do regulars get anything here
Question · by birthday_neighbor_downtown · Member since Jul 2026 · 78 posts · 7w7 weeks ago
Sports bar in San Francisco, CA
4.5 · 182 reviewsOpen today until 10 PMOpen until 10
Old-fashioned, venerable watering hole, established in 1867, providing TVs & classic all-day eats.
Eligible to offer 20% cashback to customers who shop here.OrbitBack
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What Sam's Tavern offers, what it costs, and what people come for.
Sam's Tavern lists 15 services on its website. These are the 13 people ask about most, with a plain description and how many reviews mention each.
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No code detected[Photo 4]When it's quiet, where to park, and what's nearby.
Thursday or Sunday, before 4 PM.
Busiest Tuesday and Thursday from 6 to 8 PM.
Sam's Grill & Seafood Restaurant is next door for seafood. Asian Express Restaurant is next door for a meal. Thainery is next door for Thai food. Banh Mi By Mom is next door for Vietnamese food.
Nearby places from Google Maps, read Sep 19, 2026.
Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.
Usually quiet now. Busiest Tue and Thu, 6 to 8 PM.
What reviews, press and directories say about Sam's Tavern.
4.5from 182 reviews on Google
Despite its historic charm and popular dishes, Sam's Tavern struggles with service issues that detract from the overall experience. Sam's Tavern offers a mix of old-school charm and a lively sports atmosphere, but experiences can vary widely. While some customers enjoy the vibrant environment and the presence of notable bartenders like Dave, others report feeling unwelcome due to rude service and abrupt staff interactions.
The AI Score is out of 100, read from 8 signals across search and AI.
40 San Francisco avg
Signal and how much it countsSam's Tavern
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Sam's Tavern, as AI sees it. Blue signals help Sam's Tavern, and red ones hold it back.
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The page ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google read about Sam's Tavern. The code version is exactly what their crawlers get.
Local AI Registry · Sports bars in San Francisco, CA · Editorial
By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated September 9, 2026.
Published September 9, 2026 · Updated September 9, 2026 · Machine-readable version below
Sam's Tavern is a sports bar in San Francisco, CA. Its AI Score is 33 of 100, which is poor.
What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks
| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | Sports bar |
| Address | 368 Bush St, San Francisco, CA 94104, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Fri 9:30 AM to 10 PM · Sat to Sun 10 AM to 5 PM |
| Phone | (415) 796-2052 |
| Rating | 4.5 across 182 reviews on Google |
| Quietest time | Sunday |
| Updated | September 9, 2026 |
Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.
| Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Location info | Address | 368 Bush St, San Francisco, CA 94104, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | Old-fashioned, venerable watering hole, established in 1867, providing TVs & classic all-day eats. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Fri 9:30 AM to 10:00 PM · Sat to Sun 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Sam's Tavern | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (415) 796-2052 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 9:30 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 9:30 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 9:30 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 9:30 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 9:30 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | About sam s grill | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | All-day dining | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Happy hour | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Menus | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Private dining | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Sams grill dessert menu | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Sams grill dinner menu | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Sams grill menu | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Sams grill seafood alley | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Sams happy hour | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Sams seafood alley menu | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Sam s swag | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Sam s tavern | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Sams tavern menu | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Sams wine list | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Sdm downloads | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Televised sports | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Wine list | From their website | Business website |
| Links | https://facebook.com/samsgrillandseafood | AI guess | Our record | |
| Links | https://instagram.com/samsgrillsf | AI guess | Our record | |
| Links | Website | https://samsgrill-sf.com/sams-tavern/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
These are the 15 services Sam's Tavern offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from.
