A Look Inside Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem

The newly opened Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem is certainly shaping up to be an interesting bar.  Early reviewers on Yelp hate it, so they're probably doing something right.  The food's good, the beer prices are within the margin, and they're currently building out a giant outdoor patio with terraced seating so you can spend lazy Sunday's drinking outdoors and watching a Giants game. But beyond the bar's name and signage, this place has nothing to do with The Muppets, which apparently some people take issue with.

The bar's owner, Mark, says it's mainly a legal thing.  Disney sued some 80 businesses last year for infringing on the Muppets trademark.  So rather risk a lawsuit by having an unsanctioned Muppet bar, the interior is literally a bunch of dental office artifacts (down to the bucket of lollipops and toys) and electrical mayhem [pictured above].  And while that may bum a bunch of people out, at least they're being clever about it.

But really, anyone who is coming here for the interior is severely missing the point: the food is the jam.  The sweet potato tater tots are reason enough to eat here over other Mission bar n' grills, but they have plenty other options.  Waffle fries, a house-made veggie burger (which is on the level of Bender's black bean burger and far better than Zeitgeist's), various sandwiches and salads, and an entire tater tot menu that includes tatchos.  That's right, a goddamn tater tot nacho plate.  And for those of you interested in burning your mouth and crying while you eat, they even have a ghost pepper hot sauce that they make you sign a waiver to eat:

The final highlight is the bar's reverse happy hour, which is a free pony Pacifico with every shot ordered after 10pm on Thursdays thru Sundays.  And perhaps that's what makes this place tick: doing things differently.  It's by no means a typical Mission dive bar, and never claims to be.  Sure, the place is modern; but it does a few things right, namely feeding you and getting you drunk.  If that's what's most important, then this place will do you right.

Comments (6)

Stopped by for the first time about ten seconds the other night and immediately left because the music was so atrocious. Some 90’s “electronica” crap that fit the crowd perfectly- Marina people “too cool” for The Beauty Bar. Just a terrible, depressing scene.

YAWN. More played out CLICHE hipster crap from the kings of the sport. Next.

The blogs are giving this place a shit-ton of coverage, most of which reads like it’s cut-and-pasted from a press release. See above. Free drinks for SF bloggers. Show credentials at door.

Burger delish, buffalo wings a major disappointment. They were half fatty, soggy skin. They tasted as good as that sounds. Also, the interior seems like a work in progress but maybe that just because we were there early evening on a Saturday. Will check back in next time I need a hamburger with bacon.

I saw KevMo in there getting the hook up. What do you expect…free anything equals free press.

Is this the first time you’ve read anything from Kevmo? He doesn’t give a shit about free stuff, he’s going to write what he wants.

If you don’t think your local SF bloggers are being legit, why are you all up in their blogs still reading?