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Santa Clara Neighborhood Bars

Local Bars | Neighborhood Bars | Dance Clubs | Live Music Clubs | Dive Bars | Lounges | Restaurants | Sports Bars | Gay and Lesbian Bars

The Claran
1251 Franklin Mall, Santa Clara, California; Tel. 408.296.9558
Hands down one of the best local bars in Santa Clara is The Claran which takes all kinds into its' murky, bunker-like, booze filled depths and satisfies the need of a blue-collar dive bar for the neighborhood regulars and Santa Clara University students. Unlike other local bars in other university towns, The Claran's daytime loyalists don't flee when the students start rolling in after classes creating a great mix of young and old at this Santa Clara neighborhood bar. Also, The Claran has started to showcase local live music, which totally adds to the already potent recipe for good clean dive bar fun at this local favorite.

The Hut
3200 The Alameda, Santa Clara, California
The other best local dive bar in Santa Clara is The Hut, which has been serving local regulars and Santa Clara University students plenty of cheap booze for years. During the school year The Hut gets packed, wall to wall, with drunk college students who go for the laid back party atmosphere and the stumbling proximity to their overpriced dorms and apartments of this local bar. When schools not in session, however, The Hut still gets rocking with a slew of Santa Clara regulars who call this neighborhood bar home—and, if you take endorsements, we drink here all the time whether there's drunk Santa Clara University coeds to ogle or not.

Martin's Lounge
1828 Main St., Santa Clara, California; Tel. 408.243.7976
Martin's Lounge, we believe, is the only local Santa Clara bar that opens its' doors at the blessedly obscene hour of 6am and it has been serving the neighborhood for over 60 years, so something must be right about opening that early. Also, during exam times at nearby Santa Clara University, the students must be eternally thankful for the early hours at Martin's Lounge to calm those pre test jitters or for an after test celebration. Even when there are no students to fill the space at this local Santa Clara bar, Martin's Lounge teems with regulars searching for some after (or before) work liquid solace.

—Santa Clara Bars and Clubs reviews by Ryan Osterbeck