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Photos by Christopher Gardner Double Your Pleasure: Bartender Raymond Zaragoza of Johnny Z's tempts customers with a fine cigar and a martini. This year's survey--our 11th--of bars, clubs, coffeehouses, billiard parlors, microbreweries and wineries in the Santa Clara Valley is Metro's most exhaustive yet. The listings are divided into categories; clubs that cross entertainment genres have been placed under the heading that best represents their weekend fare. Some clubs that opened after last year's issue appeared have been highlighted in the articles below. The few places we didn't visit in person in the past month were interrogated at length by our crack researchers. We tried to make the list inclusive, but we know it is not definitive. If we missed your favorite haunt, please give a holler--we'll catch up to it in a future issue. Features Frou-Frou Follies: What's in and what's out in silly sounding drink concoctions. Chai Time: Not quite tea and definitely not coffee, this exotic beverage is steaming up local cafes. Ssssmokin': Cigars aren't just for the gents anymore. The Complete Listings By Category (the complete list) By City New Clubs in Town Agenda Lounge Blue Rock Shoot BYOB Camera Cafe Club Ibex Club Miami Gaslighter Music Hall Johnny Z's Kismet the Gallery Mission Ale House Mountain View Pub Pockets Quarter Note Scalawag's Sirens Cafe The Usual Staff Deluxe Editorial and Production: Foster Barnes, Judi Blackwell, Broos Campbell, Michael S. Gant, Todd S. Inoue, Valerie Jackson, Don Long, Christina Malcolm, Nicole Pizzurro, Sharan Street and Heather Zimmerman. Liquid Researchers Nicky Baxter, Rafer Guzmán, Traci Hukill, Ami Chen Mills, Richard Sine and Christina Waters. [ Bars & Clubs | Metro | Metroactive | Archives ]