Get ‘er done.
Oildale represents that sliver of 1930s Dust Bowl migration still evident in Central Valley life today.
An unincorporated community directly across the Kern River from Bakersfield, parts of Oildale have maintained the same backwater, blue-collar, “we don’t take kindly to y’all round here” persona for the last 50 years.
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Trout’s
805 No. Chester Ave.
Drink a watered-down American beer and two-step with a one-toothed alcoholic at this legendary bar. The only thing missing from this dive is the decades-old jar of pickled eggs.
Nature’s Medicinal
323 Roberts Lane
If you either suffer from a debilitating ailment or have $350 a year and know the right doctor, you can purchase quality medicinal remedies for a little more than their street value here. This is just one of the two medicinal cooperatives in Oildale, the other being Sweet Relief on 1340 Roberts Lane.
Interesting names for their products include Romulan, New York City Diesel, Skywalker, and the ever-popular Alaskan Thunderf***.
The Pit
Behind Nature’s Medicinal
This colorful apartment complex/trailer park directly behind the medicinal cooperative, so named because it dips down a hill, features all of the stereotypical white trash life made popular by Hee-Haw. The smell of boiling crystal meth can be wafted from the sidewalk.
Riverview Park
401 Willow Drive
Aside from being a safe haven for straggling homeless people on their way to collecting recyclables, this park features the first and most difficult disc golf course in all of Kern County.
At no charge to the public, aside from the specialty discs, Frisbee golf, or as I like to call it, “frolf,” is an entertaining way to spend a boring afternoon when you’re broke.
El Taquito
912 No. Chester Ave.
You wouldn’t expect to find good Mexican food in Oildale, but El Taquito has some of the best cuisine this side of the border.
Delectable delicacies include the chile relleno rice and bean burrito, homemade chips, chile verde and fresh horchata.
Super Tom’s
100 Roberts Lane
Unlike The Carousel on Airport Drive and Carla’s on China Grade Loop, which overcharge for anorexic portions of food, Super Tom’s gives you more bang for your buck.
Aside from having the best chili cheese fries in town, they also make good pastrami sandwiches, Philly cheesesteaks, and fried mushrooms.
Pirate statue
In front of L&D Picture Framing
You’ll be swashbuckling your way over to L&D Picture Framing on North Chester Avenue as soon as you see this buccaneer. The lion next to him doesn’t know why he’s there.
Meadow’s Field
3701 Wings Way – domestic
1401 Skyway Dr. #200 – international
With flights coming in from all over the country and even Mexico, Meadow’s Field Airport in Oildale is the gateway to the South Valley.
Royaldale
North of Norris Road
The people living in the new housing developments around North High School don’t care to have their area affiliated with the Oildale name.
Called North Meadows on the AAA map of Bakersfield, it is essentially the same part of Oildale that used to be nothing but oil sumps 20 years ago.
Don’t let the real estate developers fool you.
Kern River Belle
100 No. Chester Ave.
This sardine-can sized saloon just off of the Chester Bridge is pretty dead except for Sunday nights, when you can usually watch grown men push each other for an hour before they begin fighting outside, reminiscent of high school sophomores.