Eli's Mile High Club is a nightlife spot in North Oakland, Oakland.
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.
Address: 3629 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Oakland, CA 94609
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.
Drake's Dealership in Uptown Oakland anchors the city's open-air drinking with fire pits, 32 taps and a wood-fired pizza counter. Adirondack seating for 200.
Tip: Fire pits help against the marine layer; the beer garden runs latest Friday and Saturday.
Viridian on Broadway in Uptown Oakland is the cocktail bar that replaced Daniel Patterson's Plum Bar. Pan-Asian small plates and a quiet cocktail program.
Tip: Friday and Saturday reservations recommended; the back bar runs the strongest classic cocktails.
Sobre Mesa is Top Chef Nelson German's Afro-Latin cocktail lounge in Uptown Oakland. Rum-led cocktails, Dominican small plates, weekend DJs after 10 pm.
Tip: Friday and Saturday close at 12:30 a.m. with up-tempo music after 10. Reservations recommended.
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.
Summer Bar and Lounge opened in Old Oakland in 2021 as the city's queer night room. Karaoke, drag, go-go dancers and a weekly performance lineup.
Tip: Tuesday through Saturday only; weekend close at 2 a.m. with DJs Friday and Saturday.
Cafe Van Kleef on Telegraph in Uptown Oakland is the eccentric cocktail dive that helped revive the corridor in the 2000s. Late-night Friday and Saturday.
Tip: Greyhound with fresh grapefruit is the famous call; cash is faster than card.
