The Sycamore
The Sycamore is a small dive on Mission Street with a covered back patio and a full kitchen hidden behind it. Eater's Lena Park lists it first among the honorable mentions on her dive bar map. Ricky Rodriguez reviewed the food for The Infatuation in March 2024 and filed it under Wasting Your Time & Money.
Why go
The bottomless mimosa deal ran 25 dollars for two hours in March 2024, on two seatings a day at the weekend. The bar tells you to phone for a table.3
Order this / avoid
- Order: the bottomless mimosas, on a seating you booked.
- Avoid: the brunch and lunch menu.
What locals & experts say
- Ricky Rodriguez, The Infatuation, March 2024:
nearly every dish on their brunch and lunch menu is disappointing in its own way, whether it's the croque madame served on a stale croissant, the tiny beef sliders with almost no flavor, or the uninspired carnitas benedict that's served bone-chillingly cold.
1 - Lena Park, Eater SF, on what the category means: a dive is
a beloved local spot to get cheap, unfussy drinks that has no interest in being hip or trendy.
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Good to know
- Where: 2140 Mission Street, in the Mission.
- Getting in: call for the bottomless seatings.
- The sibling: the same owners run The Willows.
Verdict
could-visit — Judge this one on the bar and nothing else.