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- From: kpapai@rahul.net (Ken Papai)
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- Subject: repost of Bay Area singles brewpubs
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- Date: 26 Jan 93 19:26:18 GMT
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- kpapai@rahul.net (Ken Papai) writes:
- >dank@netcom.com (Dan King) writes:
- >>Also, since I'm already posting something, I thought I'd ask if anyone has
- >>any suggestions for a good microbrewery in the South Bay. Somewhere in
- >>Santa Clara would be ideal.
-
- >My humble opinion is that the South Bay is hurtin' real good for a good
- >brewpub. The Tied House is OK, rather average beer, not totally inspired,
- >and average food at best. The one in Mtn View draws a pretty good-sized
- >crowd most evenings. They also are in San Jose and Alameda. Tied House
- >has between 6 and 8 types of beer to choose from. Stay away from their
- >stout because it is not. Probably their double wheat is their best, or
- >their amber ale.
-
- >Gordon Biersch in downtown San Jose and in Palo Alto (and in S.F.) have better
- >food than TH, the singles scene at the PA locn is more happening than the
- >SJ location for sure. The beer, all 3 kinds usually only, is kind of boring,
- >but if you're into bland German style beer than what the hell. What the
- >South Bay needs is a Good Ale House.
-
- >(and rumors be known, Benchmark Brewpub, in Sunnyvale (Murphy's Square), is
- >going to be an ale house when they finally open, hopefully April or May)
-
- >Winchester Brewpub in San Jose needs a lot of improvement for their
- >beers to be palatable. It's also kind of a sports bar too. Brewpub on the
- >Green in Fremont has decent beer and is most definitely a sports bar.
- >Their ESB and porter is pretty good, food is mostly fried stuff though.
-
- >The best brewpub in the South Bay right now could well be Los Gatos Brewing.
- >They usually have four beers fresh on tap, right now they have two German
- >style lagers, a German dunkel, and kind of a British nut brown ale. This
- >pub is more "upscale" that any brewpub I have been to, more so than San Jose's
- >Gordon Biersch, and draws more of a yuppie, frat style crowd. Their food
- >is pretty good, but not really all that great of a place for meeting singles,
- >the food is emphasized more than the brewpub atmosphere. Los Gatos is new,
- >opened last year, Sept. I think.
-
- >Best brewpubs in Bay Area? (including Santa Cruz, I am stretching, but not
- >really since Santa Cruz is closer to Sunnyvale than Richmond or Berkeley)
- >are Santa Cruz brewpub on Front St. and Seabright Brewpub in Santa Cruz.
- >Excellent food, excellent ales, excellent.
-
- >Look to San Francisco for more great brewpub excellence: Twenty Tank on 11th
- >St. and San Francisco Brewpub on Columbus. Average food, great beer.
-
- >Oakland has the wonderful Pacific Coast brewpub. Good food, great beer,
- >they also have other microbrews there, especially the four star
- >Anderson Valley oatmeal stout and A.V. centennial ale!
-
- >I could go on and on a lot more but that's all for now. There are other
- >good (and bad) 'pubs worth mentioning in a future post.
-
- kjp from sunnyvale
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- Ken Papai <kpapai@rahul.net>
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