Bar Agricole

South of Market St. (SOMA) is known for its industrial warehouses, bums, and the leather daddy scene. Now, this booming part of San Francisco can say it is farm fresh. Bar Agricole features hand-crafted bio-dynamic cocktails made from farm fresh ingredients grown on the premises. Co-owned by famed bartender Thad Volger who opened famous San Francisco bars like Bourbon & Branch and the bar at The Slanted Door, opened this bar to celebrate his favorite liqour rhum agrigole (click the link to read a little more about that). Here is their most recently posted drinks menu:

Thad has brought the art of classic hand made cocktails to a new level. What goes into our drink has become just as important as what goes into our food and there is no city like San Francisco that has been quick to embrace this concept. This being Thads third San Francisco venture it is safe to say he knows how to create a bar scene. Heavily influenced by the bar scene in Havana, Cuba where he lived for several years, when asked what kind of bar he loves the most he responded with:

"I really love the bars in Havana. I just love them. They’re just timeless and stunning. Not like what we’ll do here but they just have such a strong sense of place. I’d like to create something that has such a strong place. That’s our strength [here in SF]. We don’t have the labor pool or technique of New York, but we have a sense of place and quality of ingredient."

Visit Bar Agricole at 11th st. btwn Folsom & Harrisson and see this "strong place" that Vogler created. Kind of a diamond in the rough, Bar Agricole is one of the finest examples of California Cuisine paired with California cocktails.