The Tool Box was the first of the South of Market leather bars, having opened in the early 1960's, and it was the grandfather of bars which exist to this day. There are two rooms. In the first, the bar itself runs the length of the room.
Men sit on bar stools, congregate at pinball machines, mill around.
In the second room is a pool table covered with a piece of plywood. This is sort of a back room. Men crowd shoulder to shoulder. It's a gently swaying crush. You could lift both your feet and not fall.