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Clio’s Books

Opens Monday at 4:00 PM

Adams Point, Oakland

😮"People's jaws drop when they come in here"
🍸"the mezcal Manhattan hits"
📵No laptops or phones — chat with strangers instead

Sip a $10 Mezcal Manhattan while wandering through human history: this bookstore bar arranges 10,000+ titles by decade to spark unexpected connections between ideas, eras, and strangers. Phones stay in pockets here, conversations flow freely, and a secret bookcase door hides a kids-only reading nook.

Bookstore bar hybrid
Chronological book curation
No screens policy
Secret reading nooks

Upcoming events

Monday, Aug 24
Book Club

Book Club

August 24

Adams Point

Monthly literary gathering

Chess Night

Chess Night

August 24 at 7pm

Adams Point

Casual chess matches

Monday, Sep 21
Lapham’s Quarterly Discussion

Lapham’s Quarterly Discussion

September 21

Adams Point

History and ideas debate

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