Currently: Makli Chinese Cuisine

Previously: The Jackhammer

290 Sanchez Street
San Francisco, California

Status: Restaurant

History

Summary

Details

Dicks at 290 Sanchez Street had the distinction of being the last straight bar (despite its name) to turn gay around 1995 when it became the Jackhammer. It was characterized by the Queer Resource Directory rather quaintly as a “working man’s bar.” But in truth, the bar in some ways seemed to have more of a South of Market vibe; one of its regular events was their “Red Hanky Night” for fisting enthusiasts.

The bar didn’t last long. It eventually became a series of restaurants, including Dairmaru Sushi for a time before the owner decided to go back to his roots as a Chinese restaurateur and revamp as Makli Chinese Cuisine.

Sources

Forrester, Chuck, “Fisting lives in San Francisco,” Bay Area Reporter, November 19, 2011.

Jervis, Joe, “The first time I got mugged,” Joe. My. God, August 15, 2005.

“Matchbox Covers,” Uncle Donald’s Castro Street.

McKenzie, Roy, “Daimaru Sushi now Makli Chinese Cuisine,” Hoodline, June 23, 2013.

“San Francisco Bar Guide,” Queer Resource Directory, 1995.

Uncle Donald’s Castro Street.

Location

290 Sanchez Street, San Francisco