An Irish pub.

579 Howard Street, SF.

Kate O’Briens is your basic Irish boozer, located opposite the massive TransBay construction project, the latter a great source of photographic inspiration. There’s seating outside, but it was a freezing day when I visited, hence the deserted look.

It’s dark and quiet inside, a couple of TVs playing English Premier League soccer games:

Regulars enjoy a pint.

You aren’t going to come here for gourmet fare, but I left happily sated after the meat loaf special and a glass of draft Smithwicks (the ‘w’ is silent, if you want to get it right).

Tuesday special – meat loaf.

Sorry about the blur – it’s dark inside and I forgot to switch the G3 to 1600 ISO.

$17 was the tab. Suits are not welcome here, it’s strictly a jeans place for working men. With the Transbay construction likely lasting another decade, the pub will be doing good business for a while yet.