{"id":261747,"date":"2026-04-10T22:20:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T22:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/261747\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T22:20:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T22:20:12","slug":"an-irish-sports-bar-in-the-sunset-has-recently-reopened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/261747\/","title":{"rendered":"An Irish sports bar in the Sunset has recently reopened"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Mission-Local-expansion-map.png\" alt=\"A simplified map of San Francisco shows arrows pointing from The Richmond, The Sunset, The Tenderloin, and Bayview neighborhoods toward The Mission neighborhood.\" class=\"wp-image-845138\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re growing!<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">Mission Local is expanding, adding dedicated neighborhood reporters across the city. We\u2019re also launching neighborhood landing pages with the latest news and resources. You can read more about it below.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSunset Buzz\u201d is a recurring column on changes, tidbits and other news from the Sunset. Got news? Send us tips at junyao@missionlocal.com.<\/p>\n<p>Your longtime Sunset reporter Junyao Yang is on leave. As your humble graphics intern, I\u2019ll be filling her shoes this week.<\/p>\n<p>Worried about your chakras? Can\u2019t decide whether or not to text your toxic ex? Recently inherited a million dollars from a long-lost Nigerian prince and want to know how to invest? Golden Gate Psychic on 2007 Irving Street is your newest neighborhood holistic haven with full-service reiki healing \u2014 and palm, psychic, tarot-card, and crystal-ball readings. Google Maps lists their hours as 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. \u2014 except for Fridays and Saturdays, when they work until 10:30 p.m. Stop by after a drink at your local bar!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1769002151_683_mission-local-logo-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Mission Local logo, with blue and orange lines on the shape of the Mission District\" class=\"wp-image-639216\" style=\"width:150px\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">Want the latest on the Mission and San Francisco? Sign up for our free daily newsletter below.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"853\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/P1010177-853x640.jpg\" alt=\"Neon sign for &quot;Golden Gate Psychic&quot; on Noriega Street, featuring the Golden Gate Bridge and a crystal ball, plus a phone number at the bottom. Perfect for fans of sf-golden-gate-psychic and local flair.\" class=\"wp-image-846016\"  \/>The neon-light sign on the front of  the Golden Gate Psychic shop in the Sunset. Photo by Iryna Humenyuk.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"853\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/P1010172-853x640.jpg\" alt=\"A handwritten sign on the glass door of sf-golden-gate-psychic-szechuan-cuisine announces the restaurant will be closed from April 1 to April 30 for staff leave and renovations, reopening May 1.\" class=\"wp-image-846014\"  \/>A handwritten sign on the glass door of Szechuan Cuisine in the Sunset promises to reopen on May 1, 2026. Photo by Iryna Humenyuk.<\/p>\n<p>Szechuan Cuisine at 1920 Irving Street will be closed for their annual leave from Apr. 1 to 30.\u00a0Don\u2019t think you can make it until May 1 without Mapo Tofu? Consider Mr Szechuan on 890 Taravel Street \u2014 or cross Golden Gate Park and visit Chef Xiong Kitchen on 2428 Clement Street instead. They are open until 1 a.m. and 2 a.m. on weekends, respectively, making them great spots to satiate late-night cravings.<\/p>\n<p>A reminder that 19th Avenue Street is closing for three weekends. Construction was originally scheduled to take 40 days, but has now been reduced to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DWmv6Y4kiRW\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">three weekends<\/a> (including some Fridays and Mondays):<\/p>\n<p>Friday, Apr. 24 from 7 a.m. until Monday, Apr. 27 at 5 a.m. on Northbound 19th Avenue from Sloat Boulevard to Lincoln Avenue\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Friday, May 8 from 7 a.m. until Monday, May 10 at 5 a.m. on Southbound 19th Avenue from Lincoln Avenue to Sloat Boulevard\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Friday, May 22 from 7 p.m. until Monday, May 25 at 10 p.m. on Southbound\/Northbound 19th Avenue from Sloat Boulevard to Holloway Avenue<\/p>\n<p>Join Best Buddies, the self-proclaimed \u201cworld\u2019s largest organization dedicated to ending the social, physical and economic isolation of the 200 million people with intellectual and development disabilities,\u201d on their Apr. 18 fundraising walk. The event is free. That said, walkers are encouraged to fundraise. Walkers and disability-rights enthusiasts should join between 8 a.m. and 12 p.m. at Golden Gate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pay a last adieu to the grey-dirt lot abutting 1926 Kirkham Street. The 83-foot-long, 7-foot-long-wide road formerly called \u201cDirt Alley\u201d was mistakenly bought by a <a href=\"https:\/\/sfstandard.com\/2025\/11\/21\/san-francisco-sunset-dirt-alley-sale\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sunset couple<\/a> last spring. As of Tuesday, the naming rights of the road was auctioned off for $140,000 \u2014 it will now be called \u201cThe Notion Way\u201d \u00e0 la <a href=\"https:\/\/www.notion.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Notion AI<\/a>, the AI workplace startup.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The alley will also be repaved and painted as a tiled <a href=\"https:\/\/paintastreet.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">public-art <\/a>installation\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_6049-480x640.jpg\" alt=\"Three pastel-colored houses\u2014pink, light blue, and lavender\u2014stand side by side on Noriega Street with steps leading to their entrances, set against a cloudy sky and an empty street in the foreground.\" class=\"wp-image-846017\"  \/>Three pastel-colored houses stand side-by-side on Noriega Street in the Sunset. Photo by Iryna Humenyuk. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/P1010156-480x640.jpg\" alt=\"Four men sit at a bar on Noriega Street watching a golf tournament on a large TV above, with drinks and bottles on the counter in front of them.\" class=\"wp-image-846007\"  \/>\u201cI first walked into this bar ten years,\u201d said Jay Pham. \u201cIt\u2019s cozy.\u201d Pham is partly referring to the wood-panelled interior of his Sunset bar, The Four Deuces. Photo by Iryna Humenyuk.<\/p>\n<p>You may remember meeting <a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/2026\/04\/my-excelsior-jay-pham-recovery-room\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jay Pham<\/a>, the owner of the Excelsior-based bar The Recovery Room, recently in Xueer Lu\u2019s \u201cMy Excelsior\u201d column. Great news. Pham\u2019s newest venture, an Irish sports bar at 2319 Taraval Street called The Four Deuces, is now re-opened.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a world where AI is taking over, a local bar is how you prove you\u2019re still human, Pham told me over drinks at The Four Deuces on Thursday afternoon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Not that\u00a0 there\u2019s anything wrong with AI, Pham added. \u201cI think it\u2019s a wonderful tool.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Finally, Mary from Noriega Street Cleaners \u2014 which closed at the end of last year, according to the tenant next door \u2014 is still accepting calls to  415-672-5387 from former clients looking to \u201cpick up [their] cloth.\u201d It\u2019s not too late! Save that ugly Christmas sweater from extinction!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Is there anything that I missed? How did I do? Write to me at iryna.humenyuk@missionlocal.com.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"879\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1769002152_784_dolores8-edit-1-879x640.jpg\" alt=\"A group of ten people standing outdoors in a park with a city skyline in the background.\" class=\"wp-image-804663\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>3,300 readers keep Mission Local free. Will you join them?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There are no paywalls at Mission Local. We believe San Francisco deserves critical, high-impact reporting that belongs to all its residents, not just those who can afford it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But free to read doesn\u2019t mean free to produce. We\u2019re a small, independent newsroom rooted in San Francisco\u2019s communities that only exists because people like you invest in the reporting that our city relies on all year round.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">Keep Mission Local free for all by becoming a donor today.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We\u2019re growing! Mission Local is expanding, adding dedicated neighborhood reporters across the city. 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