Bear Vs. Bull can be found tucked within the Alamo Drafthouse at the New Mission Theater's historically restored interior, a destination serving the local community of movie lovers, California brewed beer and hand crafted cocktails.

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Lying in the heart of the New Mission Theater, Bear vs. Bull is an intimate, neighborhood watering hole named in honor of one of the Mission District’s most colorful Gold Rush legends. Throughout the 18th century San Franciscan’s hankering for bloodsport had reached such heights that nothing less than pitting Spanish Bulls against California Grizzlies would mollify the local hordes of gold-seekers, gamblers, bandits, working ladies, politicians and padres. These epic battles were common in the Mission District and were held as often as bears could be captured.

While these brutal exhibitions are long gone, San Francisco locals never lost their thirst for spectacle and devilish distraction. By the turn of the nineteenth century, saloons, burlesque houses, theaters and movie palaces began to replace the violent past time of animal fights and peppered the neighborhood, particularly Mission Street. The Idle Hour was one such theater and opened its doors in 1906, was later re-modeled and re-opened as the New Mission Theater in 1916 and ran continuously until 1991 when it closed its doors to the public.

After a brief lapse as a futon shop and un-authorized rave venue, the New Mission Theater once again re-opened its doors as the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema to offer the best in film, food and drink all in one space. Today, Bear Vs. Bull can be found tucked within the theater’s historically restored interior, a destination serving the local community of movie lovers, pouring California brewed beer and hand crafted cocktails.