The Alley's a popular piano bar and restaurant located at 3325 Grand Avenue in Oakland. It features 10,000 business cards on it's walls and ceiling and Rod Dibble's at the piano, as he has been since 1963.
I sing there on occasion, although it took me two years to get the nerve to do it. Rod specializes in "show tunes" like "42nd Street" and "Oklahoma." There's a song book with at least 100 songs in it including "The Oakland Song."
The Alley has great food -- great steak and a vegetarian plate -- and is open from 5 PM to 2 AM Tuesday through Saturday each week.
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