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I have the unfortunate distinction of having known Jason King for many, many years.  I knew him when he was a long haired metal head who wore nothing but Pantera and Cannibal Corpse t-shirts.  I was around for his brief and, dare I say, mediocre foray into motorcycle maintenance.  Hell, I even knew him when he lived in a dilapidated squat with trannies, junkies and people so fucking punk rock that having a reasonable conversation with them was impossible.

Yes, I know Jason King, and of all his phases and incarnations his best yet is bar owner.  I mean really, have you been to The Broken Record?  Jason took some shit hole in the Exclesior and made it one of the best bars in the city.

So it is with this in mind that I relate to you the excellence of The Church Key. Sure I can go on and on about how it has high-quality, unique beers you’ve never heard of from around the world that rotate on a weekly basis.  Or how it has the coolest wall paper I’ve ever seen (some type of Victorian/Hieronymus Bosch hybrid).  I could even go on about the great local wines or how The Church Key sells amazing European style meat and veggie pies.  But the best part about this place is that it has been instilled with Jason’s trademark unpretentiousness and…well, who am I kidding?  They’ve got $2 beers!!!!  Woo-hoo!!  Thanks for not being a douchebag Jason!

The Church Key
1402 Grant St. @ Green
[North Beach]

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Stuart Schuffman, aka Broke-Ass Stuart, is a travel writer, poet, TV host, activist, and general shit-stirrer. His website BrokeAssStuart.com is one of the most influential arts & culture sites in the San Francisco Bay Area and his freelance writing has been featured in Lonely Planet, Conde Nast Traveler, The Bold Italic, Geek.com and too many other outlets to remember. His weekly column, Broke-Ass City, appears every other Thursday in the San Francisco Examiner. Stuart’s writing has been translated into four languages. In 2011 Stuart created and hosted the travel show Young, Broke, and Beautiful on IFC and in 2015 he ran for Mayor of San Francisco and got nearly 20k votes.

He's been called "an Underground legend": SF Chronicle, "an SF cult hero":SF Bay Guardian, and "the chief of cheap": Time Out New York.