Alex's 49er Inn - San Jose

The Ambiance ? Dive Bar 100% Like that 's kinda all there is to say ? But I will say more . They have a heavy Bouncer at the entry Door at all times of day or night .... There 's your set up ... that and the fact that this venue is sandwiched between an Adult Novelty Store a 99cents Store ...Meaning you are also 100% likely to meet an interesting character, how interesting is determined by lottery ... the stern doorman obviously. However, They have multiple pool tables , a classic Zoltar mis Fortune Telling Machine , Potato Chips in packages for sale from the wall Staring Role strong cheap Drinks . A veritable amusement park for certain individuals in a certain mood. That 's about all I have to say about that .

The newish bartender is sketchy and scamming people out of their change for tips and also for free drinks. I want to go back not be harassed into buying the bartender drinks or giving all my change back to the bartender without offering it. Please don't twist my arm. Owner is losing customers this way unless they condone this. It's a cool place to play pool though but listen I'm going elsewhere as long as this problem exists.

Horrible service renne worst bartender ever she doesn't even know how to count . Will never go here again

My good friend and I just finished a great day on our feet and were next door at the swinging hookah when we noticed this place. It looked like it had loads of character so we said Why not? . Upon entering, we noticed the place had a lot of people in it and it was bigger than we thought. Everyone was also very friendly. We had a couple at the bar near the door welcome us; both her and I were sure they were regulars and inebriated, bit it was still very nice! Drinks for a Sunday were incredibly inexpensive, $2.25 for a jack&coke, $2 for Jello Shots, $2.25 for buds and bud light. They also had karaoke on Sunday night! There were a lot of people participating too which was fun! The bartenders were also quick to help both of us out when we wanted another drink or water. Overall; this little hole-in-the-wall is a fun place to have a few drinks and meet some good people. It is very dated on the inside, but if you get past that, it 's a grand ol ' place

Alex 's 49er is a dive located just steps away from such conveniences as the Firestone tire shop, the Dollar Tree, Hollywood Hustler (a store that sells racy clothing and neck massagers), and the Pink Poodle (a low-end strip club). I 'd wanted to go to this bar for a long time, and even tried once. My first try was on the very day of the 2020 super bowl, which featured the 49ers playing football both before and after Jennifer Lopez danced on a pole. The bar is the teams namesake. At the time, I didn 't know about the super bowl and was greeted by a bouncer who had to wipe the chicken-wing residue off of his hands to inspect my ID. I only stayed long enough to confirm that there were no seats. My second attempt was successful. Little did I know this would be my last night out before the great quarantine of 2020. I can only hope that someone reading this in the distant future has to try hard to remember what I 'm even talking about. My friends and I ordered Pabst and Corona. I would say Alex 's has a sufficient level of beverage diversity as compared to similar bars. The establishment has two sections. When you walk past the bar, there is a room with a pool table (the kind that takes quarters that you have to get by asking your friends if one of them has a dollar bill, and then one of them fishes one out from the depths of his wallet, and you take it up to the bar, and wait along with all the people ordering jacks n ' cokes, and let the bar tender know that she has to do the dumbest part of her job now which is getting quarters out of the register for you). My unsubstantiated hypothesis is that bars would make more money serving more drinks if they just made the pool table free. But I digress. The pool table was fine, there 's not a lot of foot-traffic in that part of the bar, so you don 't have to ask people to excuse you while you set up a shot. After losing at pool, which took a LONG time, I bummed yet another dollar bill off my friend and used the mechanical fortune teller. This is a glass box like the kind of you might fish plush toys out of with an impotent three-fingered mechanical claw. Inside the box is the upper half of a male mannequin wearing a turban, vest, and a beard that looks like it is made from real human hair. But like the hair was glued on as an afterthought to an otherwise beardless animatronic man. I put in my dollar bill (this machine takes bills, unlike the pool table) and Zoltar moved his hands, mouth, AND eyes, for an amount of time that someone decided was one dollar 's worth. However, I feel that the real value was on the paper message that the box excreted after the performance (photo included) which informed me that doubt is the father of invention . I like to picture doubt and necessity hitting it doggy style.