Los Gatos Local Bars

You wouldn't think from the bland exterior, situated in a strip mall, that #1 Broadway in Los Gatos would rock, but rock it does for the 30 and up set whose lives still have room for partying. This little local bar serves up live music, from local rock and disco bands, on some nights further packing the already claustrophobic dance floor and, this is a rarity in Los Gatos, you can actually take your drinks out on the patio that overlooks the street below for a breather.

Local Los Gatos bikers hang out at the Boulevard Tavern to inspect the latest offerings from Harley Davidson, swill some cheap beer, listen to some good ol' rock and roll and generally forget that they’re in one of the classiest neighborhoods around. The Boulevard Tavern sports this set to capacity nearly every night and is no slouch when it comes to partying.

Home to the largest St. Patrick's Day celebration in the area, seriously when that magical March date rolls around if you're not there at like 6am go someplace else, C.B. Hannnegan's also gets pretty rocking the other 364 days of the year. Regulars describe this Los Gatos local bar as a home away from home and, if you've even been there once, you know exactly what they're talking about. The outdoor patio comes with a fireplace for those chilly evenings when you haven't had enough of the sauce to warm your bones.

This mainstay of the Los Gatos bar scene has a little something for everyone and gets it done every night of the week. Carrie Nation's is small and extremely popular with the twenty and thirty year old crowds and has a few huge TVs where you can catch all your sports. This local Los Gatos bar is a perennial favorite for the big games and the perfect place for a before or after dinner drink, or often the last ditch effort for people trying to hook up... you see, something for everyone.

A sports haven in Los Gatos, Double D's Sports Grille will happily put on any game you want, seriously even if you don't know what channel it's on, the bartenders will find it faster than it takes you to drink half of your first beer. For this reason, also for their awesome grill works and semi-separate arcade room, Double D's is one of our favorite sports bars to camp out on a Saturday or Sunday scoping the sports action thankfully beamed in from across the nation... and beyond.

Johnny's Northside Grill in Los Gatos makes it incredibly easy to stop in and stay awhile with their many TVs showing any and all sports, their awesome grill works that pump out classic American pub fare, their more reasonably priced booze and their back patio complete with a basketball hoop in the parking lot. This little local bar is a favorite for families to hang out at after some gathering or game and even when the soccer wagons don't pull up out front, Johnny's Northside Grill is still packed with regulars sharing stories over a few beers.

Although saddled with a rep as a hangout for the over 50 set, La Hacienda Inn Hotel in Los Gatos is a cool joint to kick up your heels in on some wayward night when you get sick of the clubbers downtown. In hopes of drawing in a younger crowd, La Hacienda has started to showcase live music on the weekends, usually a mix of oldies and contemporary rock to keep their regulars and newcomers dancing.

The place to party hard in Los Gatos, Mountain Charley's Saloon sports two bars that can barely keep up with the twenty and thirty-somethings’ demands for booze that pack into this local bar every night of the week, sometimes creating a line that seems to go on in perpetuity. Because when Mountain Charley's has a live band strutting their stuff or when the DJ starts dropping some beats, the dance floor becomes a mass of gyrating flesh that would make Caligula proud, meaning if you can't hook up here you might as well hang up your spurs and grab another drink. Read Review.

Los Gatos' venerable dive bar, the Black Watch has that low key hipster vibe that belongs in a more urban setting, but that certainly doesn't mean that we're not thankful it's here. You can toss a few rounds of darts or just kick back with friends and you're likely to hear the loud rock and roll music coming out of the Black Watch before you step inside to the dimly lit interior to take part in their signature drink special: a pint glass of kamikazes. Read Review.

This tropically themed local Los Gatos bar, located within the Los Gatos Lodge, was touted as the best pick-up joint for nearly four decades by authorities more renowned than us and now The Wave Room is holding onto that rep by offering good, cheap drinks in their kitschy interior. They still pack the crowds in here like they did back in their swingin' heyday, but we gather that the food and drink are a little better now.

Once only known as a secretive little spot for forty-something romantics, the Wine cellar in Los Gatos has been exposed and the younger crowds are moving in to get their taste of the hipper sophisticated life or, as one colleague put it, maybe they're searching for their own Mrs. Robinson. Whatever the reason, people are flocking to the Wine Cellar to sample their extensive—you guessed it—wine selection, imbibe their funky cocktails and dine on their eclectic cuisine in Los Gatos' newest hotspot.