It’s that time of year again! Every year, Oak sports Maritime Brewing’s Jolly Joger Spiced Winter Ale! Tis the season!
Get your fill of Oak tonight and tomorrow night - we will be closed Monday through Thursday for the holiday week, but we’ll be back refreshed and ready to host the party again on Friday the 26th! 🥳
Now at Oak - “The Question Remains” West Coast IPA from Old Stove Brewing. This beer is described as bright and slightly bitter with a fruit-forward focus. This is Old Stove’s annual fundraiser release, for which a portion of the proceeds are donated to the ALS Therapy Development Institute. Happy Friday, come on by Oak and grab a pint. Or a bite. Or a cocktail. Or all three!
P.S. How incredibly adorable is Old Stove’s old stove tap handle?!?!? We love it!
It’s wet and cold out there— this weather calls for hot soup! Oak’s soup is Coconut Potato - a creamy, rich, coconut-milk based soup seasoned with thyme and garlic, topped with bacon bits and chives. The vegan version has bits of our house-made vegan tofu bacon. 🤤
‘Tis the season for Winter Spiced Ale! Now on draft at Oak - “Fireside Chat” from 21st Amendment Brewery 🍻
We had an exciting visit today at Oak from the providers of our ever-so popular Unity Vibration Kombucha Beer!
If you have never tried it, We currently have two flavors on draft - “Funky Ginger” and “Tart Raspberry”. They are super delicious; ask your server or bartender at Oak for a taste if you are skeptical about committing to a glass!
If you already are a fan of Unity Vibration Kombucha beer, you may be interested to know that we spoke of hosting a whole Unity Vibration event this Spring. Are you curious how it’s made? Would you be into a kombucha beer sampling and food pairing at Oak? If the interest is there, we can make this happen! Let us know!
In case you missed the memo on Friday, BAR IS OPEN!! Happy Humpday, come have a drink about it!
@margocilker just dropped a new album! She works in cahoots with @seracahoone, beloved member of Oak’s family, and adored Seattle musician. Oak’s bar is opening tonight after a long hiatus, and in celebration, we are going to be blasting Margo’s new album!! Love good music and good whiskey?? Here’s a great way to spend your Friday night!! If you can’t make it in tonight, check out Margo’s album “Pohorylle”! 🤠♥️
TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT!!! The bar is finally reopening!!! We open at 5pm… can’t wait to see y’all belly up to Oak’s bar for a good time once more!
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New Specials!! It’s the Battle of Grilled Cheeses at Oak!! Option A) pesto, bacon, cheese OR option B) caramelized onions, bacon, cheese, and fresh apple slices?!?! Try ‘em both, let us know which one wins! Vegan versions available of both with our house-made vegan tofu-bacon and vegan cheese. 🧀 ♥️🧀♥️🧀
At Oak, we take pride in the food we serve. Any time we add an item to our menu, change an item, or serve a special, it is scrutinized by the Oak family first. If it’s delicious and passes the taste test, we then extend the items to our guests! Here’s a photo of our most recent Oak taste test. We debuted some new menu items tonight based on this tasting!
It’s Election Day! Oak is conveniently located just two blocks from Beacon Hill’s Ballot Drop Box at the library! Drop your ballot and head on over for a beer and some rainy day comfort food!
We hope you got a chance to visit while all the pumpkins were on display… but alas, many of them have already grown fur and have thus had to meet an early grave. 🎃☠️🎃 Maybe next year we’ll try one of those bleach-wash tricks to make our carved pumpkins last a little longer! Hedwig the skeleton is still holding down our Halloween scene with the remainder of the pumpkins. 😆 Happy Friday, go say hi to Hedwig and raid her candy stash!
