2 late-night dives in Oakland our editors have drunk at, sorted by score. All Oakland nightlife.
Cafe Van Kleef ★ 4.3
uptown · 1621 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland, CA 94612
Cafe Van Kleef on Telegraph in Uptown Oakland is the eccentric cocktail dive that helped revive the corridor in the 2000s. Late-night Friday and Saturday.
Tip: Greyhound with fresh grapefruit is the famous call; cash is faster than card.
Heinold's First and Last Chance Saloon ★ 4.4
jack-london-district · 48 Webster Street, Oakland, CA 94607
Heinold's First and Last Chance has poured since 1883 at Jack London Square. The leaning saloon serves up the city's most historic late-evening whiskey neat.
Tip: Cash only; the building still leans from the 1906 quake.