Miss Smith's Tea Room was a gay and lesbian bar in operation from 1954 to 1960 in the North Beach neighborhood at 1353 Grant Avenue in San Francisco, California, U.S..[1][2][3] It was a lesbian pickup spot,[4] known for its Wednesday poetry nights and was a hangout for Beat poets.

[5] It is considered a pioneering gay bar, and had historically faced legal issues in order to maintain operations.

[5][8] Smith had previously waitressed at the Artist's Club, a 1940s lesbian dive bar in the city,[5] and had also operated a jazz record shop on Grant Avenue.

Smith had legal issues around 1958 and was unsuccessfully charged under the statutes, and the bar had its beer and wine license revoked by the State Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control in an attempt to disrupt it from operating.

[8] In total, a collection of San Francisco LGBT venues opened and flourished in the early 1950s, including Miss Smith's Tea Room, the Paper Doll Club, The Beige Room, Tommy's Place/12 Adler Place, Tin Angel, Dolan's, and Gordon's.