Anyone looking for a good excuse to knock back a couple of drinks will have at least three easy ones in June. Not only will the month see the long-awaited return of San Francisco’s ultimate beer bar, Toronado, it will also welcome one of Haight Street’s most-loved music venues, Club DeLuxe — now under a slightly different moniker, The DeLuxe.
June also brings the debut of pro bartender Jacob Morris’s first solo project, Stir Crazy, a tiny neighborhood watering hole in the Marina’s former Black Magic Voodoo Lounge space. Not far away in the Presidio, a new food hall will bring nearly half a dozen new food and beverage options to the park, while upscale bakery Flour & Branch settles into a new home in South Beach
Here are the five most anticipated restaurant, bar, and bakery openings in San Francisco in June.
Toronado
San Francisco hopheads had a collective heart attack in early 2025 after Toronado founder Dave Keene announced his retirement. At the time, it seemed as though the Lower Haight beer bar famed for its gruffness and insistence on cash might be sold to a crypto bro who dangled the possibility of a “ToronadoCoin.” That deal fell apart, and now the bar responsible for introducing San Francisco to Pliny the Younger will be under new ownership in late June, helmed by Bill Lewis, a novice operator who wants to keep things much as they were. Toronado will still be all-cash, Lewis says, promising sports on TV, exceptional pilsners, and a possible food concept in the former Rosamunde sausage space next door. The overall vibe? “Comfortingly familiar,” Lewis says. “Dave got it through the first 38 years. We’ve got it for the next 40.”…