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430 Mason Street | Mapquest |
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415.421.1916 |
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http://www.slidesf.com |
| | Also close: | | Ambassador, Aunt Charlie's Lounge, Azul, Bacchus Kirk, Cantina, Club Q, Cortez, Harry Denton's Starlight Room, Jillian's Billiards, Le Colonial, Matador, Mezzanine, Mint Lounge, Otis, Red Room, Ruby Skye, Smily Playhouse, Stanford Court, A Renaissance Hotel, Straits San Francisco, Sugar Cafe Coffee Bar & Lounge, Suite one8one, Swig Bar, The Cellar, Vessel, Westin St. Francis |
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Back in the Prohibition Era of San Francisco, 430 Mason Street was a space called the Cable Car Theater. Below th etheater was a restaurant called Cafe Dans. In actuality, cafe Dans was not a restaurant, but a speakeasy that could be accessed only by a savvy few that would push a secret wall, leading you to a playground slide. This slide would take you below the street level where one could indulge in illicit gambling and the drinking of bootleg whiskey and spirits. In an era of secret codes and handshakes, the speakeasy was a hidden subculture of nightlife. Old world San Francisco elegance has been reborn. Slide is modern and sophisticated but is also reminiscent of the age of gangsters, flappers and bootleg revelry of years past. |
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