Ginger’s, the only LGBTQ bar in San Francisco’s Financial District, has closed again.

Photo: Courtesy Ginger’s

Ginger’s – the San Francisco financial district’s only LGBTQ bar – is closing again, at least for now.

The bar had suspended its operation in 2020 as downtown emptied of customers during the COVID pandemic lockdowns but reopened in 2024. Now, a little more than a year later, it shuttered its latest iteration October 30. 

Future Bars, the company that owns Ginger’s along with FiDi mainstays Nightingale (239 Kearny Street), Rickhouse (246 Kearny Street), and Pagan Idol (375 Bush Street), didn’t return a request for comment for this report. 

Future Bars CEO and founder Brian Sheehy told SF Gate last week, “Traffic to Ginger’s has not been consistently strong. Without enough cust

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