Blue Moon Lounge is a neighborhood sports bar. It features a pool table, shuffleboard, dartboards, beer pong and an iTunes jukebox. The menu offers a selection of bottled and on-tap beers, red and white wines, Patron, Bacardi, Captain Morgan, Jim Beam, Grey Goose and other hard liquors. Stand-up comedy is also featured occasionally as well.
This specialty food and grocery chain sells an eclectic mix of everyday staples like milk and bread, along with a selection of more exotic, hard-to-find items. Trader Joe's offers many foods under its own brand name and negotiates special deals with suppliers, resulting in low prices. The large Livermore store opened in March, 2007. A mural painted across the walls depicts the Livermore landscape, and the registers are named after local streets. It's all part of an effort by Trader Joe's to make each store feel like "Your neighborhood grocery store."
Rootstock is a restaurant and wine bar serving cheese plates, flatbreads, sandwiches and seasonal salads as well as Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Italian wine, Merlot, white wine, Pinot Noir and beer. It can host private parties or special events and also offers a wine club for customers. Visit its website to sign up for its monthly newsletter.
Black Market Brewing is a warm and friendly, locally owned microbrewery that hand-brews drafts from award-winning Hefeweizen to beers with names such as "Darth Cerevesiae." You can enjoy the company's beers at a variety of ale houses and events, but the brewery also has a tasting room. You can watch the brewmasters tend to their percolating ales from the comfortable bar area. There are barrel tables to rest your drinks on, and all of the beers produced here are on tap. If you like what you taste, you can get a growler or a keg to go.
"Fine wines without the attitude!" Uncorked serves and sells a large selection of wines from California and abroad. It offers daily wine tastings, so customers have the opportunity to discover their favorite flavors. Experts here can help with food pairings and purchases for special occasions.
