The best without question is the California Billiard Club in Mountain View, about 10 miles up the freeway from the San Jose Airport, and is easily worth the drive. Also in that area is Shoreline Billiards.
Shoreline is good. If you have a car, drive to Mountain View to California Billiards, not too far. Check out the WorldPPA website tournament list, there are a few other spots that have OK tables (Cuetopia) and Bob runs a good tournament system.
Does Cuetopia have 4 1/2 inch pocket tables, smaller or buckets? I only like 4 1/2 inch GC or Diamond and for 7 or 8 bucks an hour (thats per person) I better like the table. Were at $4 per hour per person in Denver.
Does Cuetopia have 4 1/2 inch pocket tables, smaller or buckets? I only like 4 1/2 inch GC or Diamond and for 7 or 8 bucks an hour (thats per person) I better like the table. Were at $4 per hour per person in Denver.
I haven't been to Cutopia in a while, but I think 4.5". Most of halls in the Southern Bay Area use Brunswicks. You won't generally find Diamonds out here.
As for the table price that's a normal price out here, all the halls out here are priced similarly. It's just the cost of doing business in California, plus the extra cost of doing business in Silicon Valley. Just as with pool... Eating, rent, hotels, seeing a movie, fuel, etc.. it's all more expensive.
In the case of home and rent it's mind-boggling, and those pool halls have to pay the lease somehow.
Cuetopia has a few tables with 4.5" pockets, I think tables 1-4, but ask to make sure. They offer half price pool before 4pm, if you can make it then.
Shoreline also has a couple tables that are tighter than 4.5"; again, ask if you want them and I'm sure they'd be happy to put you on them. I've seen them put bangers on those tables when everything else was full and it's rather amusing.