Cinebar

About

The Cinebar is another spot (see: Caravan) whose regulars now get called 'hipsters' despite the fact that they're probably the most genuinely punk-rock crowd in San Jose. Either people simply don't know what hipster means, or the trends really have circled around to make Cinebar cool again. Well, it's always been pretty cool, it's been around for something like 80 years, and don't expect it to change anytime soon. -- Metro Bars & Clubs, June 16, 2010 


2009 BEST OF SILICON VALLEY Reader Survey Winner - Second Place



Best Dive Bar




Cinebar, a venerable San Jose dive bar and one of the oldest continually operated in Silicon Valley, is a true local favorite. You can start your day off right here because they open up at 6am, something San Jose bars just don’t do enough of, and then end your day in the same fashion because Cinebar is open until 2am. The regulars are a pantheon of San Jose locals, college students, and twenty something punks cutting their proverbial teeth at the neighborhood dive bar. Seriously, if you call yourself a local and haven’t drank at Cinebar then your life as you know it is a charade, so quit perpetuating the lie, grab a cocktail, listen to one of the best stocked jukeboxes, and relish in a San Jose classic.

2008 BEST OF SILICON VALLEY Staff Pick and Reader Survey
Honoree Best Dive Bar

2007 BEST OF SILICON VALLEY Staff Pick and Reader Survey
Runner-up Best Dive Bar