540 Club

One of my favorite spots to congregate with the locals. Great place to sit inside or outside and not a busy street later in the night. Beers and cocktails are on point and not expensive. Pool table and bathroom in the back.

One of my favorite bars. Amazing bartenders, awesome music (chosen by those amazing bartenders). Divey in a great way. Superb beer selections. Only detractor, internet jukebox.

I like to spend money here. The 1-​star review below about Santacon dudes getting denied makes me like to spend money here even more.

Stumbled upon this place while walking down Clement after dinner. Good old school, r&b/hiphop music and a variety of drinks. There’s a pool table and dart board to keep you entertained and also an outside patio. Dog-​friendly!

Nice little dive bar. Descent service nothing spectacular. Good prices. Pool table, juke box, and I think there were also darts. Visiting family in San Francisco and it was within walking distance, so we tried it. Played some pool and had some drinks, we’d consider visiting it again in the future.

This place is a bit divey but we happen to love that. Good location to grab a drink while waiting two hours for your table at Burma Superstar, down the street. There was a food truck outside and people were chewing down on chips and other good smelling Mexican food so I assume that this place will let you bring your own food in.
The bar tender was rolling solo and handled a full bar easily. As we left, around 9 reinforcements arrived for what I assume to be a busier late night crowd.
I’d come back if I had to wait for a table at a nearby restaurant again but I wouldn’t go out of my way to come here since I live on the other side of the city but probably would if I was in the neighborhood. Who doesn’t love decent service and reasonably priced drinks!

This bar is one of the reasons I love my neighborhood. It’s just good, raw fun. Not overcrowded. One of the only dive bars I will continue patronizing alone, with friends, on dates…
The bartenders are solid. They don’t take sh** from anyone. Tim is awesome. I mean, who doesn’t like Tim? Crazy talk. Ben makes the best Bloody Mary’s. Clark is loveliness in a shot glass.

Time flies at the 540 Club. I came in with my friend Jon P. at around 3:30 on a Monday afternoon, planning to hang out before a reading at Green Apple at 7. Those three and a half hours slipped right by, with more friends joining us as the day went on. I probably overdid it a bit, but I had lots of fun.
The place was mostly empty the whole time we were there. I really liked the space. It was comfortable with a nice, low-​key atmosphere, a truly lovely neighborhood bar. Jon and I sidled up to the bar and got drinking quickly. The bartender was awesome, very helpful and friendly, giving us tastes of this or that beer when we expressed interest. I don’t remember exactly what I drank, to be honest, but I definitely had a couple beers on tap for something like $ 4 apiece during happy hour (or maybe just Monday hour?). At some point I tried some of the Death & Taxes, a great beer I’d never had before.
The only hiccup was that 540 Club is cash only, and the ATM was not having it with my card. Luckily, I found a Wells Fargo ATM around the corner, and evaded both the machine troubles and the corresponding withdrawal fees. The faulty machine worked to my advantage in the end, I guess, but probably not a great feature overall.
In any case, I had a great time at 540 Club and would definitely come again on any future visits to the Inner Richmond. It was a neat spot with delicious beer at affordable prices, a winning place to while away the hours.

My former local watering hole, the 540 does have its usual local crowd. The owner jaime is a laid back fellow. (Not a bad pool player either) and of course it’s homes to the dregs of the inner Richmond district. The other was my first choice dirty trix. Maybin rest in peace. The 540 club is like hotel california. It’s def hard to leave it especially if all you friends go there. Great for day drinking on Sundays during football season or pretty much during the week. It may not look good but it provides all the fun and action of a true dive bar. Whenever I come into the city I always have to stop in for a beer or three.

Can’t think of anything I’d change about this place except maybe upgrade the bathrooms but what dive in thr City doesn’t need that?
Friendly bartrnders, local chill crowd, and the Giants are always on.
Nice little outdoor seating area at the entrance; kinda cramped pool table in the back of the bar; drink specials during games are listed on the chalkboard on the sidewalk.
Come in and have a drink.

This is a great place to have a beer, but a really embarrassing place to take a bath.

Best pool table in a bar I have seen in a long time. Friendly barkeeps, and pbr on tap. The 540 club is winning.

Damn this place can be cheap. Attracts the college crowd and can be a tad skeezy, but the bartender who served us was friendly and I enjoyed the Tiki Tuesday drinks.

