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Skip to main content Currently Reading Here s why rolling 99-year-old Bay Area dive bar Kingfish Pub across the street saved it in 2020 FacebookTwitterEmail The exterior of the Kingfish Pub in Oakland, Calif., on April 6, 2021.Douglas Zimmerman/SFGATE “The first thing we did was unplug our popcorn machine,” recalled Gian Traverso, co-owner and bar manager of Oakland institution Kingfish Pub & Café. The 99-year-old historic dive bar is known for many things shuffleboard, Cal sports memorabilia but one of its most iconic elements is the free self-serve popcorn in the corner. Unfortunately, when news of the coronavirus began to proliferate, communal popcorn had to go. ....