San Francisco bachelor party suggestions?

Hot air balloon ride. Most of them finish off with a champagne breakfast afterwards. If you must have nudity, dangle a blow-up doll from a rope.

You may want to up your dollar amount slightly higher - remember you are in the Bay Area and that going out for dinner and a few drinks alone is going to run you close to $100. If you are going to blow it out (and I http://ask.metafilter.com/mefi/16611), prepare everyone to bring a couple extra bucks. That being said, look online at some of the different local boards (or even use Google Earth and start turning on some of the bar options) to see if you can find clusters restaurants and bars within walking distance of each other in areas that fit your demographic profile. Everyone meets up at one location and there isn't the necessity to take cabs, drive elsewhere, etc.

Thanks, kuperman, for the Google Earth suggestion! Since it's a slow day at work today I think I'll check that out now. I've never attended or organized a bachelor party before, so I guess I kinda just pulled the $100 figure outta thin air. ;)

I saw a party of bachelors and a party of bachelorettes, presumably from the same wedding, that had rented out two of the San Francisco cable cars for the night. They put lights and decorations up, rolled in the coolers, turned on the music, and cruised around San Francisco all night, waving to passers-by whilst tipping their brews. That looked like a lot of fun. I have no idea how much it would cost, but you might call SFMuni to inquire.

North Beach is the default destination for the traditional bachelor parties in San Francisco. Tons of restaurants, bars and naked women. A one stop shop. My latest favorite restaurant in North Beach is a place called El Raigon. It's an Argentinean steak house and it is really freakin good. It's a pretty "manly" room - could be a great place to start. Have a drink at any number of the places along Grant as you walk towards Broadway and Columbus and then take your pick of the naked lady emporiums. For the less traditional - http://www.gokartracer.com/ near the airport. A day of golf followed by dinner. An afternoon at the shooting range. A hike. A day at Great America going on rides. If the groom likes the naked ladies - by all means indulge him but I've seen a trend in my husband's friends of really not being comfortable with that part of the pre-wedding ritual and really having a bad time when that is forced. On preview - the rolling cable cars aren't actually cable cars - they are busses made to look like cable cars. They are made specifically for just the kinds of events symphonik mentions and are in no way connected to Muni.

Just FYI, the vast majority of strip clubs in SF don't serve alcohol, because the law is that they're not allowed to do so and have full nudity at the same time.

Definitely head for North Beach - lots of GREAT restaurants and bars and an ongoing party-type scene. I know lots of favorite restaurants there (especially Italian), so let me know if you want specific recommendations. There's also strip clubs on Broadway if your friend wants that kind of action. AFAIK, the topless-only clubs do serve alcohol. For restaurant reviews, I'd suggest you go to the http://sfgate.com/food/website, and just browse.

>>...rented out two of the San Francisco cable cars for the night. They put lights and decorations up, rolled in the coolers, turned on the music, and cruised around San Francisco all night, waving to passers-by whilst tipping their brews. I'm fairly certain the company that rents out motorized cable cars, http://www.cablecarcharters.com/, no longer allows alcoholic beverages on board. Something about drunk people falling out and lawsuits...

http://www.pubclub.com/sanfrancisco/pubclub.htm in San Francisco. I see these things cruise by all the time, and while they inspire eye-rolling among everyone else, especially in hipper-than-thou neighborhoods like the Mission (preemptive: don't hate; I lived there and loved it for six years, and moved only under duress), I'll admit they're probably pretty fun. North Beach is a good idea for traditional bachelor party-style festivities. Make sure you don't go to the Stinking Rose, as so many people (including a friend of mine) do for bachelor and -ette bashes. Tourist trap with crappy food. Vesuvios is fun, as is Savoy Tivoli (great outdoor patio). Tosca is an SF institution where you may run into Willie Brown or Sean Penn or other local luminaries. http://www.sftravel.com/food/nbbars.html All this said, if it were my bachelor party, I'd hang out in the Mission. http://www.sftravel.com/bmissn.html A http://sanfrancisco.citysearch.com/best/results/8453/ http://wikitravel.org/en/San_Francisco/Mission_District#Drink but still missing a few gems, like the Lone Palm, the Casanova Lounge, the Latin American Club. http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/eguide/music/barguide/byneighborhood.DTL Have fun!