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| Theme: | Comedy club |
| Established: | 1982 (43 years ago) |
| Owners: | Live Nation |
| Prev name(s): | "Cobb's Pub" |
| Seating capacity: | 400 |
| Address: | 915 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, CA (map) |
| Locality: | North Beach, SFO |
Cobb's Comedy Club is a stand-up comedyvenue in San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood. It was founded in 1982, and has had many top comedians on its stage.
History
Chestnut Street
- "Femprov....worked with a construction manager to design the stage and transform the original Cobb's Pub in San Francisco from a local Marina bar to a very successful Comedy Club..."
- "Terry Sand (a member of Femprov) finds (1981) and consults with Ron Kakiki (throughout the summer) to help transform his small neighborhood bar...."
Originally known as Cobb's Pub, it became Cobb's Comedy Club, operated by Ron Kakiki and John Cantu in 1982 at 2069 Chestnut Street in San Francisco's Marina District.
The Cannery
In 1987, it moved to the Cannery Shopping Center in the historic Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco neighborhood, where it thrived for over a decade with owners Tom and Carolyn Sawyer, who went on to run the venue for more than 25 years.
In March 2002, a five-alarm fire broke out at The Cannery. Damage from the fire and subsequent flooding closed Cobb's for a month before forcing the Sawyers into a lawsuit, eventually resulting in the club's eviction from the building.
Columbus Avenue
With the help of some prominent comedian friends, the Sawyers raised enough money to reopen Cobb's in November 2002 at 915 Columbus Avenue in San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood, in the club formerly known as "Dance Your Ass Off" (disco), later Wolfgang's (rock), where, as of August 2022, it remains.
Nearby clubs
"Punch Line San Francisco" is San Francisco's longest-running comedy club and a sister club of Cobb's Comedy Club. The Punch Line was owned and operated by Bill Graham in 1978 next to the rock venue formerly known as the Old Waldorf.
"Punch Line Sacramento", a comedy club in Sacramento, was opened and is operated by Bill Graham Presents since 1991 as an expansion of the comedy club of the same name in San Francisco.
| North Beach, San Francisco |
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The Anxious Asp ↗ ● Basin Street West ↗ ● The Beige Room ↗ ● Big l's ↗ ● Dino and Carlo's ↗ ● Finoccio's Club ● Hungry I ↗ ● Jazz workshop ↗ ● Keystone Korner ● Lusty Lady ● Mabuhay Gardens ↗ ● Miss Smith's Tea Room ↗ ● Mona's 440 Club ↗ ● Pagoda Palace ↗ ● Paper Doll Club ↗ ● The Purple Onion ↗ ● Rose Pistola ↗ ● Sugar Hill ↗ ● Tommy's Place ↗ ● Washington Square Bar and Grill ↗ |
External links
"Premiering This Week: A New Documentary About Cobb's Comedy Club", March 2016.
- More information is available at [ Wikipedia:Cobb's_Comedy_Club ]
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