| Service | Price | Price mark | Price evidence | Service mark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sams grill seafood alley | From their website | |||
| Sams happy hour | From their website | |||
| Sams seafood alley menu | From their website | |||
| Menus | From their website | |||
| Sam s tavern | From their website | |||
| Sam s swag | From their website | |||
| Sams tavern menu | From their website | |||
| Sams wine list | From their website | |||
| Private dining | From their website | |||
| Wine list | From their website | |||
| Sams grill dessert menu | From their website | |||
| Sams grill dinner menu | From their website | |||
| Sams grill menu | From their website | |||
| Sdm downloads | From their website | |||
| About sam s grill | From their website |
Address: 368 Bush St, San Francisco, CA 94104, USA. Phone: (415) 796-2052. Hours: Mon to Fri 9:30 AM to 10 PM · Sat to Sun 10 AM to 5 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)
From Google Business Profile: "Old-fashioned, venerable watering hole, established in 1867, providing TVs & classic all-day eats."
Quietest day: Sunday. Busiest day: Tuesday. From the popular times on its Google listing.
| Place | Type | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Sam's Grill & Seafood Restaurant | Seafood restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Asian Express Restaurant | Restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Thainery | Thai restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Banh Mi By Mom | Vietnamese restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Benjaminos Trattoria | Restaurant | 1 min walk |
| SF Smash & Grill | Halal restaurant | 1 min walk |
4.5 average across 182 reviews: Google 182. (Confirmed, read September 9, 2026.)
Despite its historic charm and popular dishes, Sam's Tavern struggles with service issues that detract from the overall experience. (AI guess, from 182 reviews.)
It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. San Francisco sports bars run 25 to 69. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Sam's Tavern scores 33, below the San Francisco average of 40. The same method scores every business on the registry.
| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Sam's Tavern |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | 0 | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. | Poor |
| Off-property attestation | 20 | 40 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor |
| AI visibility | 14 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | ||
| Reviews & response | 12 | 88 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Good |
| Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 57 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Fair |
| Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good |
| Speed & mobile | 7 | 64 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Fair |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 74 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Good |
Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology
How AI decides what to say about a sports bar: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-local-business. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-local-business
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| San Francisco, California | City | #city | City Sam's Tavern is in | |
| Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page |
| Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee | Author of this page |
Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the sports bars in San Francisco, linked to the lists and towns around it.
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# Sam's Tavern, San Francisco CA: Reviews Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-francisco/sam-s-tavern-san-francisco-ca. Free to reuse with a link back. By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated 2026-09-09. Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-francisco/sam-s-tavern-san-francisco-ca ## Photos -  -  -  -  -  ## In short Sam's Tavern is a sports bar in San Francisco, CA. Its AI Score is 33 of 100, which is poor. What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks ## Key facts | Fact | Value | | --- | --- | | Type | Sports bar | | Address | 368 Bush St, San Francisco, CA 94104, USA | | Hours | Mon to Fri 9:30 AM to 10 PM · Sat to Sun 10 AM to 5 PM | | Phone | (415) 796-2052 | | Rating | 4.5 across 182 reviews on Google | | Quietest time | Sunday | | Updated | September 9, 2026 | ## All the details Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from. | Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Location info | Address | 368 Bush St, San Francisco, CA 94104, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Description | Old-fashioned, venerable watering hole, established in 1867, providing TVs & classic all-day eats. