Tempest

Tempest Tempest is a long standing bar located in the Natoma Alley off of 5th street. It has a long history with a beautiful rustic brick interior.
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We'll be here for you after a long days work, ready with a shot and a beer. The Pour Guys bought the Tempest in 2010, just in time for The San Francisco Giants’ World Series win – quickly making it a mainstay for Giants fans. The historic bar sits adjacent from the San Francisco Chronicle building and has been a watering hole for local journalists, bike messengers, the after-work crowd and locals

for decades. Opened in 1950, the bar maintains some of its old San Francisco vibe with vintage fixtures, brick walls and worn floors. The Tempest remains one of San Francisco’s last great dive bars, with modern touches from the team that make it comfortable with the right amount of grit. The Tempest is also home to Box Kitchen, which boasts some of the best bar food in the city. From pork belly potato skins to melon salad and our signature Box Burger, it’s worth a trip for the food alone. The Tempest is the perfect place to watch a game, shoot a round of pool, grab a beer and a shot after work or get a killer burger and garlic fries.

Sunday hitting just right over here in our little corner of the City. 🌆
06/07/2026

Sunday hitting just right over here in our little corner of the City. 🌆

Pictures worth a thousand words, when it’s lining up like this one. ☝️ It’s not a place, it’s the place. 📍
06/07/2026

Pictures worth a thousand words, when it’s lining up like this one. ☝️

It’s not a place, it’s the place. 📍

Stacked with soppressata, calabrese salami, mozzarella pearls, cherry peppers, oil & vinegar and enough attitude to belo...
05/25/2026

Stacked with soppressata, calabrese salami, mozzarella pearls, cherry peppers, oil & vinegar and enough attitude to belong at Tempest.

The Salumi Pretzel Roll isn’t trying to be delicate.
It’s trying to be the reason you order another round and stay longer than planned. 🍺

One minute you’re splitting loaded potato nachos at the bar.Next it’s popcorn chicken and cocktails before a show.Maybe ...
05/21/2026

One minute you’re splitting loaded potato nachos at the bar.
Next it’s popcorn chicken and cocktails before a show.
Maybe a burger and a beer after work.
Maybe salumi pretzel rolls, fried pickles, and another round while the jukebox keeps the night moving.

Tempest has always been the kind of place you accidentally spend your whole evening in.
Now there’s even more reasons to dig in. 🍻

05/19/2026

The kind of thing you order “for the table” and then quietly guard with your life.

Soppressata & Calabrese salami, mozzarella pearls, toy box tomatoes, banana cherry peppers, iceberg, oil & vinegar, all packed into a pretzel roll that has absolutely no business tasting this good.

Tempest doesn’t really do boring bar food. 🍺

05/17/2026

The choice is yours, but we wanna know what you’re choosing?

Wise advice:
Don’t second guess, just order em both and make friends

Beer thirty.Just enough time to grab a draft, catch the game, claim your favorite stool at the legendary Tempest Bar, an...
05/17/2026

Beer thirty.

Just enough time to grab a draft, catch the game, claim your favorite stool at the legendary Tempest Bar, and start debating whether those fried pickles from The Box Kitchen are actually undefeated orrrr 🤷

04/23/2026

The weekend is buffering… 🪫

This is your friendly public service announcement to not get caught being stuck in boring places. 🚨

K thank you.

04/17/2026

Feeling like a dream… ill jus stay sleep if it looks like this 🛌
But ima need another round… and some fried pickles 🥒

04/11/2026

This is giving part 2…

Did we miss the start part here?🤷‍♂️ 🤣

All we know is it started here with a set of mind erasers and then suddenly …

03/30/2026

Kicking off the week with a masterclass in bar team work! 🤜💥🤛

Its Fridayyyyy Night... 😂
03/27/2026

Its Fridayyyyy Night... 😂

Y'all heard them Brussels are back... 🚨
03/26/2026

Y'all heard them Brussels are back... 🚨

That moment when you score fresh merch... and all other priorities just fade away. 😂
03/23/2026

That moment when you score fresh merch...
and all other priorities just fade away. 😂

03/22/2026

Just out here acting like we dont love our f***ing jobs here. 😜

03/16/2026

Jamo on deck.
Green shirts on.

It must be patty’s day 🍀

03/15/2026

Can’t drink it through the phone though…
🤦‍♂️

Just get em and thank us later… no lies 🙃
03/07/2026

Just get em and thank us later… no lies 🙃

02/27/2026

Who the F--- is Frisco Smooth?

Our boy is on the decks every First Thursday adding that bay area smooth we all need on a crazy night in Downtown San Francisco.

Stop By Next Week ( March 5th )
And see blessing the tracks all MF night.

02/20/2026

Takes 2 to ..Disco?

or take or shot... Though, we won't really judge if it's all for you.
As long as you remember to close out. 😘

02/16/2026

One more round never hurt anyone.
(We think.) 🤔

02/07/2026

Im Thirsty, but I also want to keep drinking...
I want to feel like im drinking healthier...
Its basically a club soda...
..Sure

This and many other mindsets, while it may not be our justification... we'll still support the S #%* out of it...
🗣️
Come in, lets talk excuses and see who's is better.
also bring your dog, and tell your cat we said "psspspppspspspss"

02/07/2026

Tacos! Fire for sure, but this Box Sauce!? Yo!
🔥
Dont for get to ask for your "Dirty Box Sauce" today you fire breathing heathen, you. ❤️‍🔥

02/01/2026

Just one of the many ways a night can go. 💚
And it’s a damn fine way, if you’re asking


01/25/2026

See you there, dawg!

Address

431 Natoma Street
San Francisco, CA
94103

Opening Hours

Monday 11:30am - 2am
Tuesday 11:30am - 2am
Wednesday 11am - 2am
Thursday 11:30am - 2am
Friday 11:30am - 2am
Saturday 3pm - 2am
Sunday 3pm - 2am

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