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The Alley

Grand Avenue
3325 Grand Ave. - map
Oakland, CA
510.444.8505

Hours
Tuesday through Thursday 4:00 pm-2:00am

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Price (dinner)	$
Price (lunch)	¢

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Service
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Features
minors not allowed
television

Accepts
cash

Smoking
permitted

Dress
casual

Alcohol
full bar

Reservations
not accepted

Parking
street parking
pay parking
public transit accessible

Top: United States: CA: Oakland: Grand Avenue

Description

Piano bar, low priced libations and dinners. Crusty crooner Rod Dibble tickles the ivory nightly at this classic dive.

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All in the mood for a melody? - xpress.sfsu.edu, Sonia Wieland - suggest change
The Alley is a dive, pure and simple. - CitySearch - suggest change

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A Place You Have To See and Eat At
Great steaks, great chicken, the best $3 burger in the world, and one helluva bar. Dark and clean, great bartenders, nice TV, good, solid vibes! The best bar/restaurant in Oakland. Closely resembles "Runyons" in New York City. Bargain prices. Food is ample and cheap. And the drinks poured are prime. Remember, at the Alley, no credit cards. CASH is king. Great atmosphere. Funny crowd.    [02 Sep 2003 20:25:48]

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Recommended Dishes: Chopped Sirloin...$7.95...Awesome!

     Rich Lieberman, Oakland   bigvinnyrich at aol dot com

Alley is Classic Crooners, Young Hip-Geeks
Best Piano bar in the U.S. Move over Mimi's, here comes Rod Dibble!

Dive bar, yes.
Eight Dollar steak dinner, yes.
He knows every song you'd ever want to sing from pre 1970.    [23 Oct 2003 00:17:22]

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Recommended Dishes: Eight Dollar Steak Dinner.

     Anonymous

A Landmark Charm
This is a landmark piano bar and restaurant that has been around since at least the 50s. The piano player, Rod Dibble, is reknowned for his knowledge of 1000s of standards. Do not try to sing anything post Beatles.    [19 Dec 2004 15:26:18]

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Recommended Dishes: Steaks

     Bruce

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