The Alley

Alley the can be found at Grand Ave 3325. The following is offered: Restaurants: Grill. The entry is present with us since Sep 10, 2010 and was last updated on Nov 14, 2013. In Oakland there are 5 other Restaurants: Grill . An overview can be found here.

Dinner is served until 10pm and features sirloin steak for less than $10.

There's no smoking, of course, but the Alley still has a cigarette machine if you want to grab a pack of Camels and step outside.

This is a piano bar, if you don't like the sound of that go shove your head up an electro DJ’s armpit. This place is so god dern'd authentic it will shake irony off even the most aloof of the mixed Lake Shore crowd. Bring a business card to add to the yellowing strata of many patrons past. The charming piano maestro is flanked by a bar built out over his ivories and like the brave captain of...

Diva of dives where piano karaoke reigns. When's the last time you saw a working cigarette machine in California? Darling Rod Dibble on the keys playing everything from Cole Porter to Patsy Cline, while you and your friends heed the ancient laws of crooning with Manhattans in hand. Old swingers and nerdsome hipsters gather over $8 steaks and an American Idol state of mind.

In Short
The interior is dimly lit with low ceilings and ski-lodge-style shingles, while thousands of business cards cover the walls. The dining room is a maze of tables and booths; the...

The Alley has been serving stiff drinks and great food for over 50 years. Voted "Best Place to Sing a Little Night Music" and "Best Dive Bar" by the East Bay Express. Happy Hour Tues-Sat 5-7pm Rod Dibble tickles the ivories nightly Tues-Sat from 9pm-1:45am Live Guitar nightly Tues-Sat from 7-9pm