Bin55

No Longer In Business

We stayed at the Marquee, so of course I had to check out the bar briefly. No idea it was in RateBeer until after we got home :). Tap list was not too bad, local centric, with offerings from Cellarmaker, Faction, and others. Pliny on tap. Prices typical for an upscale hotel bar. Quite crowded, lots of kids inside, but it is the holidays, I guess. I had my Pliny and on my way.

Visited November 8, 2013.

It took a while to find this since 1) it’s inside the hotel (I should have read the ratings rather than just using the address), and 2) it’s changed names to Bin 55. At 3pm on a Friday afternoon the place was surprisingly busy. Maybe these are all the people that are flying home after a week or work in the city and want to get loaded before heading to the airport, I don’t know. What I do know is that there were a lot of suits and everyone was having a good time. What I also know is that they have Pliny the Elder on tap along with some Double Daddy (Speakeasy) so as Frank mentions below in his rating: you can chug strong ales. I didn’t look at all 18 taps because when I saw Pliny I ordered. There were some other good ones there though. Actually I only saw about 5 taps but I wasn’t looking very hard, there may have been more. Prices were pretty high, but this is both in a hotel and in San Francisco, so that was to be expected. Service was slow but friendly enough. I wouldn’t come here to drink but if I was staying in this hotel you’d better believe that I’d be in the lobby slamming some Plinys.

Popped in here after our conference wrapped. It’s very conveniently located - in the Marriott and just a few blocks from Moscone. Not much of an atmosphere - feels sort of like an old cafeteria. Decent snacks and a pretty good beer selection. It’s not a great bar but it’s not a bad one either.

This place is in the same building as the Marriott Marquee so if you’re there for a conference, you can stop in on your lunch and chug strong ales. They have a lot of taps w/ decent variety but nothing terribly out of this world hard to find or anything. Food menu is what I might call international bar food, offering fried foods from many cultures. I wound up getting a pizza which had a nice crust but w/ not the best cheese or toppings. It has kind of a depressing happy hour/hotel bar vibe because that’s what it is but really wasn’t a bad place overall.