EAST BAY INSOMNIAC

ALBANY BOWL

“The Place to Get Your Groove On”

540 San Pablo Ave, Albany • 526-8818

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THALASSA

2367 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley • 848-1766

I don’t care that much about pool, but the East Bay Express had this to say about Thallasa’s jukebox (which I do care about): “a jukebox stocked with the Buzzcocks, the Notwist, Le Tigre, Television, Outkast, Johnny Cash, and the Pixies, rotated weekly.”

21 pool tables plus over a dozen beers. Crowded with UC kids on weekends, virtually dead on weekdays.

OPEN UNTIL: 2AM

PARKING: street

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THE RUBY ROOM

132 14th St. (btwn Masdison & Oak), Oakland • 444-7224

SPINNING:

• 80s/new wave
• punk/goth
• soul & funk

POOL TABLE: YES

OPEN UNTIL: 2AM

PARKING: street

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THAI NOODLE

1936 Shattuck, Berkeley • 848-6531

SERVING:

• satay
• Pad Thai
• Yen Ta Fo
• sticky rice

OPEN UNTIL: 1-2AM

PARKING: street

OYSTER REEF SEAFOOD RESTAURANT

1000 Embarcadero, Oakland • 836-2519

SERVING:

• fresh and fried seafood (see menu)
• raw, barbecued and grilled oysters
• burgers (including a garden burger)
• soups and salads
• prime rib on weekends

OPEN UNTIL: 2AM (kitchen service Tues-Sun) • 2AM (bar “or when the last customer leaves”)

PARKING: lot

AMBIENCE: waterfront dining with marina views, live jazz, blues and soul four nights a week

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