Mayor Ed Lee Drops by Chris Daly's Dive for a Nonalcoholic Beer

Was Mayor Ed Lee entertained or did he do the entertaining at Daly's dive?

​Anyone who even sits on the sidelines at City Hall knows that Buck Tavern is where you go to sniff out good stories. Political stories, that is. That's one reason reporters flock to former Supervisor Chris Daly's bar every week. And last night, many of them stumbled onto a good one.

Mayor Ed Lee -- who is more typically seen at musicals -- was spotted hobnobbing with patrons and reporters. We were immediately bummed to have missed a magical moment to get Lee liquored up so we could ask him over and over again: "Will you run for mayor?" But after reading SF Appeal's Chris Roberts' report of Lee's trip to the bar, we concluded that the night out was as lame and tame as a warm glass of milk before bed. 

But here is a quick snapshot of your mayor's 45-minute trip to the bar. First, Lee knew exactly how to win over Daly, the former supervisor who on his way out the door in January vowed to haunt the moderates at City Hall. And if you asked Daly six months ago, Lee would be classified as a moderate. However, Lee brought some more levity to the previous tension when he offered Daly a gem of a tchotchke -- a windup donkey, which he said came straight from Taiwan.

Not long after that, Daly shouted out: "Ed Lee for city administrator! Give the man what he wants -- his old job back," according to the Appeal.

The rest of the evening was as uneventful as a supervisors' meeting. Lee sat at the bar, sipped on a nonalcoholic Clausthaler, and handed out business cards to anyone who wanted them.

But after nearly an hour, Lee left the bar (was it bedtime?).Before the mayor got away, Roberts asked him exactly what you are wondering now: what he thought of Daly's Dive.

His answer was predictably diplomatic: "It's cozy."

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