I strolled into Bar 355 last night after work. It was about 5:30pm.
There were 2 dudes and a bartender. I was looking for tiny bit of happy hour excitement on a Monday. There were no females there and a Laphroaig 10 y.o. set me back ten bucks. This is Oakland and 355 is a dive. That's too much. Sorry 355, I liked you better for happy hour when you were Miss Ivy's.
I kinda sorta really really like this fantastic bar. Honestly, they have tasty drinks, comfortable seating, and plenty of great jams on the jukebox. Belly up to the bar or relax upstairs on one of the couches. People watch or pound a beer. Talk to the bartenders of be a wallflower. Just go, you'll thank me later.
pssst, its never as crowded as Make Westing (even on the busiest of nights), and has rival-worthy cocktails.