Cato's Ale House

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American restaurant in Oakland, CA

4.5 · 1,041 reviewsOpens today at 11:30 AM

Mellow pub caters to local regulars with rotating taps, bar grub & occasional live tunes.

Eligible to offer 20% cashback to customers who shop here.OrbitBack

AI ScoreChatGPT and Gemini didn't mention Cato's Ale House.Scored from 8 signals across search and AI.

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Updated Sep 9, 2026Last activity 1 month ago, a question from wedding_walker_west.

Services

What Cato's Ale House offers, what it costs, and what people come for.

The menu

  • Order nowFrom their websiteAmerican restaurant
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Team

Who you'll see, and whether their licenses check out.
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Today11:30 AM to 12 AM

Busy times

Closed now. Busiest Tue and Fri, 6 to 9 PM.

Reputation

What reviews, press and directories say about Cato's Ale House.

4.5from 1,041 reviews on Google

Cato's Ale House is cherished for its beer selection and classic dishes, but faces criticism for service and food quality inconsistencies. Cato's Ale House offers a nostalgic atmosphere with its rustic decor and a welcoming environment, making it a popular spot for friends to gather. However, some patrons have noted distractions from sports broadcasts that can disrupt conversations, particularly on the back patio.

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  • 20%
  • 14%
Would go back80%80% of reviews give the visit 4 or 5 stars.Positive 80%, 4 or 5 stars · Neutral 16%, 3 stars · Negative 4%, 1 or 2 stars
The good
  • Fish and chips
  • Fried chicken sandwich
  • Great beer selection
  • Pizza/salad combo
The bad
  • Long waits for service
  • Inconsistent food quality
  • Distractions from sports broadcasts
  • Staff training concerns

Press and awards

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How AI sees Cato's Ale House

The AI Score is out of 100, read from 8 signals across search and AI.

25out of 100

What the score is made of

Signal and how much it countsCato's Ale House

  • Retrieval grounding 26%Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on.0
  • Off-property attestation 20%Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability.41
  • AI visibility 14%Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service.0
  • Reviews & response 12%The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim.83
  • Backlink & citation authority 8%Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you.57
  • Google Business Profile 8%Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first.90
  • Speed & mobile 7%Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone.33
  • Content freshness & schema 5%Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals.57

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What AI reads

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Local AI Registry · American restaurants in Oakland, CA · Editorial

Cato's Ale House, Oakland CA: Reviews

Steve Lee

By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated September 9, 2026.

Published September 9, 2026 · Updated September 9, 2026 · Machine-readable version below

In short

Cato's Ale House is an american restaurant in Oakland, CA. Its AI Score is 25 of 100, which is poor.

What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks

Key facts

FactValue
TypeAmerican restaurant
Address3891 Piedmont Ave, Oakland, CA 94611, USA
HoursMon 11:30 AM to 11 PM · Tue to Sat 11:30 AM to 12 AM · Sun 11:30 AM to 11 PM
Phone(510) 655-3349
Rating4.5 across 1,041 reviews on Google
Quietest timeWednesday
UpdatedSeptember 9, 2026

All the details

Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.

GroupFactValueMarkEvidence
Location infoAddress3891 Piedmont Ave, Oakland, CA 94611, USAConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoDescriptionMellow pub caters to local regulars with rotating taps, bar grub & occasional live tunes.ConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoHoursMon 11:30 AM to 11:00 PM · Tue to Sat 11:30 AM to 12:00 AM · Sun 11:30 AM to 11:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoNameCato's Ale HouseConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoPhone(510) 655-3349ConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursMonday11:30 AM to 11:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursTuesday11:30 AM to 12:00 AMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursWednesday11:30 AM to 12:00 AMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursThursday11:30 AM to 12:00 AMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursFriday11:30 AM to 12:00 AMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursSaturday11:30 AM to 12:00 AMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursSunday11:30 AM to 11:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
ServicesServiceAmerican cuisineAI guess
ServicesServiceBar foodAI guess
ServicesServiceDraft beerAI guess
ServicesServiceLive musicAI guess
ServicesServiceOnline orderingAI guess
ServicesServiceOrder nowFrom their websiteBusiness website
LinksFacebookhttps://facebook.com/catosalehouseAI guessOur record
LinksInstagramhttps://instagram.com/catosalehouseAI guessOur record
LinksWebsitehttp://www.catosalehouse.com/ConfirmedGoogle Business Profile

Services and prices

These are the 1 service Cato's Ale House offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from.

