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The menu also includes soda, wine, beer, and additional coffee drinks and cocktails. Two bakeries and a chai-focused cafe among recent East Bay openings. She is concerned with civic engagement and leadership development toward making public works more efficient for the people.

Before the conversion, Nectar was originally the arcade attached to Sessions. Redford knew opening a cafe in Oakland would come with a number of issues to contend with. Temescal oyster bar Small Change finally, hopefully, almost ready to open. Credit: Brandy Collins.

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The owner of new Oakland LGBTQIA+ bar Town Bar & Lounge dreams of a gay scene to rival San Francisco's in the East Bay. Experience the ultimate LGBTQ+ nightlife at our vibrant gay night club, featuring themed parties, live DJs, and a welcoming atmosphere.

Summer Bar & Lounge is an intimate venue welcoming The East Bay’s LGBTQ+ community for LIVE MUSIC & PERFORMANCES, Open Mic, Karaoke, TALK SHOW and MORE!. Jeremy Redford says his espresso martinis are the best in Oakland. While it feels small, Redford explains the space actually works to their benefit.

Based in the heart of Old Town Oakland, The Summer Bar & Lounge is Oakland’s gay & nightlife destination. His dream of having a queer lounge first formed in but solidified in the middle of the COVID pandemic when the future of socializing in public was in doubt.

Redford says the way businesses operate in Oakland also has to shift. Nectar fits 80 people standing for nights when they are hosting dance parties. Send a note to the Oaklandside newsroom. Reviews, photos, gay map. Redford also stands on the need to change the model for cafes.

Find seasonal cocktail menus, live music, drag shows, DJs, and dancing. He went on to explain that with everything being personalized, streamed and delivered directly to your doorstep, people need a reason to leave their homes. You must be logged in to post a comment.

Skip to content. From the beginning, Redford said the venue has been about creating and sustaining not just the queer community but the queer-adjacent community as well. The warm burnt orange paint with an Afrofuturistic mural gives a warm feeling for a coffee date while the DJ booth in the corner lets any visitor know a party could happen at any moment.

Each has its own personality, making for a fun, short-distance bar crawl, and the space works best with large crowds and events. Brandy is full of Scorpio magic and a self-proclaimed Professional Aunty. Redford feels the Bay Area queer community was more vibrant when he first moved to Oakland from Florida nearly a decade ago.

Rising prices, crime and business regulations have changed the way people go out into the world. Taking up the corner of 15th and Franklin streets the interconnected shops — Nectar, The Hatch and Sessions — are sister spaces with adjoining doors. She is a cohort graduate from the Maynard Institute for Journalism, a correspondent for Oakland Voices, a blogger, and the funny one in numerous group chats.

Complete, up-to-date, ranked list of all LGBT events and venues in Oakland. Explore the nightlife in Downtown Oakland with a vibrant LGBTQ+ bar crawl. Brandy Collins is a writer and public services advocate, born and raised in the Bay Area. As the owner of Nectar Social Club, which opened in September, he will stand on that statement.