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2942 S Bascom Ave, San Jose, CA 95124· dive-bar· $
DIVE-BAR

Cambrian Park's longtime cheap-pour dive — pool table, Warriors on the TV, the kind of bar where the bartender knows your name by drink number two.

Open till 2am most nights. Cash-friendly dive.

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HRSCloses 2a–4a
PH—
RATING3.9★ (110)
PRICE$
HOODCambrian Park
CITYSan Jose
CATBars
"go after midnight"
— the ed.
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