Past Time Pool has 2 flatscreens, many pool tables, they serve only beer, mostly in bottle. only a few drafts available.
Past Time is a dive bar in the beer sense. more accurately, it's a pool hall that serves beer. nice place to hang out with buds drinking beer and playing pool.
pour: flat tire, bottle(4)
on draught:
-few microbrews available.
-chips, salsa also available.
-friendly service
-mostly older crowd in the late afternoon.
This is my fav little bar in the valley. No douches, no hipsters, no pretenses. Ran down. Authentic. Townies in a good way. Couple pool tables. Couple TVs. Cheap but good beer. What more do you want? On a hot day or beautiful evening swing in for a 2 buck Bud and chat with friends. Perfect and just what I want in my dive.
Review Source:Past Time is the kind of place that most people in Pleasanton have no frame of reference to understand. It's there to do what you do there, drink, play pool, and listen to the juke box, and if you want somebody to give a damn about your car or bank account, keep it to yourself, 'cause there is nobody like that here. But if you have an open mind, don't need special treatment, or service with a bunch of thank you's, or ever a sir, this is the best time in Pleasanton. You buy beer, play pool, and play a wide variety of tunes on the juke, and you just be. It's the kind of place you might see Bourdain stop into to have a beer and talk to the locals, who really don't seem all that impressed that he's there.
I love it. A few years ago I moved back to the area after a long time away and stopped to talk to a guy smoking just outside the door. I asked "what the hell happened to Pleasanton?" and he said "I know, ain't it a shame?" I have a feeling that nobody at Past Time cares about yelp and might even shun me if they knew I posted, but it's a real place where you can be sure people are telling you the truth, and you can relax and have a whole bunch of fun.
The boys staggered in here while we were walking to the car. Â Some wanted more beer, some wanted to go to the bathroom, and some saw the 21+ sign... And so we entered to follow them and remind them we were supposed to be leaving town. Â That didn't happen. Â We bought a couple of pitchers here and just hung out for a little longer. Â Since I was designated driver, I was sobering up (smart right?) and got a diet coke. Â A couple of the gals hit the restroom and were surprised that there were two doors (one from the inside of the bar to the restroom and one from the restroom to the back); there was a guy sitting on the step having a cigarette outside... she had to ask him if it was OK to close the door. Â The crowd was your typical dive bar scene and there wasn't anything special about the place. Â The female bartender explained it to be cash only and beer only... which proved to be helpful or the guys would have ordered a round of shots. Â I like the area of Pleasanton, but I can't say I'd choose to come back here specifically. Â Then again, the cheap beer could attract us if we were in the area or on the street.
Review Source:You know how dive bars are making a comeback? And how the crowd is usually younger and the place just appears to be seedy when it's really kinda cool? Yeah ... this place isn't really of those spots.
This is a GENUINE dive. As one of the (or maybe the only) surviving bars on Main St. it's still fun to play pool and order some chips n salsa. Be forewarned however that there will more than likely be some older men (who may or may not be drunk) leering at you and snickering. Kinda icky. There are other divey spots in Pleasanton that don't have a crowd like this. If you're just down to play pool over a pitcher or two, then go for it. If you're looking to be around a slightly younger crowd then I'd suggest going elsewhere.
I just went there for the first time last night and I was pleasantly surprised. I just moved up here and I had several people tell me that this was the place to stay away from! But I went on the advice of someone else...and I was immediately comfortable there! I will be back for sure!
Review Source:Cheap drinks are always good (I think a huge pitcher is $9) but the crowd at this bar is NEVER the same. I'm all about diversity but this is more like it's never the same people, but always kinda creepy. The bartenders seem pretty cool and I think they're drunk...which I don't care about, but I'm from a neighborhood that had 4 or 5 dive bars within 5 minutes and this just does not stand up to the competition...even a tiny bit. I hate to say bad things and I'm sure it's bad "review karma," but I was really disappointed with this place (and we've been there at least 3 times b/c there's nothing else affordable to do in Pleasanton!) Pool tables are a plus but they're in terrible shape and have weird "juice" spilled all over them. Plus, they're CROOKED as all get out.
