Snail Bar

Oakland, California

Snail Bar is a natural wine bar and bottle shop in Oakland's Temescal district, with a small seasonally focused menu that changes from week to week. The room is deliberately tiny. The maximum table size is six, and an indoor counter plus a patio and parklet out front hold space for walk in guests. Reservations open on the full service days from Friday through Monday, with larger groups handled by arrangement. A wine club runs alongside the bar for regulars who want bottles at home. The team also operates a daytime sibling upstairs at the same address and a project in southern France.