Heinold's First and Last Chance is a waterfront saloon opened by John (Johnny) M. Heinold in 1883 on Jack London Square in Oakland, California, United States. The name "First and Last Chance" refers to the time in which for many sailors, the pub was the first and last chance to drink alcohol heavily before or after a long voyage.See Heinold's First & Last Chance Saloon and all Oakland has to offer by arranging your trip with our Oakland vacation planner.
Heinold's First and Last Chance is also known as "Jack London's Rendezvous", as it was the inspiration for scenes from the Oakland writer's novels Call of the Wild and The Sea Wolf.
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Found this on maps and wow what a neat piece of history!!!! If your in Oakland or the Bay Area you have to stop in here just for the free history lesson!! I can’t explain how neat of a place this...
Found this on maps and wow what a neat piece of history!!!! If your in Oakland or the Bay Area you have to stop in here just for the free history lesson!! I can’t explain how neat of a place this... more »
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For the Completion of our Voyage through the Pacific Coast of California, and after a very short drive through CANNERY ROW in Monterey, where we regretted the inexistance of a simple coffeeShop, some.... more
For the Completion of our Voyage through the Pacific Coast of California, and after a very short drive through CANNERY ROW in Monterey, where we regretted the inexistance of a simple coffeeShop, some.... more »
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To sip a whiskey with a beer, to think of sailors going out to sea or the feel of the gold fever planning to strike it rich.... Authentic, couldn't be more.
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I read about this place on Atlas Obscura and they said the floor and bar are off level by a couple feet from an earthquake over a hundred years ago and they just never got around to fixing it. That is some world class procrastination right there. I thought this might have been a little bit of hyperbole, until I walked in. It really is steep. I had a seat at the end of the bar and a few times as I set my beer down, it slid a little bit. Awesome. The service was friendly and they had decent beer on tap, but this place is all about the history and decor.
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