2009 BEST OF SILICON VALLEY Reader Survey Winner - First Place

Best Dive Bar

Every barfly has his or her own interpretation of what constitutes a dive bar, and this year Metro readers chose the Black Watch in Los Gatos. Hey, it doesn't have any windows you can see through, so therefore it's a dive. Make sense? I hope so. Bikers dig the place. Daytime miscreants dig the place. Hell, even people from Los Gatos dig the place.


2009 BEST OF SILICON VALLEY Reader Survey Winner - First Place

Best Shots

Does the Black Watch serve the best shots in the South Bay? Here's a guarantee: Have enough of what these bartenders are serving and you won't remember either way. From Flaming Docs to Washington Apples to Chocolate Cake shots, let it never be said that the Black Watch skimps on the questionable choice of shots that so many of us have had there. Amen.


2008 BEST OF SILICON VALLEY Reader Survey Winner - Third Place

Best Place to Throw a Bachelorette Party

If planning a pre-wedding shindig at this rockin’ watering hole, just remember that it’s built to the scale of a Tic Tac box, so get here early to score one of the booths, some seats in the back or a chunk of the bar.

-- Metro, Silicon Valley's Weekly Newspaper, September 24, 2008