Posts Tagged ‘The Nightcap’
The Night Light brightens the bar scene near Jack London Square
The Night Light lives up to its name. The brand new watering hole, which opened its doors on Broadway in Jack London Square about two weeks ago, is a bright spot when the sun goes down—a place where Oaklanders can gather on comfortable bar stools and enjoy smart cocktails and local beers.
Read MoreThe Nightcap: The long-running, legendary White Horse Inn
The Nightcap is a series that features a favorite Oakland drinking establishment every Friday afternoon. This week, it’s The White Horse Inn, on Telegraph, what is said to be the longest-running gay bar in the country.
Read MoreThe Nightcap: Going clubbing at Lounge 3411
The Nightcap is a series that features a favorite Oakland drinking establishment every Friday afternoon. This week, it’s Lounge 3411, a “pub club” in the Laurel/Diamond District.
Read MoreThe Nightcap: The old and comfortable Baggy’s By the Lake
The Nightcap is a series that features a favorite Oakland drinking establishment every Friday afternoon. This week it’s Baggy’s By the Lake, one of the oldest bars in Oakland–with a facade much like the one it had when Baggy’s first opened in the 1930s.
Read MoreThe Nightcap: Hip-hop and Belgian beers at Luka’s Taproom
The Nightcap is a series that features a favorite Oakland drinking establishment every Friday afternoon. This week, it’s Luka’s Taproom, which was one of the only bars in Uptown when it opened in 2004.
Read MoreThe Nightcap: Dinner, drink and music at Disco Volante
The Nightcap is a series that features a favorite Oakland drinking establishment every Friday afternoon. This week, it’s Disco Volante, a “supper club” in downtown Oakland that has live music acts, a long list of drinks and a food menu.
Read MoreThe Nightcap: The dark, loud and loved Ruby Room
The Nightcap is a series that features a favorite Oakland drinking establishment every Friday afternoon. This week, it’s The Ruby Room, a dimly-lit rocker bar across the street from the downtown Oakland library. Owner Trevor Latham is also the president of the East Bay Rats, a West Oakland biker club, and is often found working the door at The Ruby as a bouncer.
Read MoreThe Nightcap: Building community at The Layover
The Nightcap is a series that features a favorite Oakland drinking establishment every Friday afternoon. This week it’s The Layover, a bar and music lounge on Franklin Street at 15th Street in downtown Oakland.
Read MoreThe Nightcap: Halloween at The Avenue
The Nightcap is a series that features a favorite Oakland drinking establishment every Friday afternoon. This week, it’s The Avenue, a Temescal dive bar that pretty much turns into a haunted house every Halloween.
Read MoreThe Nightcap: The homemade Bar Three Fifty-Five
The Nightcap is a series that features a favorite Oakland drinking establishment every Friday afternoon. This week, it’s Bar Three Fifty-Five in downtown Oakland, run by Travis Dutton and Patrick Lynch, two rockers-turned-entrepreneur.
Read MoreThe Nightcap: Eli’s Mile High Club returns to rocking
The Nightcap is a series that features a favorite Oakland drinking establishment every Friday afternoon. Eli’s Mile High Club has a colorful history and was once a lively musical venue, but neighbor complaints kept it quiet for years. When new owners tried to revive it, they had to wait three years for a permit to host live shows. The music returned in January, and now there’s a tattoo shop above the bar as well.
Read MoreThe Nightcap: The steady, no-frills, neighborly George Kaye’s
The Nightcap is a series that features a favorite Oakland drinking establishment every Friday afternoon. This week, it’s George Kaye’s. It first opened in 1934, right after Prohibition ended, serving drinks to neighborhood folks in the same small, wood-paneled room the bar occupies today. Much of Kaye’s has remained the same for decades, in fact, like the 1950’s cash register, the original icebox and bathroom doors, and the wood bar.
Read MoreThe Nightcap: Playing bocce ball Uptown at Make Westing
The Nightcap is a series that features a favorite Oakland drinking establishment every Friday afternoon. This week, it’s Make Westing, the newest bar to open in Uptown.
Read MoreThe Nightcap: Partying with the owner at Kim’s Backyard
The Nightcap is a new series that will feature a favorite Oakland drinking establishment every Friday afternoon. This week, it’s Kim’s Backyard. Kim Okwa Janke opened up Kim’s Backyard, a bar on Telegraph at 24th Street, because she was retired and wanted to party. She insists it’s really as simple as that.
Read MoreThe Nightcap: Sipping Belgian beers at The Trappist
Meet the next watering hole in our new bar series, The Nightcap: The Trappist is owned by a couple guys who fell in love with Belgian beer while travelling through Europe, and wanted to bring the experience of a Belgian pub to Oakland.
Read MoreThe Nightcap: Hanging out at Room 389
Meet the next watering hole in our new bar series, The Nightcap: Room 389 opened last year on Grand Avenue near Lake Merritt, and its laid-back atmosphere and good music has helped its popularity steadily grow. The bar, says owner Benjamin Cukierman, is a place where neighbors “come hang out with their friends without having to yell over the music.”
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