{"id":299680,"date":"2026-05-04T21:01:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T21:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/299680\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T21:01:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T21:01:07","slug":"oakland-dave-busters-opens-in-jack-london-square","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/299680\/","title":{"rendered":"Oakland Dave & Buster’s opens in Jack London Square"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fans of bleary late nights operating arcade games and claw machines have a new outlet: Dave & Buster\u2019s<\/a>, which just debuted on the Oakland waterfront.<\/p>\n

The national amusement chain held a grand opening for its latest combined restaurant, sports bar and arcade on Monday, May 4, at 55 Harrison St. in Jack London Square. The facility features a \u201cHuman Crane,\u201d where players are strapped into an apparatus and dunked into a prize pit, in effect becoming the hand in a claw machine. It also offers private game<\/p>\n

suites for groups to rent.<\/p>\n

The building that the Texas-based company moved into has long been vacant. At first, locals had hoped that a supermarket<\/a> might take over the space, alleviating a dry spot in Oakland\u2019s grocery desert. In fact, a food hall was planned<\/a> for the site but reportedly got derailed due to the pandemic. In the end, Oakland got a D&B\u2019s.<\/p>\n

Not that everyone seems nonplussed. On the Oakland subreddit, an early visitor describes the place<\/a> as \u201cby far the biggest Dave and Buster\u2019s I\u2019ve ever been to. The dining area, bar area and game area are huge. \u2026 l had so much fun and the vibes were really positive and exciting. I hope it succeeds and brings people to the area.\u201d<\/p>\n

The latter is important, as businesses seem to leave Jack London Square rather often<\/a>, including the recent departures of Dokkaebier, Seawolf<\/a> and the Waterfront Hotel.<\/p>\n

The Dave & Buster\u2019s gobbles up more than 33,700 square feet and is open on weekends until 1 a.m., competing with the area\u2019s other late-night amusement zone, Plank. The food-and-drinks menu includes what you\u2019d expect, from wings and burgers to protein bowls and draft beers. Here are more of the facility\u2019s features, according to a company release:<\/p>\n

a \u201cmassive 40-foot screen and more than 30 oversized HDTVs surrounding the bar\u201d that give \u201cimmersive surrounding sound\u201d;
\nan exclusive \u201cUFC-themed fighting game\u201d that features \u201creal UFC fight footage, video instructions and intuitive gameplay\u201d \u2014 for those who can\u2019t make the UFC event at the White House this June<\/a>;
\n\u201cPrivate Game Suites\u201d to rent for groups that have TVs, food and drink, and games like \u201cHigh Tech Darts\u201d and \u201cSocial Shuffleboard\u201d;
\nan interactive game based on the film \u201cTop Gun: Maverick\u201d;
\na \u201cHuman Crane\u201d game, where guests \u201cstrap in and become the claw and grab prizes below for the taking.\u201d<\/p>\n

Details: Open 11 a.m.-midnight Mondays-Tuesdays, 11 a.m.-1 a.m. Wednesdays-Fridays, 10 a.m.-1 a.m. Saturdays and 10 a.m.-midnight Sundays at 55 Harrison St., Oakland; daveandbusters.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fans of bleary late nights operating arcade games and claw machines have a new outlet: Dave & Buster\u2019s,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":299681,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,145,144],"class_list":["post-299680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=299680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299680\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/299681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}