Travel Reference
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Drinking & Nightlife
Café Van Kleef
BAR
510-763-7711;
www.cafevankleef.com
; 1621 Telegraph Ave;
noon-2am
Tue-Fri, 4pm-2am Sat-Mon)
Order a greyhound (with fresh-squeezed grapefruit juice) and take a gander at the profusion
of antique musical instruments, fake taxidermy heads, sprawling formal chandeliers and
bizarro ephemera clinging to every surface possible here. Quirky, kitschy and evocative
even
before
you get lit, it features live blues, jazz and the occasional rock band on week-
ends plus DJs and a drag show other nights.
Awaken Cafe
CAFE
7:30am-10pm Mon-Thu, to midnight
Fri, 8:30am-midnight Sat, to 7pm Sun; )
The laptop brigade camps out at this central downtown cafe by day, munching wood-fired
bagels and drinking fairly traded Four Barrel coffee. But they get sidelined at 5pm, with
live Afro-Cuban, folk, R&B and other events (cover free to $15) taking center stage after
7pm.
Beer Revolution
BEER HALL
Go ahead and drool. With almost 50 beers on tap, and more than 500 in the bottle, there's a
lifetime of discovery ahead, so kick back on the sunny deck or park yourself at that barrel
table embedded with bottle caps. Bonuses include no distracting TVs and a punk
soundtrack played at conversation-friendly levels. Check Facebook for meet-the-brewer
sessions and Sunday barbecues.
Blue Bottle Coffee Company
CAFE
7am-5:30pm Mon-Fri, from 8am
Sat & Sun)
The java gourmands queue up here for single-origin espressos and what some consider the
best coffee in the country, and the very origin-specific beans are roasted on site. Its newer