I wish I could have liked this place or even tried this place, but I have never been so disrespected in my life from their staff. I was completely shocked by how they were treating people (not just my group).
My friends and I came up to the city for Santacon and we walked by this empty bar, so we thought it would be a good idea to grab a drink here to get us started. I was finishing up a cigarette so some of my friends went in first. I hurried to finish my cigarette, but as I was entering my friends informed my that they weren’t allowed service because they don’t serve people going to Santacon.
This didn’t make any sense to me. So I went inside to ask what the problem was. Before I could even say anything, they told me that I was not dressed properly for this bar. I was dressed in dark jeans and a red shirt. I understand denying service from my friend because he was dressed as Santa, but I was just wearing regular clothes. This place is 1 dollar sign, so they are lucky I didn’t show up in sweat pants.
Not wasting my time on this dump. No thanks.

I went here last night with a few friends (3) and am not feeling inclined to ever come back. My friends and I went here to play some pool grab a couple drinks. We had been out for a couple hours and wanted to whine down somewhere.
Anyways one of us ordered a couple drinks and we waited our turn to play pool. We finish the first game and one of the men that was playing before came up to give us tips on how to play. I asked him if he and his friend wanted to play again and he insisted several times that we should play again. Mind you there’s MAYBE 20 people in this bar, not at all crowded. Not even all of the sits at the bar were taken.
We start our 2^nd game and the bartender –white bald headed male– walks up so us and says «The pool table is for paying customers only and only one of you has been buying drinks. I have a line of people waiting here wanting to play!»
WHOA! How RUDE! There has been plenty of times have have been to this bar and have bought 4 – 5 drinks but this was a good way to insure that I don’t ever come back or recommend this place to friends. —which is ironic to say because the my gf and i brought the couple that was with us there because we believed it to be a great place to chill.
There was no line waiting to play… they even had a chalk broad for people to write their name on if they wanted to play after (that’s what we did) and it was blank. I understand if you want people to spend money at your establishment but there’s a right and a really f*cking rude way of approaching people.
We will never be back.
Ps. We left that bar and when to a classic neighborhood bar ‘The Bitter End’ and order 4 drinks there.
Being a jerk does not pay off in the end.

If you’re a semi-​alcoholic like me, then this is definitely the place for you. All the bartenders are friendly and very laid back. Patrons can bring in their puppies and outside food… Enjoy the provided entertainment: Various shows on the TV’s, loud & laughing bartenders… oooooor my group of boys at the back pool table dodging my stick & balls of fury.
The drinks are well made and everyone knows each other. Keep in mind that this isn’t a library, so be prepared to have all your senses entertained.

Back in my college days this was a pretty cool spot, but either my tastes have changed or this place has. Bummed by the limited options of beer on tap.
Plus for letting dogs in the bar. I luv that.

The punk rock nexus of the Inner Richmond. This bar features monthly dj nights from SFCR/​KUSF-​in-​exile djs, who bring a wealth of great music with them.
Aside from that, this is one of the few places you’re likely to find west of Divisadero that has that lower Haight/​Mission dive bar atmosphere.
Not too crowded for comfort, and not so empty as to be uninviting. This place is worth stopping by for a few drinks with your friends on the weekend.
You could bring your hipster friends or your middle-​aged square friends, and neither will feel out of place here.
They started carrying Alpine Beer Company beers here, like Nelson and Hoppy Birthday. Those are two of my favorite beers, and very hard to find in SF. That makes this place a beer destination to be considered on any night out.

3.5 stars,
The 540 is like a friend that has multi personalities: Sometimes it is the most rocking bar… and than sometimes it is the douchiest place on earth.
Yes it is funky divey. Yes it has a very eclectic clientele, Yes they have some very interesting drinks… what was that alcoholic cider I had… brrrrrrhhhhhaaaa.
But most strikingly it is who is drinking with you at the bar… and who is serving.
Some patrons are really nice people other are just not happy campers and want to take you with them on their misery vacation.
The old skool projector tv in the back really sucks though… come on guys buy a flat screen… I will make it up in more shots!

I only stopped in here at 2:30pm on a sunday because I had some spicy pepper stuck in the wrong tube, and needed something to wash it down. It was either a 2 dollar PMT or 2 dollar PBR.
Since PBR is like water, I opted for that. We walked into this bar and there were a few people watching NFL (seattle vs washington).
The bartender was friendly and greeted us, asked to see my ID, and got my $ 2 PBR very promptly. I saw that they had a good selection of beer on tap including Deschutes.
My experience here was very short, (about 5 minutes), so I can’t comment too much.
Pros:
— $ 2 PBR (+$ 1 Tip) = $ 3 out of pocket.
— This place has some character and I personally feel that it might be a dive bar and doesn’t seem to fit in with the rest of the area.
Cons:
— None yet
I’ll definitely be back to check it out and add another review at that time!