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Hours | Mon to Fri 9:30 AM to 10:00 PM · Sat to Sun 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Name | Sam's Tavern | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Phone | (415) 796-2052 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Monday | 9:30 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Tuesday | 9:30 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Wednesday | 9:30 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Thursday | 9:30 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Friday | 9:30 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Saturday | 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Sunday | 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Services | Service | About sam s grill | From their website | Business website | | Services | Service | All-day dining | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Happy hour | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Menus | From their website | Business website | | Services | Service | Private dining | From their website | Business website | | Services | Service | Sams grill dessert menu | From their website | Business website | | Services | Service | Sams grill dinner menu | From their website | Business website | | Services | Service | Sams grill menu | From their website | Business website | | Services | Service | Sams grill seafood alley | From their website | Business website | | Services | Service | Sams happy hour | From their website | Business website | | Services | Service | Sams seafood alley menu | From their website | Business website | | Services | Service | Sam s swag | From their website | Business website | | Services | Service | Sam s tavern | From their website | Business website | | Services | Service | Sams tavern menu | From their website | Business website | | Services | Service | Sams wine list | From their website | Business website | | Services | Service | Sdm downloads | From their website | Business website | | Services | Service | Televised sports | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Wine list | From their website | Business website | | Links | Facebook | https://facebook.com/samsgrillandseafood | AI guess | Our record | | Links | Instagram | https://instagram.com/samsgrillsf | AI guess | Our record | | Links | Website | https://samsgrill-sf.com/sams-tavern/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | ## Services and prices These are the 15 services Sam's Tavern offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from. | Service | Price | Price mark | Price evidence | Service mark | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Sams grill seafood alley | | | | From their website | | Sams happy hour | | | | From their website | | Sams seafood alley menu | | | | From their website | | Menus | | | | From their website | | Sam s tavern | | | | From their website | | Sam s swag | | | | From their website | | Sams tavern menu | | | | From their website | | Sams wine list | | | | From their website | | Private dining | | | | From their website | | Wine list | | | | From their website | | Sams grill dessert menu | | | | From their website | | Sams grill dinner menu | | | | From their website | | Sams grill menu | | | | From their website | | Sdm downloads | | | | From their website | | About sam s grill | | | | From their website | ### Known for Share your review link so AI can say what you're known for ## The team Add your team so AI can name who works here ## Visiting Sam's Tavern Address: 368 Bush St, San Francisco, CA 94104, USA. Phone: (415) 796-2052. Hours: Mon to Fri 9:30 AM to 10 PM · Sat to Sun 10 AM to 5 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.) ### Location info from Google Business Profile From Google Business Profile: "Old-fashioned, venerable watering hole, established in 1867, providing TVs & classic all-day eats." ### When to go Quietest day: Sunday. Busiest day: Tuesday. From the popular times on its Google listing. ### Parking and getting in Add your parking so AI can tell people where to park Add how to find your door so AI can walk people in ### Nearby | Place | Type | Distance | | --- | --- | --- | | Sam's Grill & Seafood Restaurant | Seafood restaurant | 1 min walk | | Asian Express Restaurant | Restaurant | 1 min walk | | Thainery | Thai restaurant | 1 min walk | | Banh Mi By Mom | Vietnamese restaurant | 1 min walk | | Benjaminos Trattoria | Restaurant | 1 min walk | | SF Smash & Grill | Halal restaurant | 1 min walk | ## Reputation 4.5 average across 182 reviews: Google 182. (Confirmed, read September 9, 2026.) Despite its historic charm and popular dishes, Sam's Tavern struggles with service issues that detract from the overall experience. (AI guess, from 182 reviews.) ### What people like - Dave the bartender's drinks - Petrale sole - Oysters - Shrimp scampi - Octopus appetizer ### What people do not like - Rude and condescending staff - Long waits for service - Unpleasant interactions with bartenders - Food quality inconsistencies ### Press Add a press story so AI can say who's written about you ### Awards Add an award so AI can name it ### Directories Get listed in directories so AI can tell you're real ## Questions people ask ### do regulars get anything here ### killing time on Bush, any ideas ### address for Sam's Tavern, anyone have it? ### Sam's Tavern or Golden Gate? ### the good stuff about Sam's Tavern, what is it? ### how much is a first visit around here ### pricey at Sam's Tavern, or about normal? ### Worth the hype here? ### where does this place post updates ### anything people actually moan about here? ### best sports bar in San Francisco ### Are the hours on Google right for Sam's Tavern in San Francisco? ### cancellation list here, is there one ### cheaper than this place in San Francisco without it being sketchy? ### Busiest day here, anyone know? ### first visit at Sam's Tavern, what do I need to bring? ## The AI Score: 33 of 100 It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. San Francisco sports bars run 25 to 69. