Monday, August 31, 2026

The Best Places to Drink Near Ramen Champ, by the Record

  1. Rank 1. First Born Los Gatos

    Fusion Vietnamese



  2. The floor tilts so sharply that the table legs have been sawn down just to keep your drink from sliding off. This ancient saloon, built from whaling ship timbers and barely changed since forever, sits in the middle of a modern plaza like it missed the memo. Jack London drank and wrote here, then name-dropped the place seventeen times in "John Barleycorn." Order something simple and let the lean do the work.


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