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1621 Telegraph Avenue
\nOakland, CA 94612
\n(510) 763-7711
\ncafevankleef.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Description<\/strong>
\nThese days, there’s a big noise surrounding a little bar in Oakland. The bar is Cafe Van Kleef, and the noise is the blues.<\/p>\n

Named one of “The five places in the West that would do the Big Easy proud<\/a>” by SFGate, Cafe Van Kleef is a newcomer on the Oakland music scene. But that’s not stopping it from becoming one of the most well-known jazz and blues clubs this side of the Mississippi.<\/p>\n

This bar is about as\u00a0undiscriminating\u00a0as they come: The artists, the crowd, and especially the d\u00e9cor defy any preconceived notions of what a Jazz bar ought to be. Walking into this little club is like entering Alice’s Wonderland, if\u00a0Wonderland is your creepy uncle’s dusty attic, where he’s throwing a party for a grungy hipsters and Oakland locals\u2014all while an act with a name like the “Squidling Brothers Circus Sideshow” plays in the background. But you really can’t have any fun without a little crazy, right?<\/p>\n

Tip: Try the greyhound. It’s the house specialty, and it’s pretty much all anyone can ever talk about.<\/p>\n

Read about the other\u00a0places to see a show in the Bay Area<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Directions<\/strong>
\nTake\u00a0BART<\/a>\u00a0(Pittsburg\/Bay Point line) to 19th Street. Cafe Van Kleef is about two steps away, where Telegraph meets 16th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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