After a couple years of having dormant party-mode… it was so great to get some of the Oak crew together for some pumpkin carving! Check out the results on display at Oak! Psssst….. if you’re around on Halloween, word is Hedwig the skeleton has a big ole candy stash with those who say the magic words….. 👻👻👻
Happy Friday!! Here’s one of Oak’s current specials - The Sloppy Lenny - using seasoned red lentils and sautéed mushrooms, one of our talented cooks has made a completely vegetable-based “sloppy joe” mix! Served with onions, sliced pickles, and our house-made chipotle aioli, and a side of fries or tossed greens. Yummo!
Just a little reminder that Oak is doing takeout only tonight (Tuesday 19th) and tomorrow (Wednesday 20th) due to staff shortages…. But for some good news, our vegan fried pickle spears are back on the menu!! Served with a side of our house made vegan chipotle aioli. 😋
Tuesday and Wednesday this week, Oak is conducting our version of a Job Fair!
The staff shortages since re-opening have been a never-ending struggle.
Oak is answering the moment with a new compensation package for our employees working at least 29 hours a week; Platinum health care plan — 75% of premium covered by employer, employer matched Simple IRA retirement plan — matched at highest level allowed. $16/hour wage. Amazing tips from some of the most awesome and appreciative customers. A meal and drink provided every shift.
Shifts are evening hours. Typically split between an opener and a closer.
At this time everyone works together in the Front of House so that teamwork accomplishes all of our goals! This includes serving, hosting and some bartending. If you are collaborative and hospitality-minded you may well be a great fit.
This position is great for folks with some experience, and who are looking for a friendly, supportive, community-minded place to work. Comprehensive training with a very supportive staff will get folks up to speed quickly.
We take pride in creating amazing organic and locally sourced comfort food and craft cocktails for our neighbors within a professional, compassionate and supportive space. Oak's work environment celebrates good people from all walks of life! People of all genders (non-conforming or otherwise), race, sexual orientation, and age encouraged to apply.
If you are interested, send an email to oakbeaconhill@gmail.com!
Oak will be offering take-out orders only Tuesday 10/19, and Wednesday 10/20 due to front of house staff shortages. Back to business as usual on Thursday!
Stayed tuned for some exciting announcements regarding available positions at Oak and new benefit packages that Oak will be offering from here on out to those who work here!
I mean, I know it wasn’t the intent of the vandal who violated our outdoor table…. But we have a headless horseman table now. And tis the season!! 👻🎃 #silverlining
As we were talking in a management meeting today, someone asked what the date was. And then we realized that it is October 12th and Oak’s 9th anniversary!!!!
What a wild ride it has been, and an especially scary and unpredictable ride since March 2020. While we are so exhausted from the struggle to keep Oak trucking through to the end of this pandemic, this is a good time for us to count our blessings.
Thank you to all the beautiful people that have worked at Oak over the years, contributing to its success and cultivating its cozy and loving atmosphere. Thank you to all of our regulars who helped keep that vibe warm and fuzzy. An especially big thank you to the staff and patrons that helped us make it through the worst of the worst times last year. Big, big gratitude from Oak to you. THANK YOU!!
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….next year is the big 1-0….. and we will have to party hard for that one! 🤪🥂
Oak is happy to announce a new cocktail special, “Reza-Joon”, created by the talented @stephanjahanshahi, local artist and bartender at Oak. Stephan shares with us some flavors of his Persian heritage in Reza-Joon with mezcal, pomegranate simple syrup, blood orange amaro, with a hint of citrus. A perfect balance of sweet, tart, and smoky.
Pomegranate molasses is a common ingredient in Persian food, often incorporated into stews or braises to balance with smokey and rich flavors such as roasted walnut or pheasant. Pairing the sweet and tart notes of pomegranate with the subtle smoke of mezcal creates a balance of flavors that can only exist at a cultural crossroads. SWANA cultures have always existed in the middle of beautiful exchanges, and in this glass is a dialogue between Oaxaca and Tehran. Nosh-e Joon! (Nosh-e Joon is a farsi phrase akin to bon appetit meaning “may this be sweet for your soul)
