the Vapor Room, Haight+Steiner, San Francisco.

__merely overheard;

stylish late-20s Asian customer dude: yeah man, were you at the [indistinct] show?
tall+wide mid-30s black bouncer dude: yeah, it was okay.
[...]
bouncer: you know what i miss?
stylish: what?
bouncer: the cheap movie theater. you know, where you could see a movie for like a dollar.
stylish: oh yeah, those were great.
bouncer: no, one in particular, i mean. the one where the liquor barn is at now.
stylish: on Gough St.
bouncer: no man, it's where they put in that giant place to buy liquor.
stylish: by the arcarde?
bouncer: no man, like the giant, it's basically like a really nice barn where you can buy giant fucking liquor.
stylish: what?
bouncer: come on man. it's where they put in the behv-eh... the BevMo.
stylish: DUDE!
bouncer: yeah that one!
stylish: DUDE! you talkin about WAY back.
bouncer: yeah man! i was a little shit when all that was goin down.
stylish: i didn't know you went that far back, man. okay, here's one for you: how do you feel about... the launchpad?
bouncer: DUDE, oh my GOD.

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these dudes' knowledge of the San Francisco bay area predates mine by about 5-6 years.