Sunday Night Football heads to the West Coast this week for a Falcons vs 49ers showdown. Live coverage begins at 7 PM ET on NBC and Peacock.

If you’re coming from the actual hometown of the 49ers in San Francisco, the only direct path is a long, often traffic-ridden drive down Highway 101. But as I experienced on Nov. 9, the Valley Tavern game day bus turns an otherwise tedious drive into an absolute pregame blast;