Eli's Mile High Club on MLK Way has been a Bay Area blues bar since the 1970s. Now a dive, a music venue, and a kitchen with daytime fried chicken too.
Signature drink: Cheap shot and a beer
Food: Fried chicken and bar snacks
Eli's Mile High Club on MLK Way runs the East Bay's most-loved dive-and-music night until 2 a.m. Friday and Saturday. Fried chicken from the kitchen.
Order: Fried chicken and a shot of bourbon.
Tip: Music and DJs run after 9 p.m.; cover is on most weekend nights.
Eli's Mile High Club has booked Bay Area blues, rock and DJ nights on MLK Way since the 1970s. Dive bar with a stage that runs Friday and Saturday to 2 a.m.
Tip: Cover most weekend nights; cash is fastest at the bar.
White Horse Inn on Telegraph in North Oakland has run as a gay bar since 1933, making it one of the oldest continuously operating LGBTQ bars in the United States. Drag, queeraoke and DJ nights weekly.
Tip: Queeraoke runs Tuesdays and Thursdays at 8 pm; weekend DJ nights from 10. Cash and card both accepted.