still. Leavy installed a copper pot still for Hooper Distilling Co., which makes vodka, gin and whiskey, and he told Hoodline that people are drinking less but still going out, so spirits and mocktails sit next to the beer on purpose. That is the logic of the whole room: it is built for a crowd where only half the table wants a pint.

The drink list is priced by size, and you can order almost every core beer in four ways: a 5-ounce pour for $4, a 10-ounce for $7, a 16-ounce for $9, or a pitcher for $33. That covers the American Lager, the Alcatraz Amber Ale at 6 percent, the Polk Street Pale Ale, the Broadway IPA and the Fog City Hazy IPA. Flights let you pick any four 5-ounce beers from the menu, so a table of four can taste most of the board in one round.

Two beers carry the brewery's sense of humor. Senor Pickles is a 5 percent Mexican lager brewed with fire-roasted jalapenos, and Grodziskie is a smoked-wheat Polish style that almost no other San Francisco taproom pours. The stronger beers come in smaller glasses: the 9.5 percent Ghirardelli Chocolate Imperial Stout, made with Ghirardelli cacao nibs, is $5, $9 or $11 for 13 ounces, and the 11 percent Twin Peaks Triple IPA tops out at $14.

Skip the Revenge of the Nerds sour unless you like candy in your beer, because it really is fermented with Nerds. For a sit-down session, the Alcatraz Amber in a pitcher is the move. If you want something rare, the barrel-aged imperial stout aged 36 months in Maker's Mark barrels sells as a 750ml bottle for $55, with only 350 bottles produced from the 2022 vintage.

The kitchen leans on beer-hall food. The warm baked giant pretzel is $15 with cheese sauce, pickles and a house stout mustard. Wings are $16 for six or $29 for twelve, in buffalo, chili garlic or lemon pepper. The SFBCo Smash Burger, two 4-ounce patties with cheddar and house sauce, is $23 with fries, and the beer-battered fish and chips are $25.

Sicilian pizzas come out of house-made dough in two sizes, from a $14 small Margherita to a $26 large Meat Lovers with pepperoni, bacon, sausage and jalapeno. Skewers start at $10 for garlic shrimp. Dessert ties back to the beer: the tiramisu is soaked in the house chocolate stout and costs $10. Non-drinkers get Sierra Nevada Trail Pass non-alcoholic beers for $8, a house namazake sake for $6, and cocktails from $15.

The Google reviews on the brewery's own site describe the crowd well. One reviewer calls it the place to pregame before a Giants, Valkyries or Warriors game. Another came with friends to watch a World Cup match and praised the number of TVs. A third pointed out how much space there is for groups, inside and out. You will see big parties at the long tables, couples at the bar, and parents letting kids loose on the arcade machines.

The brewery bills itself as all-ages friendly, which is unusual for a room this size, and it takes table reservations online. It is also pitching itself for the season: the site advertises a costume party for Halloween and private holiday parties, plus catering for groups. If you are bringing ten people on a Saturday, book a table rather than hoping to grab one of the long benches.

The Hooper Street room is closed on Mondays. It opens 3 pm to 8 pm Tuesday and Wednesday, 3 pm to 9 pm Thursday, 3 pm to 10 pm Friday, noon to 10 pm Saturday and noon to 8 pm Sunday. Weekday afternoons right at 3 pm are the easiest time to walk in, and Sunday afternoon is quieter than Saturday night.

If you show up on a Monday or the wait is long, Fieldwork's Mission Rock taproom at 300 Toni Stone Crossing opens at noon every day and sits across the cove from Oracle Park. Going the other way, the original San Francisco Brewing Co. taproom at Ghirardelli Square gives you the same core beers with a view of the bay.

Address: 100 Hooper Street #30, San Francisco, CA 94107. The brewery calls this its Mission Bay location, and it is a straightforward cab or bike ride from Chase Center and the Mission Bay campus. Plan on a pitcher for groups of three or more, since four 16-ounce pours cost $36 and a pitcher is $33.

After your visit, the Ghirardelli stout makes a good excuse to plan a trip to the original taproom at Ghirardelli Square on another day. Closer by, Chase Center and the Mission Bay waterfront lie roughly a mile to the east, so you can finish your pint here and walk toward the bay before a Warriors or Valkyries game. Leave the 11 percent triple IPA for a night when you are not climbing arena stairs afterward.