Toronado, Lower Haight

Recommends eating Berliner Berliner food inside Toronado.

Calls it essential for beer drinkers.

Calls it the city's best beer bar for its many taps.

Recommends Toronado, a well-regarded but rough-edged beer bar in the Lower Haight.

Fondly recalls years as a regular, missing its cash-only quirks and beer launches, and laments younger people's lack of interest.

Half-jokingly calls the bar a dump but says they are fond of it.

Named in a list of recommended SF beer spots.

Recommends Toronado on Lower Haight as an industry bar pick.

Says they love the bar and warns that corporate buyers tend to strip local institutions of their character.

Lists it as the second stop of their route.

Suggests Toronado for beer drinkers, describing it as a no-frills craft beer dive.

Says the tables are very small.

Lists it among their go-to places for a night out.

Says Toronado looks great and agrees with the suggestion.

Calls the bar a near-legendary draw for beer fans, praising the ability to get sought-after beers on tap; visits less now.

Backs it for beer selection; notes it is not a brewery.

Lists it among candidate spots for a visitor, hedged with 'maybe'.

Used to enjoy it but thinks the selection has gotten lazy.

Suggests visiting before its character changes for the worse.

Says its smell and the lack of nearby food outweigh its heritage at this point.

Jokes that their adult child finds the bar intimidating.

Advises against Toronado.