On Tuesday, December 12th at 6pm, Bitch Talk Podcast, Broke-Ass Stuart, and Storied: SF present: One Last Happy Hour at the Uptown! Why do we drink? We drink to celebrate. “It’s awesome!” We drink to commiserate. “It sucks!” We drink to drown our sorrows. “It’s the worst!” We drink …

“Under the seeming disorder of the old city, wherever the old city is working successfully, is a marvelous order for maintaining the safety of the streets and the freedom of the city. It is a complex order. Its essence is intricacy of sidewalk use, bringing with it a constant succession

As 2024 winds down, we’re reflecting on another incredible year of sharing the stories, art, culture, and nightlife that make the Bay Area so unique. BrokeAssStuart.com wouldn’t be what it is without you—our community of readers, supporters, and believers in independent media. This year, instead of asking you to join Patreon

We began a tradition of bowing to each other. Back when I started working Monday comedy nights at the Rite Spot, it became a regular habit to stop off at the Uptown on my way via the train from Oakland. Like many long time bartenders, my morning is primarily spent

This website was shocked around three months back when we discovered that Oakland’s Uptown Nightclub was for sale on Craigslist. But that sale listing has been deleted, and the club just announced they found a buyer who will reopen it and maintain it as a music venue. “Dear Uptown Community,”

This website is often cruising Craiglsist in search of Folsom Street Fair Missed Connections, obviously stolen items, or perhaps some COVID-vaccinated breast milk. But this weekend we found something for sale we did not expect to see — The Uptown bar in Oakland is for sale on Craigslist, in a

Filmed at Pyramid Lake & Lake Tahoe, the vid is full of stunning, rich visuals as well as artful composition, Bay Area band, ‘Tay and the JangLahDahs’ specialize in mixing colorful, harmonic blends of Folk, Rock, Soul and Psych into a ‘timeless, freak-folk spirit of advice’

For weeks now, you’ve been too cool to care about New Year’s plans. Right? Or you’ve just been ridonculously busy with holidays and work and all that stressful shit and never had the time to even consider going out. Either way, it’s possible you’re watching the clock tick by on

A bar that’s a gimmick can’t have any rough edges: a bar with an identity is enhanced by them.