Elbo Room to open near Oakland’s Jack London Square

The Elbo Room is opening a spinoff in Oakland. The Elbo Room is opening a spinoff in Oakland. Photo: Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The Chronicle Photo: Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The Chronicle Image 1 of / 4 Caption Close Elbo Room to open near Oakland’s Jack London Square 1 / 4 Back to Gallery

The Mission’s Elbo Room is expanding to Oakland.

The news was confirmed on the bar’s Facebook page earlier this week when it posted a photo of a pending liquor license application at 311 Broadway, the former home of the neighborhood’s late-night hangout the Night Light. The location is only a few blocks from Jack London Square.

If all goes as planned, Elbo Room Jack London will open early next month, the team says.

For East Bay bar hoppers and Missionites alike, this is welcome news, especially when considering the bar faced an uncertain fate only a few years ago.

About 3 years ago, the property owners of Elbo Room’s Valencia and Sycamore streets space were reportedly planning to close it and construct a nine-unit, five-story mixed-use building. The plans were eventually scrapped and by 2015, the Elbo Room had signed a lease extension through January 2018. Then it renewed its lease again through 2019.

Earlier this year, the beloved hangout was named a legacy business by the city which, for older establishments, can be a financial lifeline.

So, just to recap: In three years, Elbo Room has almost closed, signed multiple lease extensions and expanded across the Bay Bridge to Oakland’s Jack London Square.

Bravo, Elbo Room. Welcome to Oakland.

Elbo Room: 311 Broadway; opens January

Justin Phillips is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: jphillips@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @JustMrPhilips