ServicePricePrice markPrice evidenceService mark
Order nowFrom their website

Known for

The team

Visiting Cato's Ale House

Address: 3891 Piedmont Ave, Oakland, CA 94611, USA. Phone: (510) 655-3349. Hours: Mon 11:30 AM to 11 PM · Tue to Sat 11:30 AM to 12 AM · Sun 11:30 AM to 11 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)

Location info from Google Business Profile

From Google Business Profile: "Mellow pub caters to local regulars with rotating taps, bar grub & occasional live tunes."

When to go

Quietest day: Wednesday. Busiest day: Friday. From the popular times on its Google listing.

Parking and getting in

Nearby

PlaceTypeDistance
Yummy Yummy HibachiJapanese restaurant1 min walk
TAKOREARestaurant1 min walk
Me and Jungle CafeCafe1 min walk
Kaiser Permanente Parking Garage - Howe StreetParking garage2 min walk
Snow White CoffeeCoffee shop2 min walk
Thai Taste KitchenThai restaurant2 min walk

Reputation

4.5 average across 1,041 reviews: Google 1,041. (Confirmed, read September 9, 2026.)

Cato's Ale House is cherished for its beer selection and classic dishes, but faces criticism for service and food quality inconsistencies. (AI guess, from 1,041 reviews.)

What people like

  • Fish and chips
  • Fried chicken sandwich
  • Great beer selection
  • Pizza/salad combo

What people do not like

  • Long waits for service
  • Inconsistent food quality
  • Distractions from sports broadcasts
  • Staff training concerns

Press

Awards

Directories

Questions people ask

prices round here, anyone got a number

where does this place post updates

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best american restaurant in Oakland

membership, worth it or not

worth it or not, what do the regulars say

is there a day here that is not slammed

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Are the hours on Google right for Cato's Ale House in Oakland?

picking between the two, is Grand Lake the safer bet?

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what else is on Piedmont around Cato's Ale House?

The AI Score: 25 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. American restaurants on the registry run 18 to 62. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Cato's Ale House scores 25. The same method scores every business on the registry.

SignalWeightScoreWhat it measuresCato's Ale House
Retrieval grounding260Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on.Poor
Off-property attestation2041Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability.Poor
AI visibility140Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service.Poor
Reviews & response1283The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim.Good
Backlink & citation authority857Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you.Fair
Google Business Profile890Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first.Good
Speed & mobile733Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone.Poor
Content freshness & schema557Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals.Fair

Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology

How AI decides what to say about an american restaurant: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-local-business. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-local-business

Entity map

Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other.

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Cato's Ale HouseLocalBusiness#businesshttp://www.catosalehouse.com/Subject of this page
Oakland, CaliforniaCity#cityCity Cato's Ale House is in
Local AI RegistryOrganization#publisherhttps://localairegistry.comPublisher of this page
Steve LeePerson#authorhttps://localairegistry.com/team/steve-leeAuthor of this page

Topical map

Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the american restaurants in Oakland, linked to the lists and towns around it.

Lists

  • Best american restaurants in Oakland: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/oakland/american-restaurant
  • Best businesses in Oakland: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/oakland

Nearby

  • /san-jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose
  • /los-angeles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/los-angeles
  • /san-francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco
  • /san-diego: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-diego
  • /irvine: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/irvine
  • /mountain-view: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/mountain-view

Every list

  • Every leaderboard in California: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca

References

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Sources cited

  • [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJa79xLPh9hYARECRg-9zqtxM (accessed Sep 9, 2026)
  • [2] catosalehouse.com, https://catosalehouse.com/order-now/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
  • [3] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Sep 9, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 19, 2026)

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# Cato's Ale House, Oakland CA: Reviews

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/oakland/cato-s-ale-house-oakland-ca. Free to reuse with a link back.

By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated 2026-09-09.

Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/oakland/cato-s-ale-house-oakland-ca

## Photos

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## In short

Cato's Ale House is an american restaurant in Oakland, CA. Its AI Score is 25 of 100, which is poor.