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Sam's Tavern scores 33, below the San Francisco average of 40. The same method scores every business on the registry. | Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Sam's Tavern | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Retrieval grounding | 26 | 0 | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. | Poor | | Off-property attestation | 20 | 40 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor | | AI visibility | 14 | | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | | | Reviews & response | 12 | 88 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Good | | Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 57 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Fair | | Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good | | Speed & mobile | 7 | 64 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Fair | | Content freshness & schema | 5 | 74 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Good | Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology How AI decides what to say about a sports bar: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-local-business. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-local-business ## Entity map Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other. | Entity | Type | ID on this page | Same as | Relationship to Sam's Tavern | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Sam's Tavern | LocalBusiness | #business | https://samsgrill-sf.com/sams-tavern/ | Subject of this page | | San Francisco, California | City | #city | | City Sam's Tavern is in | | Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page | | Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee | Author of this page | ## Topical map Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the sports bars in San Francisco, linked to the lists and towns around it. ### Lists - Best sports bars in San Francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco/sports-bar - Best businesses in San Francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco ### Nearby - /san-jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose - /los-angeles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/los-angeles - /san-diego: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-diego - /irvine: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/irvine - /mountain-view: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/mountain-view - /santa-clara: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/santa-clara ### Every list - Every leaderboard in California: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca ## References ### Sources cited - [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJoVhjsuCBhYAR_F9yjKXsPcI (accessed Sep 9, 2026) - [2] samsgrill-sf.com, https://samsgrill-sf.com/wine-list/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026) - [3] samsgrill-sf.com, https://samsgrill-sf.com/sdm_downloads/sams-wine-list/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026) - [4] samsgrill-sf.com, https://samsgrill-sf.com/sdm_downloads/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026) - [5] samsgrill-sf.com, https://samsgrill-sf.com/history/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026) - [6] samsgrill-sf.com, https://samsgrill-sf.com/menus/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026) - [7] samsgrill-sf.com, https://samsgrill-sf.com/private-dining/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026) - [8] samsgrill-sf.com, https://samsgrill-sf.com/sams-grill-dessert-menu/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026) - [9] samsgrill-sf.com, https://samsgrill-sf.com/sams-grill-dinner-menu/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026) - [10] samsgrill-sf.com, https://samsgrill-sf.com/sdm_downloads/sams-grill-menu/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026) - [11] samsgrill-sf.com, https://samsgrill-sf.com/sams-grill-seafood-alley/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026) - [12] samsgrill-sf.com, https://samsgrill-sf.com/sdm_downloads/sams-happy-hour/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026) - [13] samsgrill-sf.com, https://samsgrill-sf.com/sdm_downloads/sams-seafood-alley-menu/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026) - [14] samsgrill-sf.com, https://samsgrill-sf.com/sams-swag/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026) - [15] samsgrill-sf.com, https://samsgrill-sf.com/sams-tavern/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026) - [16] samsgrill-sf.com, https://samsgrill-sf.com/sams-tavern-menu/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026) - [17] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Sep 9, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
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<p>Local AI Registry · Sports bars in San Francisco, CA · Editorial</p>
<h2>Sam's Tavern, San Francisco CA: Reviews</h2>
<p>By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated September 9, 2026.</p>
<p>Published September 9, 2026 · Updated September 9, 2026 · Machine-readable version below</p>
</header>
<section id="ai-in-short">
<h3>In short</h3>
<p>Sam's Tavern is a sports bar in San Francisco, CA. Its AI Score is 33 of 100, which is poor.</p>
<p>What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks</p>
</section>
<section id="ai-key-facts">
<h3>Key facts</h3>
<table>
