The Best Bars in Bay Area

Burritt Room + Tavern

The Burritt Room + Tavern, tucked into Mystic Hotel by Charlie Palmer, is heavily influenced by film noir. Named for Burritt Alley, where detective Sam Spade's partner Miles Archer was gunned down in 1941 classic hardboiled crime film The Maltese Fal... more

Bus Stop

The Bus Stop has been a family business since 1919. Located on Union at Laguna in Cow Hollow, it's the #1 sports bar in the neighborhood, featuring 26 flat screen TV’s and good well drinks. more

Bushido Izakaya

Bushido offers Silicon Valley diners the best of Japanese izakaya dining- an integral part of Japanese restaurant culture where people come together at casual "watering holes" to drink and enjoy unique small plates and authentic offerings that are sa... more

Butter

Butter's bar was created from the ground up, with a constant eye on providing the perfect complimentary beverage pairings to our unique cuisine. We serve only the freshest Pabst Blue Ribbon on tap and a wide selection of 16 oz. tallboy canned beers.... more

Buzzworks

Host to 150+ beers, featuring 40 beers on tap. 30 screens of entertainment! Pinball, Pool, & Foosball! A craft beer haven. more

C'era Una Volta

C'era Una Volta is an authentic Italian restaurant that prepares the historic flavors of Tuscany! For a special occasion, ask about our chef's tasting menus, paired with fine Italian wines and sweet desserts. more

C.B. Hannegan's

The extensive beer list and the sweet scent of barbecue are the first things you'll notice when you enter this Irish pub. It opened back in 1980 and has been the place to be on St. Paddy's Day since. It's not a bad place to hang out the rest of the y... more

Cable Car City Pub & Cafe

All abooooooard! Hop off the 9-5 train and into Cable Car! Mouthwatering pork ribs, pitchers of Anchor Steam, and local sports games  playing left and right equal a recipe for goodness, and Cable Car City Pub & Cafe is ready to make your bab... more

Cafe Casa

A laid back, non pretentious Wine Bar, Restaurant and Gallery off the beaten path in South Berkeley.  Featuring one of the Bay Area's most extensive "Wines by the Glass" list with over 40 Whites and Reds to choose from.  Restaurant feaures... more

Cafe du Nord

Cafe du Nord is at the basement level of the Swedish American Hall, with a dedicated entrance just two doors down on Market St. Cafe du Nord is an iconic San Francisco speakeasy, known for its long history as one of the best places to catch a live sh... more

Cafe la Taza

We've been proudly serving San Francisco 1997, offering the best quality espresso, and delicious breakfast, lunch and dinner, and now with a full bar!  more

Cafe Meuse

This little gem of a wine bar could be habit-forming.   Café Meuse offers an international selection of wine and beer.  Our seasonal menu offers a variety of delicious small plates as well as a selection of gourmet meats and cheeses... more

Cafe Van Kleef

Cafe Van Kleef, a sepia-toned saloon, two blocks from City Hall, is the jewel of Oaksterdam. The seductive scent of city council-sanctioned ganja wafts from many doorways along this strip of Telegraph, but nothing fancier than Fernet is served insid... more

Cafe Zoe

Cafe Zoe is a place for peace hope and community. Located in the heart of the Willows neighborhood of Menlo Park, Cafe Zoe aims to be your local community coffee shop and music venue where you can rely on a good cup of coffee, glass of wine or beer,... more

Caffe Frascati

Free WiFi San Jose’s Caffe Trieste has been reborn as Cafe Frascati. The name comes from a hill town near Rome where owner Roger Springall spent time and was inspired by Italian food and culture. The name also reflects the fact that it is n... more

Calicraft

Calicraft brews beer with a sense of place. We take unexpected, California-grown ingredients, like starthistle honey, Cluster hops, and anise hyssop, and use them as our point of inspiration. We like to think of our beer as the best of California, in... more