Review Source:After two years, I've finally built up the courage to write this review. Â I'm ashamed of something that happened here back in May of 2006. Â Did I:
a) Throw up on a pool table?
b) Expose my breasts while rocking out to Lynyrd Skynyrd?
c) Meet my husband here?
The answer is...C! Â While I'm obviously not ashamed of my husband, I am embarrassed that we met at the biggest dive bar in the Tri-Valley.
Let me clear something up: We were not two lonely souls swigging PBR on neighboring bar stools. Â We were actually set up by co-workers and were grabbing a beer before heading to First Wednesday.
Did I save face with that explanation? Â Probably not.
As out-of-towners here for training, we weren't quite prepared for the, um, lack of nightlife in the "Tri-valley" region. Â (That is what you call it, right?) Â We headed to downtown Pleasanton on the advice of people who apparently aren't familiar with the term "nightlife." Â It was like asking a bunch of fifth graders where the best drink specials are and being sent downtown. Â But you play with the cards dealt to you and we found a few places. Â After being kicked out of the Main Street Brewery (long story), we asked our server where else to go. Â It was funny, we were all kind of dressed up in suits, so when we asked, our server responded, "Well, you could go to Pasttimes, but it's a real dive. Â You might not like it."
When we walked in, it didn't seem that divey to me. Â Oh sure, it WAS one, but it wasn't any more divey than my usual haunts and the pool hall I used to frequent in college was way scarier. Â In fact, I heard more than a few "Excuse me's" by the wayward bikers and underemployed hipsters in skinny jeans scattered about. Â Harumph. Â That ain't scary. Â Hearing "Move or I'll cut you" is scary. Â Hearing "Boy, yew ain't from 'round here" is scary. Â Checking the jukebox and seeing nothing but Merle Haggard and Conway Twitty 45s is scary. Â This place was a walk in the park.
What frightened us was the fact that they only served beer and no liquor. And when it comes to beer, this so-called dive didn't even have PBR. Â I'll give them three stars for trying (and considering what I saw of their competition, at least there was character.) Â But just because the bathroom smells of urine, that don't make a place a dive. Â At best, that's merely a pre-req.
great place if you want to catch a disease or get stabbed. i have lived in pleasanton all of my life and this is no place for the cute downtown. the place is packed when they open but it's not the crowd you want to take home to meet the parents. it's a good bar if you want to but a cheap dime bag or score a toothless babe for the night. no thanks!!!
Review Source:I love this place. The reason for my love lies in the fact that my house cannot bear a pool table- the womb of my domestical dwellings is shut with all kinds of furniture and useless crap. So, where can I get my pool-playing freak on but Jillian's when I go to San Francisco?
That doesn't happen much.
So I made my home here. At 4 quarters a game, it is a steal. The only problem is once a ball goes in- you lost it. No practicing trick shots or reseting Trash. The stuff is old and used, but it doesn't even matter enough to bump this down to a 4.
I am not into alcohol, so I can't rate on that. The staff is alright, not bad or good. For me, a guy who goes into the back and stays there playing pool, I rarely need to speak to them.
The jukebox is a great touch. It is an electric-touch screen one. It has a lot of songs, but it is quite expensive. Still, a juke is a juke.
I love this place. Find me.
This place gets four stars simply because it is the last of a dying breed, a true dive bar. Â Located in the heart of downtown P-Town set right amidst all the chic downtown women's boutique's & day spa's, antique stores, dining & the rest of yuppieville, here's a place where the locals start coming in around 10:00 (a.m.) & hang around most of the day. Â Why the Pleasanton Chamber of Commerce, local city government, etc.haven't shut this place down remains a mystery aside from the fact that it takes you back to the 70's & 80's when Main St. had 6-7 more bars just like Pastime.
Coldest Pabst Blue Ribbon on tap I ever had. Â Didn't get knifed or start a fight when I bumped into a rather large, bearded & tattooed biker guy either.
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