<thead><tr><th scope="col">Fact</th><th scope="col">Value</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>Type</td><td>Sports bar</td></tr>
<tr><td>Address</td><td>368 Bush St, San Francisco, CA 94104, USA</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Mon to Fri 9:30 AM to 10 PM · Sat to Sun 10 AM to 5 PM</td></tr>
<tr><td>Phone</td><td>(415) 796-2052</td></tr>
<tr><td>Rating</td><td>4.5 across 182 reviews on Google</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quietest time</td><td>Sunday</td></tr>
<tr><td>Updated</td><td>September 9, 2026</td></tr>
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</table>
</section>
<section id="ai-all-the-details">
<h3>All the details</h3>
<p>Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.</p>
<table>
<thead><tr><th scope="col">Group</th><th scope="col">Fact</th><th scope="col">Value</th><th scope="col">Mark</th><th scope="col">Evidence</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Address</td><td>368 Bush St, San Francisco, CA 94104, USA</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Description</td><td>Old-fashioned, venerable watering hole, established in 1867, providing TVs & classic all-day eats.</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Hours</td><td>Mon to Fri 9:30 AM to 10:00 PM · Sat to Sun 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Name</td><td>Sam's Tavern</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Phone</td><td>(415) 796-2052</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Monday</td><td>9:30 AM to 10:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Tuesday</td><td>9:30 AM to 10:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Wednesday</td><td>9:30 AM to 10:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Thursday</td><td>9:30 AM to 10:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Friday</td><td>9:30 AM to 10:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Saturday</td><td>10:00 AM to 5:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Sunday</td><td>10:00 AM to 5:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>About sam s grill</td><td>From their website</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>All-day dining</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Happy hour</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Menus</td><td>From their website</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Private dining</td><td>From their website</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Sams grill dessert menu</td><td>From their website</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Sams grill dinner menu</td><td>From their website</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Sams grill menu</td><td>From their website</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Sams grill seafood alley</td><td>From their website</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Sams happy hour</td><td>From their website</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Sams seafood alley menu</td><td>From their website</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Sam s swag</td><td>From their website</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Sam s tavern</td><td>From their website</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Sams tavern menu</td><td>From their website</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Sams wine list</td><td>From their website</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Sdm downloads</td><td>From their website</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Televised sports</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Wine list</td><td>From their website</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Links</td><td>Facebook</td><td>https://facebook.com/samsgrillandseafood</td><td>AI guess</td><td>Our record</td></tr>
<tr><td>Links</td><td>Instagram</td><td>https://instagram.com/samsgrillsf</td><td>AI guess</td><td>Our record</td></tr>
<tr><td>Links</td><td>Website</td><td>https://samsgrill-sf.com/sams-tavern/</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
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</table>
</section>
<section id="ai-services-and-prices">
<h3>Services and prices</h3>
<p>These are the 15 services Sam's Tavern offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from.</p>
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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Service</th><th scope="col">Price</th><th scope="col">Price mark</th><th scope="col">Price evidence</th><th scope="col">Service mark</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>Sams grill seafood alley</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>From their website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Sams happy hour</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>From their website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Sams seafood alley menu</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>From their website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Menus</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>From their website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Sam s tavern</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>From their website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Sam s swag</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>From their website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Sams tavern