Full name | Yoshi’s Japanese Restaurant and Music Venue |
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Address | 510 Embarcadero West Oakland, CA 94607-3506 |
Location | Jack London Square |
Public transit | Oakland – Jack London Square Free Broadway Shuttle (weekdays only)[1] to 12th Street/Oakland City Center |
Owner | Kaz Kajimura, Yoshie Akiba, and Hal Campos |
Capacity | 310 |
Construction | |
Opened | May 18, 1997 |
Construction cost | $3 million |
Website | |
Venue Website |
Yoshi's (also known as Yoshi's Jazz Club and Yoshi's Oakland) is a nightclub located in Jack London Square in Oakland, California, United States. The venue originally opened in 1972 as a restaurant in Berkeley, later moving to Claremont Avenue in Oakland. In 1979, the restaurant expanded into a lounge/nightclub hosting local and national jazz musicians.
In 1985, the venue was rebranded as Yoshi's Nitespot until 1997, when it moved yet again within the Port of Oakland. The current location began operations May 18, 1997 with a performance by Tito Puente.