Eli’s Mile High Club in Oakland Is in Danger of Closing, Owner Says

Eli’s Mile High Club in Oakland Is in Danger of Closing, Owner Says

The historic nightclub, over 50 years old, recently had its large patio shut down by the city.

Last man standing fights Oakland arts eviction

Alistair Monroe paced through the busy decor of the cavernous warehouse space which in a previous incarnation, housed workers stuffing vegetables into metal cans. His late father’s giant abstract paintings faced out from every wall of the industrial building-turned-art studio, and even six years after his dad’s death, his cluttered desk was still perfectly cluttered. “I protected and preserved everything just as he left it,” said Monroe, extract…