Literary San Francisco: Li Po's

Unmistakable with its cave like entrance at 916 Grant, Li Po's is a Chinatown literary bar named for the erudite Chinese poet Li Po (701-762). Li Po's work celebrates natural beauty, love, friendship, solitude, and drink. He is one of the great poets of the Tang Dynasty, China's Golden Age of poetry. (The Lipo bar has lost some its charm since its owners installed a TV for sports watching.)

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