You live in San Ramon. The Niners are on, the kids are bouncing off the walls, and your TV is 55 inches when you really need 75. Good news: you can be on a barstool in Pleasanton or Dublin in under 15 minutes via 680. Here’s the rotation, ranked by how often I’d actually send a neighbor.
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Porky’s Pizza Palace (Pleasanton) — 2911 Hopyard Rd. Twenty-five 70-inch TVs and DirecTV NFL Sunday Ticket, per their own site. There’s a game area for the kids, hand-tossed pizza, and their “Broasted” fried chicken. Meltdown risk level: low. This is the family pick.
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Pivot Craft Kitchen & Sports Bar (Pleasanton) — 5121 Hopyard Rd. The new one. Soft-opened January 15, 2026 from the owner of Sabio on Main, who told Pleasanton Weekly the menu is “a sports bar menu but it will taste a lot more elevated.” 11,000 square feet, stadium-tunnel entrance, Topgolf-style sim bays, and a hidden suite behind a sliding Heisman-trophy door. Brandt Beef double burger and three-day-prepared wings. This is the novelty trip…