92-Year-Old Cow Hollow Bar Debuts Kitchen and First-Ever Food Menu

A longtime Cow Hollow watering hole has completed a multi-month renovation, installed a fully equipped kitchen and for the first time in its roughly 90-year history began selling food to customers. The Final Final at 2990 Baker St. rolled out a compact menu the week of Monday, Jan. 26, 2026, part of an effort by new owners Joseph Wallace and Robert Lemons to modernize amenities while preserving the bar’s character.

The kitchen opening and menu launch follow a renovation that moved the main bar back about six feet, added banquette seating, renovated restrooms and installed 18 new televisions. The Final Final kept its pool tables, dart boards and extensive Bay Area sports memorabilia, and patrons will still find free popcorn. One small cosmetic change was the removal of a shag-rug carpet on a wall, replaced with wood paneling to match the room. Owners welcomed patrons with silver trays of bar food at the menu debut.

Menu items presented at launch include smash burgers on potato buns served with curly fries finished in an in-house seasoning blend, hot dogs, chicken wings, soft-serve ice cream and boozy milkshakes. The new menu was conceived with help from Paul Toxqui, executive chef of the nearby Left Door, who said the food gives “guests another reason to come in, stay longer and enjoy themselves,” adding that every order is “simple, delicious and pairs perfectly with a cold beer or cocktail.” Previously the bar’s food options had been limited to corn dogs and take-and-bake pizzas.

Wallace and Lemons acquired the Final Final in July 2024 from proprietor Arnold Prien; the business had been in the Prien family since 1978. The two operators also run other San Francisco venues, and they say their priority has been to preserve the place’s communal feel. “These places that have so much nostalgia and mean so much to people and have been around for so long, you really don't want to upset that equilibrium that exists there,” Joseph Wallace said, adding, “I'm very cognizant of that and really try not to make some drastic changes where people feel like they lost the bar that they love.” Wallace also noted that “residents who have visited the Final Final can ‘attest to the fact that it's just a special place.’” Robert Lemons said Cow Hollow’s response “has been incredible,” and called it “really special” to see “regulars return and new faces discover the space.”

The redesign signals a broader operating strategy: modest capital investment to increase capacity for sports viewing and to boost dwell time and food-driven revenue per visit. For local residents, that means an upgraded venue for game nights and a new neighborhood option for casual dining alongside drinks. The Final Final’s founding year is reported variously as 1932 and 1934; historical records should be consulted for a definitive date. For now, the bar reopens its kitchen and invites patrons to reengage with a refreshed but familiar Cow Hollow institution.