{"id":454643,"date":"2026-09-05T16:06:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T16:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/454643\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T16:06:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T16:06:21","slug":"brunos-nightclub-set-to-re-open-next-week-after-6-year-closure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/454643\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruno\u2019s nightclub set to re-open next week after 6 year closure"},"content":{"rendered":"

Six years after shuttering in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown, Bruno\u2019s, the onetime Italian restaurant<\/a> and labor hangout turned nightclub,\u00a0will open next week. <\/p>\n

Bruno\u2019s will have a soft opening on Sep. 12, with DJ REZA<\/a> and DJ Ibarra<\/a>, and continue test run events each weekend in September, with a potential grand opening the first weekend of October.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been a long wait for a business that has occupied 2389 Mission St for over 60 years. In 2023,\u00a0Mission Local reported<\/a> that Bruno\u2019s was set to reopen later that year. At the time, then-owner George Karas said that he never expected the establishment to be closed that long, and that difficulties getting permits from the city had delayed the club\u2019s reopening.<\/p>\n

In February of 2024, after the Board of Supervisors passed a resolution recommending the state issue a new liquor license for Bruno\u2019s, the San Francisco Standard reported<\/a> that it could open as soon as March of that year.<\/p>\n

Bruno\u2019s now has a new owner, Noelle Calixto, who also owns Campus<\/a>, a bar in the Marina, the Owl Tree<\/a> in Lower Nob Hill, and Chief Sullivan\u2019s, an Irish pub in North Beach.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The newly reopened Bruno\u2019s will still be a nightlife spot, said Bruno\u2019s general manager, Travis Blain. But it is aiming for a hospitable, neighborhood vibe compared to many nightclubs. Bruno\u2019s will have a focus on hiring local DJ\u2019s, Blain said. Security will act like \u201chosts, not bouncers.\u201d Front door staff will be \u201cwelcoming rather than standoffish.\u201d The cocktails will actually taste good.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Guest experience is the first and most important thing,\u201d said Blain.\u201cI think a lot of venues treat people like they\u2019re lucky to be there. I feel the opposite. I feel like we\u2019re lucky to have you as a guest in my house.\u201d<\/p>\n

When asked why the club\u2019s opening was delayed so long, Blain said he wasn\u2019t sure. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m excited. I can\u2019t wait. I think the neighborhood wants this place going again.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n