At a Glance: Best of Nightlife

7x7's crib sheet for this year's Best of Nightlife. For the full descriptions, read the June feature story.

Best Way to Get a Cheap Laugh: 50 Mason Lounge (50 Mason St., 415-398-4129)

Best Secret Society: Mrs. Robinson Society

Best Tradition Worth Singing About: Mariachi Tradicion at Playa Azul (3318 Mission St., 415-282-4554)

Best Party in a Meal: Mums' all-you-can-eat specialty, Shabu Shabu (Hotel Tomo, 1800 Sutter St., 415-931-6986)
 
Best Savage Love: Savage Jazz Dance Company

Best Place to Hit the Ground: Get your groove on at  Element and sister lounge Etiquette (1028 Geary St., 415-440-1125; 1108 Market St., 415-869-8779)

Most Bang for Your Concert Buck: Robot Rock at Mezzanine (444 Jessie St., 415-625-8880)

Best Secret Passage: Bourbon and Branch (501 Jones St.)
 
Best Way to See Stars:  Sidewalk Astronomers

Best Way to Get Involved: Involver.com

Best New Ladies Night: Rebel Girl's quarterly dance parties at the Rickshaw Stop (155 Fell St., 415-861-2011)

Best Bagel: Indie rock radio website bagelradio.com

Best '80s Flashback: Saturday nights at Delirium (3139 16th St., 415-552-5525)

Best Hip-Hop Surprise: Change the Beat, Tuesdays at Madrone Lounge (500 Divisadero St., 415-241-0202)

Best Lovemakers: Ninth annual puppet and animation show PuppetLOVE! Festival at CounterPULSE (1310 Mission St., 415-435-7552)

Best Place to See Hipsters in their Natural Habitat: Il Pirata (2007 16th St., 415-626-2626)

Best Way to Get on a Roll:  Monthly Roller Disco parties at Mighty (119 Utah St., 415-762-0151)

Best Way To Screen: Rent out a private deluxe screening room at Entertaining Spaces (2 Division St., 415-626-1951)

Best Bar Soundtrack: Hip bossa-nova covers at Amelie (1754 Polk St.,  415-292-6916)

Best Way to Find Your Dark Side: Bad Movie Nights at The Dark Room (2263 Mission St., 415-401-7987)

The Best Excuse to Get High: Monthly Girl Group DJ night at Casanova Lounge (527 Valencia St., 415-863-9328)

Best Last Order: Late night eats at Orphan Andy's (3991 17th St., 415-864-9795)

Best Creative Exercise: Monthly Pecha Kucha gatherings, held at 330 Ritch, showcase local design talent (330 Ritch St., 415-541-9574)

Best All-Around Art Venue: Red Poppy Art House (2698 Folsom St., 415-826-2402)

Best On-the-House Special: The Riptide's house band Burning Embers plays rock 'n' roll-infused bluegrass monthly (3639 Taraval St., 415-681-8433)

Best Face Time:  "I Can't Feel My Face" bi-weekly dance party at Amnesia (853 Valencia St., 415-970-0012)