California Wine Merchant

The California Wine Merchant (CWM) was established in 1974 by Greg O’Flynn in the Marina.  It was a unique store with a wine merchant who personally tastes and selects the wines that are to be carried as well as personally interacting with... more

Calistoga Inn

Callahan's

Callahan's is the place to be around Market Street after going for a long motorcycle ride down Highway 9 back into Santa Cruz. Free pool and great happy hour prices also make it a nice break from the craziness of downtown on a Friday or Saturday nigh... more

Calle-11

Calle-11 is a SF Bay Area Nightclub located in the SoMa Neighborhood on the corner of 11th & Folsom. We're an intimate, upscaled 3 story nightclub. Offering live music, Popular DJ's, 3 Full Bars a Rooftop Restaurant with outdoor Dinning, Patio... more

CAMi art + wine

Located in the heart of Calistoga. Our tasting room is open daily for tastings by appointment. We also feature artist exhibitions to marry ART + WINE. With less than 200 cases of CAMi produced from our small two acre estate vineyard, a visit to our t... more

Camino Brewing Company & Beer Garden

Camino Brewing specializes in delicious craft beers inspired by Allen & Nathan's pilgrimage along the historic Camino de Santiago trail. The taproom and beer garden is located in downtown San Jose. Core Craft Beers & Styles: Cafe con Leche, Coffee St... more

Campovida

We are located in the heart of the warehouse district at 95 Linden Street. We invite you to come and experience our city location, inspired by our Hopland home.  You can choose from two rental spaces; Taste of Place and the Library, both availab... more

Candy Bar

Kitchy, drenched in color as a candy store should be, but with Candy Bar, the Biig team uses the setting as the backdrop to a bar where you'll find delicious classic cocktails, but playful drinks & desserts as well. Spirit-soaked ice cream sundae a... more

Canela Bistro and Wine Bar

Canela is the realization of a dream, a dream that we want to share with you. The mission of Canela is to bring joy to the act of eat and drink and provide a new space for the Castro neighborhood to keep building our fantastic diverse community. We i... more

Cannery Row Brewing Company

Canyon Club - Moraga

We are Lamorinda's Third Place: The crossroads of amazing people, great beer, delicious food, and an atmosphere of comfort. We are a brewery, a biergarten, a restaurant, and we are live music. more

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Carbon Lounge

A modern lounge - available for private / corporate events. more

Cardiff Lounge

Once a seedy dive catering to Campbell's old, drunk-by-noon crowd, the Cardiff Lounge has become a snazzy little lounge where well-clad folks get their drink on and grind up on the dance floor. The massive facelift that this tiny spot underwent sever... more

Carry Nations

8 N. Santa Cruz Ave., Los Gatos; 408.354.1771. Named after the most fervent battle-ax of the temperance movement, Carry Nation’s is a major draw in downtown Los Gatos. The vibe is casual, the crowd diverse. The bartenders have a well-deserved... more

Cascal

Old World taste meets New World appeal at Cascal. This vibrant restaurant concept brings together the savory flavors of Spain with the exotic culture of Latin America. The result is a land of lush cocktails, music and epicurean delights. Cascal one o... more

Cassidy's

Sweet little Irish style bar that makes for a good stop before heading out to bigger and better things if you're in SoMa. more

Castle Rock Restaurant

The "Rock House" was originally part of Joesville named after a man whose name isn't Joe. Castle Rock Steakhouse in Livermore offers full breakfast, lunch and dinner menus at reasonable prices. Dine inside in our dining room... or one of the seclude... more

Cat Club

Cat Club can hold about 350 - 400 people which means it is small enough to be intimate, yet large enough to accomodate a large crowd comfortably. We are divided into two large rooms: front room (lounge) big bar, espresso bar, big tv & video scree... more

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Cat's Restaurant

Featuring the "Baron of BBQ" Paul Kirk's famous dry rub, The Cats Restaurant & Bar serves up the best BBQ in the Bay Area! Established in 1896, and originally a stop on the old stage line, The Cats roadhouse served as a weigh station for horse... more

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