has had a lot of lives, almost all of them boozy. “I will never allow that to happen,” Hansen earnestly replies. “Just don’t let it become a mixology bar!” one of the regulars hollers playfully from across the room. And now, we’ll make you one of the best versions of a classic cocktail but also give you a dive bar, shot-and-a-beer vibe.” “Before we closed down, I think we had two cocktail glasses, but we always made a really good cocktail. “Ben Mansell, the old GM coined the term ,” Dorsey continues. Kevin Kelleher & Emily Trinh/Special to SFGATE The spacious bar at 540 Rogues draws a devout crowd of regulars from the Richmond District and all over San Francisco. Both of them were born and raised in SF and were employees of the bar before the pandemic. Kevin Hansen, one of his business partners, is seated next to me, tag-teaming the answers. It’s midafternoon on a Thursday, so he’s balancing serving the happy hour clientele and answering my questions about the history of the bar. “This is the original craft dive bar,” Clarke Dorsey tells me from behind the stick.
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