Cobb's Comedy Club, Comedy theatre in North Beach, San Francisco, United States
Cobb's Comedy Club occupies a white-facade building at 915 Columbus Avenue in North Beach. Above its wooden double doors, a rectangular illuminated sign reads "Cobb's COMEDY CLUB" and "The Best in Live Entertainment Since 1982"; the doors have two vertical oval windows.
Cobb's opened in 1982 as Cobb's Pub at 2069 Chestnut Street in the Marina District, run by Ron Kakiki and John Cantu. It moved in 1987 to the Cannery at Fisherman's Wharf, where Tom and Carolyn Sawyer ran it for over a decade. A five-alarm fire in March 2002 closed the club and led to its eviction; the Sawyers reopened it in November 2002 at 915 Columbus Avenue in North Beach.
Cobb's shares its name with the original Cobb's Pub on Chestnut Street, and its sister club is the Punch Line, San Francisco's longest-running comedy club, founded by Bill Graham in 1978. The sign above the doors at 915 Columbus Avenue reads "The Best in Live Entertainment Since 1982", dating the club to its founding year.
Cobb's sits at 915 Columbus Avenue in North Beach, marked by an illuminated sign above wooden double doors with oval windows. The entrance is at street level on the Columbus Avenue sidewalk, and the club is a short walk from the Washington Square area. Look for the doorway number 915 to find it.
The Columbus Avenue premises previously housed the Italian Village (Turk Murphy, 1952–1954), The Boarding House nightclub, the disco Dance Your Ass Off, then X's, then Wolfgang's rock club. Cobb's moved in during November 2002 after the Sawyers raised money with help from comedian friends.
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