Starline Social Club

"Starline Social Club is a bar, a restaurant, a concert venue (Solange once performed here), and a place to dance to everything from R&B to pop to EDM, depending on the night. It’s also the spot where everyone knows everyone - where you learn that Oakland is big, but can feel very small. There are so many ways to use Starline: you could stop in for a really good cocktail and corn dogs in the big, airy bar during Happy Hour, or work up a sticky dance sweat in their ballroom upstairs. Starline is whatever you want it to be, and more importantly, it’s still one of the most culturally-diverse places in the city." - Lani Conway

"Starline Social Club offers a new brunch experience in Oakland, available on Friday and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The brunch features cocktails, a menu including dishes like chicken and waffles, and lively music and shenanigans." - Ellen Fort

"Starline Social Club is raising funds to support students during the strike." - Eater Staff

"Oakland bar and music venue Starline Social Club is hosting one of the Bay Area’s more formal election night events, “Can Democracy Work?” In addition to watching the returns, you’ll consider the state of American democracy during a discussion led by two political scientists and philosophers, James Miller, author of the just-released Can Democracy Work? A Short History of a Radical Idea, from Ancient Athens to Our World, and Hans Sluga, professor of philosophy at UC Berkeley. It lasts from 7 to 9 p.m. and is free to attend." - Janelle Bitker

"“Natty wine,” the affectionate nickname for wines made with low-intervention (e.g. no use of preservatives like sulfites) is growing in popularity with California winemakers. The SF Chronicle’s wine writer Esther Mobley shares some thoughts on the matter following Brumaire, the natural wine fair at Oakland’s Starline Social Club that drew hundreds (with a wait list of hundreds more) of fans of the genre." - Ellen Fort