Tallboy
Oakland, California
TOTCSPIRITED2026TOTCSPIRITED2025
Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Awards: Best U.S. Cocktail Bar (Regional Honoree, 2026), Best U.S. Bar Team (Regional Honoree, 2026), Best New U.S. Cocktail Bar (Regional Honoree, 2025).
Tallboy is a martini bar on Telegraph Avenue in Oakland whose menu is headed 'tinis and weenies, martinis and hot dogs, a formula the San Francisco Chronicle summed up as a martini dive bar and named Best Bar in the East Bay in 2025. The Spirited Awards named it a U.S. West honoree in two categories in 2026, Best U.S. Cocktail Bar and Best U.S. Bar Team.