What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks


## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Type | American restaurant |
| Address | 3891 Piedmont Ave, Oakland, CA 94611, USA |
| Hours | Mon 11:30 AM to 11 PM · Tue to Sat 11:30 AM to 12 AM · Sun 11:30 AM to 11 PM |
| Phone | (510) 655-3349 |
| Rating | 4.5 across 1,041 reviews on Google |
| Quietest time | Wednesday |
| Updated | September 9, 2026 |


## All the details

Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.

| Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Location info | Address | 3891 Piedmont Ave, Oakland, CA 94611, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | Mellow pub caters to local regulars with rotating taps, bar grub & occasional live tunes. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon 11:30 AM to 11:00 PM · Tue to Sat 11:30 AM to 12:00 AM · Sun 11:30 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Cato's Ale House | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (510) 655-3349 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 11:30 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 11:30 AM to 12:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 11:30 AM to 12:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 11:30 AM to 12:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 11:30 AM to 12:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 11:30 AM to 12:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | 11:30 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | American cuisine | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Bar food | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Draft beer | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Live music | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Online ordering | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Order now | From their website | Business website |
| Links | Facebook | https://facebook.com/catosalehouse | AI guess | Our record |
| Links | Instagram | https://instagram.com/catosalehouse | AI guess | Our record |
| Links | Website | http://www.catosalehouse.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Services and prices

These are the 1 service Cato's Ale House offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from.

| Service | Price | Price mark | Price evidence | Service mark |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Order now |  |  |  | From their website |


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## The team

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## Visiting Cato's Ale House

Address: 3891 Piedmont Ave, Oakland, CA 94611, USA. Phone: (510) 655-3349. Hours: Mon 11:30 AM to 11 PM · Tue to Sat 11:30 AM to 12 AM · Sun 11:30 AM to 11 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### Location info from Google Business Profile

From Google Business Profile: "Mellow pub caters to local regulars with rotating taps, bar grub & occasional live tunes."


### When to go

Quietest day: Wednesday. Busiest day: Friday. From the popular times on its Google listing.


### Parking and getting in

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### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Yummy Yummy Hibachi | Japanese restaurant | 1 min walk |
| TAKOREA | Restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Me and Jungle Cafe | Cafe | 1 min walk |
| Kaiser Permanente Parking Garage - Howe Street | Parking garage | 2 min walk |
| Snow White Coffee | Coffee shop | 2 min walk |
| Thai Taste Kitchen | Thai restaurant | 2 min walk |


## Reputation

4.5 average across 1,041 reviews: Google 1,041. (Confirmed, read September 9, 2026.)

Cato's Ale House is cherished for its beer selection and classic dishes, but faces criticism for service and food quality inconsistencies. (AI guess, from 1,041 reviews.)


### What people like

- Fish and chips
- Fried chicken sandwich
- Great beer selection
- Pizza/salad combo


### What people do not like

- Long waits for service
- Inconsistent food quality
- Distractions from sports broadcasts
- Staff training concerns


### Press

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### Awards

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### Directories

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## Questions people ask


### prices round here, anyone got a number


### where does this place post updates


### people keep recommending this place, what for?


### best american restaurant in Oakland


### membership, worth it or not


### worth it or not, what do the regulars say


### is there a day here that is not slammed


### anywhere cheaper than Cato's Ale House in Oakland that is still good?


### do I need to fill anything in beforehand


### rough idea what Cato's Ale House costs?


### any last minute tables here?


### Are the hours on Google right for Cato's Ale House in Oakland?


### picking between the two, is Grand Lake the safer bet?


### anything people actually moan about here?


### address for Cato's Ale House, anyone have it?


### what else is on Piedmont around Cato's Ale House?


## The AI Score: 25 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. American restaurants on the registry run 18 to 62. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Cato's Ale House scores 25. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Cato's Ale House |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | 0 | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. | Poor |
| Off-property attestation | 20 | 41 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor |
| AI visibility | 14 | 0 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Poor |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 83 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Good |
| Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 57 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Fair |
| Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good |
| Speed & mobile | 7 | 33 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Poor |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 57 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Fair |

Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology

How AI decides what to say about an american restaurant: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-local-business. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-local-business


## Entity map

Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other.

| Entity | Type | ID on this page | Same as | Relationship to Cato's Ale House |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cato's Ale House | LocalBusiness | #business | http://www.catosalehouse.com/ | Subject of this page |
| Oakland, California | City | #city |  | City Cato's Ale House is in |
| Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page |
| Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee | Author of this page |


## Topical map

Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the american restaurants in Oakland, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

- Best american restaurants in Oakland: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/oakland/american-restaurant
- Best businesses in Oakland: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/oakland


