World Cup fever comes for everyone.
Finnegans Wake, a Cole Valley dive bar that no one would confuse for a European ultras’ clubhouse, has been opening at 6:45 a.m. during the tournament — approximately 23 minutes before sunrise and a little under five hours before it normally opens on weekends. Even two patrons engaged in the quintessentially American argument about whether soccer is fundamentally boring were buzzing off the U.S. men’s team win over Iran, which they had just watched minutes before at Finnegans.
What helps is that the true fans who show up really early, sometimes before even the bar opens up, are not a handful. “Lots of people will start drinking at 6, but they’ll milk an Irish coffee for like an hour,” Jason Thiel, who has worked at McTeague’s for four years, told SFGATE. “But it’s just juices and sodas until then. They’re not big drinkers at 6 a.m., I don’t think. It’s like a beer or two for being out, plus they’re probably tired from the night before.”
Kezar Pub, located just outside its namesake stadium, is another establishment that’s been tackling the early starts rather cleanly thanks to its propensity to open early for Liverpool FC matches during the Premier League season. A couple of hours before the games start, the furniture is already moved to leave little obstructing the sightlines of people wanting to watch games and to keep the counter to the sole utilitarian purpose of ordering drinks and food. By the time the matches with teams with huge local followings come on, it’s nearly impossible to find a seat inside or go more than a few seconds without hearing some sort of exclamation from a fan.
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