Post #396290 by Mai Tai on Thu, Jul 24, 2008 3:00 PM

On 2008-07-24 10:41, Finkitiki wrote:
Wow that is cool but it is not the one I remember as the door did not face the street. And parking was to the left side of the building. It was probably just a neighborhood style bar but boy was it cool. Their mugs were really cool too. I remember the mirror behind the bar and bamboo everywhere.
My dad must have liked it a lot as he bought his own bar in San Leandro in the late 60's.

Well, that is just the pic from Google Maps. There could be parking on the other side of the building as well, as well as a side door there. Some things could have been reconfigured over the last forty years, plus buildings could have been built next door on the left side where the parking lot was, front door added or changed, etc. I grew up not far from there, and used to pass through that area virtually daily on my way to junior high and high school, which was not far from Bayfair Mall.

Speaking of changes, you wouldn't recognize Bayfair Mall either. It has gone through numerous changes, such as the Bayfair BART station, no more race track, or drive in movie theater, and Bayfair Lanes Bowling Alley is gone as well, to make room for a Century Movie Cineplex, so you can enjoy listening to everyone chattering away on their cell phones and dropping their 40's of St. Ides while the movie is playing.

I still live in the East Bay, (still keepin' it real in the Nickle-Dime!) but in Alameda now (Stay Classy, Alameda!). I'll see if I can swing by to snap off a few pics the next time I roll through San Leandro, in the next couple of weeks or so.