Neckhaus Beer Garden was located where Sausal Creek
currently daylights south of MacArthur by Canon
Oakland Tribune
Knave History Supplement
Sunday, November 15,1970
Photo: Oakland Tribune
On the south side of Hopkins Street where Sausal Creek is bridged stood the Neckhaus beer and wine gardens. Note where the car rails come to a halt against a bumper at the right of Hopkins Street at the creek
Trolley cars and their picturesque route through early-day Dimond as well as the Fruitvale area surrounding it, are remembered not only as a convenient means of transportation, but also as a tourist attraction. They brought scores of picnickers and resort patrons to the Dimond District. In those days Dimond was the beer lovers paradise. Constable Tom Carroll has told us beer and wine gardens existed at one time in a string from Dimond down to the Southern Pacific tracks on Fruitvale Avenue. "Dimond District had the best, although there were a few in that area that had to be watched by lawmen," he once related. Tom pointed to the Neckhaus Gardens as "perhaps the finest" and wins support from Miss Eleanor Welch and Mrs. M. J. Whitney (nee Alice Frederickson). "The Neckhaus Gardens," Tom Carroll noted, "was a beautiful place that nestled by the creekside where Hopkins Street started up the hill westward. Wicker tables were scattered under hanging vines, and the music was an invitation to come and sip beer and listen."