Old Oakland, basically around 9th and Washington.
Particulars: Every fucking drink costs $10. Unless it's Liege, which is $15. Welcome to "Old Town".
Penelope
http://www.penelopeoakland.com/
3-6pm gets afterwork crowd. All the guys are obsessed with a stupid dice game at the counter leaving the women alone. The signature house drink has beets. It tastes great, but leaves an icky reminder the next day when your shit is stained red.![[Image: undecided.gif]](https://rooshvforum.network/images/smilies/undecided.gif)
Pacific Coast Brewing Company
http://www.pacificcoastbrewing.com/
Put your head down and chew your chow. Nice place to go with a group, but no mixing allowed. Dead by 10pm. Impossible to meet anyone.
Arsimona
http://www.arsimonalounge.com/
Was black professional, but then the ghetto started coming in and someone was shot and killed. Been closed since the shooting.
Liege
http://www.liegeoakland.com/
Got all the black dudes kicked out when Arismona closed and none of the women. Total dick party the nights I've gone by, and you definitely need ear plugs. Cocktails overpriced. Waste of time.
Air Lounge.
http://www.airoakland.com/home.php
Basement club. Thursday night is the big night. Got all the black chicks from Arsimona and surprisingly few dudes. Since the shooting they frisk you for weapons before they let you walk underground. Other nights it's a slam poetry lounge...
The Trappist
http://www.thetrappist.com/
Do not mix. Do not talk with others. Only drink your expensive imported beer with your table. The patio out back is the only sociable place where you might actually open someone.
The Night Light
http://www.facebook.com/TheNightLightClub
Cash only, but they have an ATM inside. Couch lounge good, bar is immobile. Some creepy old guy still dresses like Dennis Hopper did in Easy Rider, 40 years later. Well made cocktails, but not much crowd, and their drinks intoxicate quickly --ask for water on the side if you hope to not get beer goggles too fast. Fair, not great. Seems to pick up after 10pm.
District
http://districtoak.com
Just opened. Worth checking out. Large bar, lounge area, music not too loud. Kinda a white professional crowd until 9pm, then goes black professional until 11pm, then everyone leaves. If it builds a crowd, could be great. Chairs at the bar are immobile. You have to pull it out, step in, then pull it back behind you so you can sit. Stupid.
Particulars: Every fucking drink costs $10. Unless it's Liege, which is $15. Welcome to "Old Town".
Penelope
http://www.penelopeoakland.com/
3-6pm gets afterwork crowd. All the guys are obsessed with a stupid dice game at the counter leaving the women alone. The signature house drink has beets. It tastes great, but leaves an icky reminder the next day when your shit is stained red.
Pacific Coast Brewing Company
http://www.pacificcoastbrewing.com/
Put your head down and chew your chow. Nice place to go with a group, but no mixing allowed. Dead by 10pm. Impossible to meet anyone.
Arsimona
http://www.arsimonalounge.com/
Was black professional, but then the ghetto started coming in and someone was shot and killed. Been closed since the shooting.
Liege
http://www.liegeoakland.com/
Got all the black dudes kicked out when Arismona closed and none of the women. Total dick party the nights I've gone by, and you definitely need ear plugs. Cocktails overpriced. Waste of time.
Air Lounge.
http://www.airoakland.com/home.php
Basement club. Thursday night is the big night. Got all the black chicks from Arsimona and surprisingly few dudes. Since the shooting they frisk you for weapons before they let you walk underground. Other nights it's a slam poetry lounge...
The Trappist
http://www.thetrappist.com/
Do not mix. Do not talk with others. Only drink your expensive imported beer with your table. The patio out back is the only sociable place where you might actually open someone.
The Night Light
http://www.facebook.com/TheNightLightClub
Cash only, but they have an ATM inside. Couch lounge good, bar is immobile. Some creepy old guy still dresses like Dennis Hopper did in Easy Rider, 40 years later. Well made cocktails, but not much crowd, and their drinks intoxicate quickly --ask for water on the side if you hope to not get beer goggles too fast. Fair, not great. Seems to pick up after 10pm.
District
http://districtoak.com
Just opened. Worth checking out. Large bar, lounge area, music not too loud. Kinda a white professional crowd until 9pm, then goes black professional until 11pm, then everyone leaves. If it builds a crowd, could be great. Chairs at the bar are immobile. You have to pull it out, step in, then pull it back behind you so you can sit. Stupid.
"Alpha children wear grey. They work much harder than we do, because they're so frightfully clever. I'm awfully glad I'm a Beta, because I don't work so hard. And then we are much better than the Gammas and Deltas. Gammas are stupid. They all wear green, and Delta children wear khaki. Oh no, I don't want to play with Delta children. And Epsilons are still worse. They're too stupid to be able to read or write. Besides they wear black, which is such a beastly color. I'm so glad I'm a Beta."
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