Notorious Mad Dog in the Fog landlord arrested for battering rival SF bar owner with bat over parking spot

The fighting Irish indeed.A prominent San Francisco pub owner known for his watering holes in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood has been booked into jail after allegedly attacking a neighboring business employee with a baseball bat in a dispute over a parking space.Cyril Hackett, 63 — the longtime owner of Mad Dog in the Fog on Haight Street, as well as Kezar Pub on neighboring Stanyan Street and Murio’s Trophy Room also on Haight street — was arrested early Saturday on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon other than a firearm and second-degree robbery, according to jail records obtained by The San Francisco Standard.The biggest news, opinion and culture shaping California right now.

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Never miss a story The confrontation began Friday outside Further, a Grateful Dead-themed clothing store just doors down from Mad Dog in the Fog.Hackett allegedly got into a verbal argument with an employee over a parking spot in front of the shop.Several hours later on Friday evening, Hackett allegedly returned to Further with a baseball bat after the store had closed for the day.

Surveillance footage captures a man resembling Hackett barging into the store, swinging the bat at something out of frame and swiping an item of clothing from a rack before being chased out by an employee.Hackett was booked into jail hours later at approximately 1:17 a.m.Saturday morning.“On September 25, 2026 at approximately 8:54 pm, SFPD officers were dispatched to a business located at the 1500 block of Haight Street regarding a person with a baseball bat,” the San Francisco Police Department told The California Post.

“While en route, officers learned that the suspect had assaulted another victim.Upon arrival, officers met with the victim and located the suspect at another business located at the 1500 block of Haight Street.“Through ...