The East Bay’s best bar has been pouring for nearly 85 years

Nosh readers cast their votes in December, and the results of the 2023 Nosh Awards are in. Here is the complete lineup of 2023 award announcements. Congratulations to all of the winners!

2023 Nosh AWards

The East Bay’s favorite new restaurant is taking soul food to new heights

The East Bay’s favorite restaurant this year is a date-night superstar

The East Bay’s favorite new bar hits its stride after earlier iterations

The East Bay’s best bar has been pouring for nearly 85 years

The East Bay’s favorite neighborhood for going out is this Oakland restaurant and bar hub

The East Bay can’t get over the loss of this Oakland restaurant that closed just shy of 40 years

The Hotsy Totsy Club, Albany’s longest-running bar, first opened in 1939. 

Maybe it’s the shuffleboard or the free jukebox that lets you pretend music stopped being made in 1979, or maybe it’s the daily happy hour until 7 p.m. with $3.50 well cocktails and $8 pitchers of Pabst Blue Ribbon. Maybe it’s the fact that, after more than eight decades, the Hotsy Totsy feels like sitting down in the recliner you’ve had as long as you can remember — it just fits.

For all those reasons and more, the Hotsy Totsy is the 2023 Nosh Awards best bar overall. 

Other worthy nominees in the category were The Factory Bar, Lucky 13, Minimo, North Light and the Starry Plough. 

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