The Town's hidden pour: the Edgar Allan Poe Speakeasy on Franklin Street, a candlelit, raven-dark cocktail parlor serving themed pours behind an unassuming downtown entrance.
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Top Chef alum Nelson German's Afro-Latino cocktail lounge, all rum, mezcal, and Dominican soul in downtown Oakland.
Pip’s Tip Nelson German's Afro-Latino lounge, Tuesday to Sunday from five. Rum and mezcal led.
A gothic candlelit cocktail parlor hidden downtown, themed pours with a raven's-eye for detail.
Pip’s Tip Reserve. Gothic candlelit parlor downtown, themed down to the last detail.
Neon-lit Uptown stunner pouring Asian-American cocktails with tropical-futurist flair, ranked among America's best bars by national critics.
Pip’s Tip Wednesday to Sunday. Asian-American cocktails, and it ranks among the country's best bars.
Japanese-inspired hi-fi vinyl listening bar where audiophile sound, low light, and precise cocktails create Oakland's most intimate hang.
Chicano-owned lowrider-chic den stacking mezcal cocktails, two-dollar oyster Mondays, and late-night kitchen energy beneath Uptown's neon.
Midcentury supper-club time machine on Lakeshore with martini-cart theatrics, retro cocktails, and Slim Aarons poolside glamour.
Temescal's self-styled martini dive slinging icy 50/50s and chilled tins, crowned the Bay's best new cocktail spot.
Moody two-story hideout near the Fox Theater with stiff classics, a Skee-Ball mezzanine, and industry-crowd late nights.
Speakeasy-style cocktails inside a 1920s Berkeley music shop, with hidden nooks, a crackling fireplace, and live jazz upstairs.
Alameda's legendary bamboo-shrouded tiki temple, slinging potent tropical classics and kitschy island escapism behind blacked-out windows since 2006.
Veteran barman Jon Santer's boxing-themed Emeryville institution, famed for flawless classics, a sunny patio, and free popcorn.
Nevermore never tasted so good, candlelight, ravens and literary cocktails behind a plain Franklin Street door.
A hidden room with the family. Members get the password first.
Speakeasies are one chapter of Pip's Lifestyle, find the lounges, whiskey bars, rooftops and jazz clubs below.