menu</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>From their website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Sams wine list</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>From their website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Private dining</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>From their website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Wine list</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>From their website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Sams grill dessert menu</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>From their website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Sams grill dinner menu</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>From their website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Sams grill menu</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>From their website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Sdm downloads</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>From their website</td></tr>
<tr><td>About sam s grill</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>From their website</td></tr>
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<h4>Known for</h4>
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<h3>The team</h3>
</section>
<section id="ai-visiting-sam-s-tavern">
<h3>Visiting Sam's Tavern</h3>
<p>Address: 368 Bush St, San Francisco, CA 94104, USA. Phone: (415) 796-2052. Hours: Mon to Fri 9:30 AM to 10 PM · Sat to Sun 10 AM to 5 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)</p>
<h4>Location info from Google Business Profile</h4>
<p>From Google Business Profile: "Old-fashioned, venerable watering hole, established in 1867, providing TVs & classic all-day eats."</p>
<h4>When to go</h4>
<p>Quietest day: Sunday. Busiest day: Tuesday. From the popular times on its Google listing.</p>
<h4>Parking and getting in</h4>
<h4>Nearby</h4>
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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Place</th><th scope="col">Type</th><th scope="col">Distance</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>Sam's Grill & Seafood Restaurant</td><td>Seafood restaurant</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Asian Express Restaurant</td><td>Restaurant</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Thainery</td><td>Thai restaurant</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Banh Mi By Mom</td><td>Vietnamese restaurant</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Benjaminos Trattoria</td><td>Restaurant</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>SF Smash & Grill</td><td>Halal restaurant</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
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</section>
<section id="ai-reputation">
<h3>Reputation</h3>
<p>4.5 average across 182 reviews: Google 182. (Confirmed, read September 9, 2026.)</p>
<p>Despite its historic charm and popular dishes, Sam's Tavern struggles with service issues that detract from the overall experience. (AI guess, from 182 reviews.)</p>
<h4>What people like</h4>
<ul>
<li>Dave the bartender's drinks</li>
<li>Petrale sole</li>
<li>Oysters</li>
<li>Shrimp scampi</li>
<li>Octopus appetizer</li>
</ul>
<h4>What people do not like</h4>
<ul>
<li>Rude and condescending staff</li>
<li>Long waits for service</li>
<li>Unpleasant interactions with bartenders</li>
<li>Food quality inconsistencies</li>
</ul>
<h4>Press</h4>
<h4>Awards</h4>
<h4>Directories</h4>
</section>
<section id="ai-questions-people-ask">
<h3>Questions people ask</h3>
<h4>do regulars get anything here</h4>
<h4>killing time on Bush, any ideas</h4>
<h4>address for Sam's Tavern, anyone have it?</h4>
<h4>Sam's Tavern or Golden Gate?</h4>
<h4>the good stuff about Sam's Tavern, what is it?</h4>
<h4>how much is a first visit around here</h4>
<h4>pricey at Sam's Tavern, or about normal?</h4>
<h4>Worth the hype here?</h4>
<h4>where does this place post updates</h4>
<h4>anything people actually moan about here?</h4>
<h4>best sports bar in San Francisco</h4>
<h4>Are the hours on Google right for Sam's Tavern in San Francisco?</h4>
<h4>cancellation list here, is there one</h4>
<h4>cheaper than this place in San Francisco without it being sketchy?</h4>
<h4>Busiest day here, anyone know?</h4>
<h4>first visit at Sam's Tavern, what do I need to bring?</h4>
</section>
<section id="ai-score">
<h3>The AI Score: 33 of 100</h3>
<p>It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. San Francisco sports bars run 25 to 69. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Sam's Tavern scores 33, below the San Francisco average of 40. The same method scores every business on the registry.</p>
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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Signal</th><th scope="col">Weight</th><th scope="col">Score</th><th scope="col">What it measures</th><th scope="col">Sam's Tavern</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>Retrieval grounding</td><td>26</td><td>0</td><td>Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on.</td><td>Poor</td></tr>
<tr><td>Off-property attestation</td><td>20</td><td>40</td><td>Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability.</td><td>Poor</td></tr>
