The Pressroom — Extra! Extra! Read All About It

Although I was a reporter for 18 years at the San Jose Mercury News, I, like so many of my colleagues, regretted never having had the chance to work in its original downtown location instead of in the larger plant it eventually built on the outskirts of Ridder Park Drive.
However, I did have the chance recently to enjoy the newest incarnation of that historic 1884 building on W. Santa Clara Street, now aptly named The Pressroom, which opened in March.
Created by Nuvo Hospitality, the group behind San Jose’s Dr. Funk and Five Points cocktail bars, The Press Room not surprisingly also boasts the attached and equally on-point Bar Mercury.


I have to say I love the way they have paid homage to the building’s past. The 160-seat dining room has soaring ceilings with exposed ductwork, giving it the industrial feel like that of a printing press.
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