Ghost Town Brewing Taproom is a bar in West Oakland, Oakland.
Ghost Town's Adeline taproom in West Oakland is one of the best craft beer rooms in the East Bay. Hop-forward beers, dog-friendly, with rotating food trucks.
Food program: Snacks, food trucks
Address: 1960 Adeline Street, Oakland, CA 94607
Mua on Webster Street in Uptown Oakland is the long-running First Friday cocktail and supper room. Industrial warehouse lounge, steak frites, late drink.
Signature drink: Classic cocktails and whiskey
Food: Steak frites, lamb chops, late dinner
Telegraph on Telegraph in Uptown Oakland runs an all-day beer garden and cafe with a vast street-art patio. Burgers, sausages and a deep draft list.
Signature drink: Rotating draft IPAs
Food: Burgers and bagels
Temescal Brewing's beer garden on Telegraph runs a sun-filled patio and a rotating tap list of crisp lagers and IPAs. Kid and dog friendly daily.
Signature drink: Helles lager from the cellar
Food: Rotating food trucks
Heinold's First and Last Chance Saloon in Oakland has poured since 1883 at Jack London Square. The building leans from the 1906 quake; original gas lighting.
Signature drink: Whiskey neat
Food: Bar snacks
Cafe Van Kleef on Telegraph in Uptown Oakland is the famously eccentric cocktail dive that helped revive the corridor in the 2000s. Greyhound is the call.
Signature drink: Greyhound with fresh grapefruit
Food: Bar bites
The Hatch on 15th in downtown Oakland pours an East Bay-centric beer list with Rico Tiongco's burger and bacon-dog program. Late-night, no fuss.
Signature drink: Local IPA on draft
Food: Bacon-wrapped hot dogs and burgers
