Sam Jordan's Bar is a historic building and a former working-class neighborhood bar (open from 1959 to 2019) located at 4004–4006 3rd Street in the Bayview neighborhood of San Francisco, California, U.S.. It is a

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(number 263) since February 6, 2013. It also went by the name Sam Jordan's Bar and Grill.

History

It was founded by Sam Jordan, a light-heavyweight boxer and U. S. Navy

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veteran. Jordan won the championship diamond belt in 1948. For 60 years the bar served as a gathering place for Bayview's community, and it was the oldest black-owned bar in the city. The space served as a bar, a barbecue restaurant, and a nightclub. Sam Jordan's Bar appeared on the television series ''

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'' (season 5, episode 8) in 2016, and received a remodel. It closed in November 2019, after financially struggling for many years.

References

{{Authority control San Francisco Designated Landmarks Bayview–Hunters Point, San Francisco African-American history in San Francisco Bar Rescue

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