DANVILLE, CALIFORNIA – After the Gold Rush, the East Bay really was the Wild West. Cowboys and ranchers ruled the hills, and most other folks worked in agriculture.
Not much has survived, culturally speaking, from those rugged times. Today, you’re more likely to see denizens of the 925 driving a Porsche Cayenne and sipping a $14 acai smoothie than riding up them thar hills on horseback.
One thing that has survived, though, is a handful of dive bars. These have changed very little in over a century. And they’re still serving locals today, just as they did in cowboy times…