<tr><td>AI visibility</td><td>14</td><td></td><td>Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service.</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Reviews & response</td><td>12</td><td>88</td><td>The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim.</td><td>Good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Backlink & citation authority</td><td>8</td><td>57</td><td>Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you.</td><td>Fair</td></tr>
<tr><td>Google Business Profile</td><td>8</td><td>90</td><td>Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first.</td><td>Good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Speed & mobile</td><td>7</td><td>64</td><td>Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone.</td><td>Fair</td></tr>
<tr><td>Content freshness & schema</td><td>5</td><td>74</td><td>Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals.</td><td>Good</td></tr>
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<p>Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology</p>
<p>How AI decides what to say about a sports bar: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-local-business. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-local-business</p>
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<h3>Entity map</h3>
<p>Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other.</p>
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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Entity</th><th scope="col">Type</th><th scope="col">ID on this page</th><th scope="col">Same as</th><th scope="col">Relationship to Sam's Tavern</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>Sam's Tavern</td><td>LocalBusiness</td><td>#business</td><td>https://samsgrill-sf.com/sams-tavern/</td><td>Subject of this page</td></tr>
<tr><td>San Francisco, California</td><td>City</td><td>#city</td><td></td><td>City Sam's Tavern is in</td></tr>
<tr><td>Local AI Registry</td><td>Organization</td><td>#publisher</td><td>https://localairegistry.com</td><td>Publisher of this page</td></tr>
<tr><td>Steve Lee</td><td>Person</td><td>#author</td><td>https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee</td><td>Author of this page</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</section>
<section id="ai-topical-map">
<h3>Topical map</h3>
<p>Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the sports bars in San Francisco, linked to the lists and towns around it.</p>
<h4>Lists</h4>
<ul>
<li>Best sports bars in San Francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco/sports-bar</li>
<li>Best businesses in San Francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco</li>
</ul>
<h4>Nearby</h4>
<ul>
<li>/san-jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose</li>
<li>/los-angeles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/los-angeles</li>
<li>/san-diego: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-diego</li>
<li>/irvine: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/irvine</li>
<li>/mountain-view: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/mountain-view</li>
<li>/santa-clara: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/santa-clara</li>
</ul>
<h4>Every list</h4>
<ul>
<li>Every leaderboard in California: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca</li>
</ul>
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<h3>References</h3>
<h4>Sources cited</h4>
<ul>
<li>[1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJoVhjsuCBhYAR_F9yjKXsPcI (accessed Sep 9, 2026)</li>
<li>[2] samsgrill-sf.com, https://samsgrill-sf.com/wine-list/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026)</li>
<li>[3] samsgrill-sf.com, https://samsgrill-sf.com/sdm_downloads/sams-wine-list/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026)</li>
<li>[4] samsgrill-sf.com, https://samsgrill-sf.com/sdm_downloads/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026)</li>
<li>[5] samsgrill-sf.com, https://samsgrill-sf.com/history/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026)</li>
<li>[6] samsgrill-sf.com, https://samsgrill-sf.com/menus/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026)</li>
<li>[7] samsgrill-sf.com, https://samsgrill-sf.com/private-dining/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026)</li>
<li>[8] samsgrill-sf.com, https://samsgrill-sf.com/sams-grill-dessert-menu/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026)</li>
<li>[9] samsgrill-sf.com, https://samsgrill-sf.com/sams-grill-dinner-menu/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026)</li>
<li>[10] samsgrill-sf.com, https://samsgrill-sf.com/sdm_downloads/sams-grill-menu/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026)</li>
<li>[11] samsgrill-sf.com, https://samsgrill-sf.com/sams-grill-seafood-alley/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026)</li>
<li>[12] samsgrill-sf.com, https://samsgrill-sf.com/sdm_downloads/sams-happy-hour/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026)</li>
<li>[13] samsgrill-sf.com, https://samsgrill-sf.com/sdm_downloads/sams-seafood-alley-menu/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026)</li>
<li>[14] samsgrill-sf.com, https://samsgrill-sf.com/sams-swag/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026)</li>
<li>[15] samsgrill-sf.com, https://samsgrill-sf.com/sams-tavern/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026)</li>
<li>[16] samsgrill-sf.com, https://samsgrill-sf.com/sams-tavern-menu/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026)</li>
<li>[17] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Sep 9, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 19, 2026)</li>
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