{"id":329293,"date":"2026-05-23T11:33:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T11:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/329293\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T11:33:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T11:33:13","slug":"oakland-athletic-club-reopens-under-new-ownership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/329293\/","title":{"rendered":"Oakland Athletic Club Reopens Under New Ownership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of Oakland\u2019s beloved sports bars is making its comeback after a three-month closure, reopening at 59 Grand Ave, under new ownership, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.ca.gov\/licensing\/license-lookup\/single-license\/?RPTTYPE=12&amp;LICENSE=679199\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">liquor license filing<\/a> with the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With a refreshed name that proudly puts the city front and center, the new Oakland Athletic Club was acquired by a group of six owners incorporated as OIAST, LLC, including restaurateur Chris Pastena.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theacoakland.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Oakland Athletic Club,<\/a> affectionately known by locals as OAC, first opened in 2018 and quickly became a popular gathering spot for sports fans in Oakland. Over the years, the bar endured a series of challenges, including pandemic-related uncertainty and the scenario related to the departure of several professional sports teams from the city. At one point, the former ownership group even launched a crowdfunding campaign to help keep the beloved neighborhood pub operating through difficult times.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, the bar\u2019s last night was announced on its Instagram account by the previous owner, Miles Pallise, at the beginning of 2026.<\/p>\n<p>With the Soccer World Cup approaching, fans are hopeful the bar will reopen in time to once again serve as a lively gathering place for watching the tournament\u2019s biggest spots matches.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of Oakland\u2019s beloved sports bars is making its comeback after a three-month closure, reopening at 59 Grand&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":329294,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,145,144],"class_list":["post-329293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=329293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329293\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/329294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=329293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=329293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=329293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}