Lying in the shadow of PacBell Park, the 21st Amendment successfully works a utility player role: pre- and post-game watering hole, casual California grill restaurant and serious microbrewery.

If the game in real estate is location, location, location, then Gordon Biersch's San Francisco brewpub/restaurant outpost wins hands down.

The Deluxe has been a Capitol Hill establishment since the heady days when Boeing debuted the 747 and Neil Armstrong was leaving footprints on the moon. More recently, it's undergone a sharp, stylish renovation.