Specs' Twelve Adler Museum Cafe

37°47′52″N 122°24′22″W / 37.79766°N 122.40599°W / 37.79766; -122.40599

The outside of the bar in 2020

Specs' Twelve Adler Museum Cafe (also known as "Specs") is a historic bar, located in the North Beach district of San Francisco. The bar is known to be "home to a menagerie of misfits, from strippers and poets to longshoremen and merchant marines."[1] Notable patrons have included Thelonious Monk, Jack Hirschman, Warren Hinckle, and Herb Caen.[2]

  1. ^ Guthrie, Julian (2004-01-26). "Bar and Grail / Since 1968, Specs Twelve Adler Museum Cafe -- Specs to you -- has thrived as a North Beach holy spot". SFGate. Retrieved 2019-11-19.
  2. ^ "Specs celebrates 50 years in North Beach". The San Francisco Examiner. 2018-04-28. Retrieved 2019-11-19.