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This page is kept as part of the dated record. The order notes below describe the place as Roger recommended it, not as it operates today.
New American
The Patio on Goldfinch
Roger rated this 3 stars, noting they took away half off all cocktails during happy hour, cut the happy hour menu down to just half a dozen selections, and no longer offer late night happy hour snacks.
Closed
Yelp lists this location as closed as of a 2026-09-20 check.
Yelp business listing (2026-09-20) ↗From Roger’s camera roll
More photos from The Patio on Goldfinch
Posted 2014-09-27 
Posted 2016-03-28 
Posted 2016-09-04
From Roger’s Foursquare
On Roger’s lists: SD's Vegan/Vegetarian Joints!, Crafted Cocktails.
Source-backed notes
Visit history
Checked in 19 times on Swarm, most recently Oct 7, 2019. See the check-in log
2016-07-18day precision · source explicit
“They took away the half off all cocktails and is limited to just half a dozen selections now during HH. No more late night HH snacks either”
Roger noted they took away half off all cocktails, cut happy hour to just half a dozen selections, and dropped late night happy hour snacks. (From an unpublished Yelp draft review, never posted publicly.)
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- From the order notes
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- Go for
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- From the order notes
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- Go for
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- From the order notes
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- Go for
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- From the order notes
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- Go for
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- From the order notes
- Breakfast burrito · Fish sandwich
- Go for
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