### Nearby

- /san-jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose
- /los-angeles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/los-angeles
- /san-francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco
- /san-diego: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-diego
- /irvine: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/irvine
- /mountain-view: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/mountain-view


### Every list

- Every leaderboard in California: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca


## References


### Sources cited

- [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJa79xLPh9hYARECRg-9zqtxM (accessed Sep 9, 2026)
- [2] catosalehouse.com, https://catosalehouse.com/order-now/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [3] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Sep 9, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 19, 2026)

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  1. prices round here, anyone got a number Question by wedding_walker_west, Sep 14, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/oakland/cato-s-ale-house-oakland-ca/q/what-does-an-american-restaurant-actually-cost-in-oakland
  2. where does this place post updates Question by quiet_on_piedmont, Sep 12, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/oakland/cato-s-ale-house-oakland-ca/q/what-has-catos-ale-house-been-posting-lately
  3. people keep recommending this place, what for? Question by holiday_runner_east, Sep 11, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/oakland/cato-s-ale-house-oakland-ca/q/what-is-catos-ale-house-known-for-in-their-kitchen
  4. best american restaurant in Oakland Question by summer_shopper_west, Sep 9, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/oakland/cato-s-ale-house-oakland-ca/q/best-american-restaurant-in-oakland
  5. membership, worth it or not Question by autumn_regular_south, Sep 7, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/oakland/cato-s-ale-house-oakland-ca/q/does-catos-ale-house-take-rewards-points-or-membership-pricing
  6. worth it or not, what do the regulars say Question by long_overdue_in_oakland_94611, Sep 5, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/oakland/cato-s-ale-house-oakland-ca/q/what-do-people-actually-like-about-catos-ale-house
  7. is there a day here that is not slammed Question by oakland_zadie, Sep 3, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/oakland/cato-s-ale-house-oakland-ca/q/what-is-the-quietest-day-to-book-at-catos-ale-house
  8. anywhere cheaper than Cato's Ale House in Oakland that is still good? Question by piedmont_bram, Sep 3, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/oakland/cato-s-ale-house-oakland-ca/q/is-there-anywhere-cheaper-than-catos-ale-house-in-oakland-that-is-still
  9. do I need to fill anything in beforehand Question by circling_on_piedmont, Aug 29, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/oakland/cato-s-ale-house-oakland-ca/q/what-should-i-know-before-a-first-visit-at-catos-ale-house
  10. rough idea what Cato's Ale House costs? Question by piedmont_dot, Aug 26, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/oakland/cato-s-ale-house-oakland-ca/q/what-is-the-price-range-at-catos-ale-house
  11. any last minute tables here? Question by piedmont_birdie, Aug 20, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/oakland/cato-s-ale-house-oakland-ca/q/does-catos-ale-house-ever-have-last-minute-openings
  12. Are the hours on Google right for Cato's Ale House in Oakland? Question by weekend_only_on_piedmont, Aug 14, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/oakland/cato-s-ale-house-oakland-ca/q/what-are-the-hours-of-operation-for-catos-ale-house
  13. picking between the two, is Grand Lake the safer bet? Question by spontaneous_on_piedmont, Aug 5, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/oakland/cato-s-ale-house-oakland-ca/q/catos-ale-house-or-grand-lake-kitchen-lake-merritt-for-craft-beer
  14. anything people actually moan about here? Question by spring_neighbor_north, Jul 30, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/oakland/cato-s-ale-house-oakland-ca/q/the-reviews-look-glowing-what-are-the-real-complaints
  15. address for Cato's Ale House, anyone have it? Question by reunion_local_uptown, Jul 25, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/oakland/cato-s-ale-house-oakland-ca/q/where-is-catos-ale-house-located
  16. what else is on Piedmont around Cato's Ale House? Question by no_rush_on_piedmont, Jul 17, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/oakland/cato-s-ale-house-oakland-ca/q/what-is-around-catos-ale-house-on-piedmont

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  1. [1]VisitName, address, phone, hours and 2 other detailsGoogle Business Profile.Primary source · Accessed Sep 9, 2026 · https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJa79xLPh9hYARECRg-9zqtxM
  2. [2]ServicesOrder nowcatosalehouse.com.Primary source · Accessed Sep 19, 2026 · https://catosalehouse.com/order-now/
  3. [3]Services5 servicesAI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Sep 9, 2026.AI engine output · Accessed Sep 19, 2026 · https://localairegistry.com/methodology
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