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be tasty... you need to go here, the food is delicious — very pricey — but delicious! Price: $30-$75.
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■Tenderloin nightlife These days the Tenderloin is on the “up-and-up,” and with this urban gentrification has come a surprisingly eclectic and artistic nightlife scene. It now has a decent selection of trendy lounges and hip clubs, as well the musical venues (many of which are listed under Performing arts above), strip-clubs, and “dive bars” that were the more traditional staples of the area. In fact, many of the modern “faux-dive” and “dive bars” used to be illegal speakeasies during the prohibition era of the 1920s. Given the areas long and storied association with the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender community (the “Polk Gulch” was the city’s first openly Gay neighborhood, before the emergence of the Castro in the 1970s), many of the bars, clubs, and entertainment are geared toward this crowd, although typically everyone is welcome.