I'm also in Berkeley and I'm all for it. I'm not a big fan of most board games tbh but don't let me hold you down.
Some places I've enjoyed:
Berkeley/East Bay
Bear's Lair. Good food, great beer, I'm so pleased to have this place on the UC Berkeley campus. And I almost went an entire year living here without setting foot inside. All ages.
Jupiter. Actually, I've never been inside but it looks and sounds pretty cool. Its 21+ after a certain time I believe 9pm. Not sure if age is an issue for us. If you want to go and you're under 21 let us know so we can find some place all ages. They apparently brew their own beer, some of which is also served at Bear's Lair.
Ok, I guess I don't really know east bay outside of Berkeley.
San Francisco
Zeitgeist. Really awesome and well-known beer bar with a huge outdoor beer garden 21+ and they grill up some burgers too.
Toronado. Another awesome and well-known beer bar 21+ with an equally awesome sausage shop next door. Probably wouldn't be good for a crowd bigger than 5 which iirc is what we had at the last one. In fact, Zeitgeist is probably better anyway just for the atmosphere; it can be a little stuffy at Toronado.
21st Amendment Brewery. In SOMA near AT&T Park, not the best location because if there's not a Giants game going on, it's pretty dead, and if there
is a Giants game going on, there's no parking within 20 blocks, but they have tasty pizzas and decent beers. All ages.
South Bay/Silicon Valley
Ummm... the place for the last meetup was pretty good??
I don't venture down here much except for the occasional electronic dance music event.
Hard to say what's a good date. Next week before Thursday might work, but we might not get anyone to show up on the relatively short notice. I will probably be out of town for 5-7 days in August, but not sure which. After that it's school and anything is probably good for a while.