The Oak House Durham is an all-day coffee shop and wine bar at 126 W. Main St., Durham, NC 27701. Coffee, wine, and beer are available throughout regular open hours. Use this page for current hours, directions, menus, and visit details.
Hours can change for holidays, private events, or special programming. Check this page or our Google Business Profile before making a special trip.
Hours shown are Eastern Time, last confirmed against the Google Business Profile on 12 September 2026.
The Oak House sits on the ground floor of One City Center on West Main Street, in the middle of downtown Durham.
The Oak House is a comfortable place to work, meet and gather. Here is how we run the room, so you know what to expect before you arrive.
Free for guests. No sign-up, no minimum, no time limit. The only rule is the obvious one: nothing malicious.
Tables are for paying guests.
We ask that you close the laptop at the bar after 5:00 p.m. It is a request rather than a rule, and it keeps the bar feeling like a bar in the evening. Tables are fair game at any hour.
Tables can be reserved at no charge for parties of six or more. Call us and we will hold one.
We host semi-private and fully private events. Call with your date, group size and rough timing and we will tell you what is possible.
We cater for offices: pastries, and travelling coffee with cups and everything that goes with it. Order through Toast, and the more notice you can give us the better.
We take cards, and we take cash. If you are paying cash, exact change is a real help. Pennies and small bills have been hard to come by.
101 S. Corcoran St.
1-minute walk · 272 ftThe closest garage by a wide margin. It is effectively next door, on the other side of the block.
326 E. Chapel Hill St.
5-minute walk · 0.2 miA good fallback when Corcoran is full, and handy if you are coming from the east side of downtown.
$2.50 an hour, Monday to Friday. Free after 7:00 p.m. and all day Saturday and Sunday. Generally limited to two hours during the day.
$2.25 an hour from 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Monday to Friday, $24.75 for the day. Free after 7:00 p.m. and all weekend.
City parking switches to a flat $7 event rate when a downtown event draws more than 250 people.
Coming to something at American Tobacco Campus, DPAC or Durham Bulls Athletic Park? Park in their decks and walk up. It is four to seven minutes on foot, and you keep your space for the whole evening.
Rates and free hours from Downtown Durham Inc., walking routes from Google Maps, both checked on 12 September 2026. City rates can change, so check the sign or kiosk before you pay.
Mangum St at Parrish St — 2-minute walk · 0.1 mi
Durham Station Transportation Center, 515 W. Pettigrew St. — 9-minute walk · 0.4 mi
Every GoDurham route passes through here.
Durham station, 601 W. Main St. — 8-minute walk · 0.3 mi
Amtrak's Carolinian and Piedmont services. A straight walk east along West Main Street.
Downtown Durham is flat and compact, and West Main Street is an easy ride in from most of the city.
Walking routes checked on Google Maps on 12 September 2026.
The Oak House is accessible throughout. If anything here is unclear or you want to check something specific before you visit, call us on (984) 259-0274 and we will tell you straight.
One City Center is an accessible building, with accessible entry from West Main Street.
The whole space is accessible. There are no steps or level changes between seating areas.
Our service counter includes an accessible-height section for ordering.
There is accessible seating at the bar, so you are not limited to tables.
Our restrooms are accessible.
The City of Durham runs the Accessible Durham Project, a crowd-sourced accessibility map of public spaces around the city. Accessible Durham Project.
Coffee before a session, a midday meeting, or wine after conference programming.
3-minute walk · 0.1 miCoffee, wine or beer before a performance. Check our hours before you go.
4-minute walk · 0.2 miA downtown stop between meetings, or somewhere to settle in for a while.
5-minute walk · 0.2 miStart game-day plans here, or stop by afterward if our hours allow.
7-minute walk · 0.4 miA short walk from the Blackwell Street campus, and an easy place to meet.
7-minute walk · 0.4 miWalking routes and times checked on Google Maps on 12 September 2026. Allow extra time on event days.
The Oak House serves specialty coffee, wine, and beer throughout regular open hours. View the current menu before you visit, as individual selections change.
Both. The Oak House is an all-day coffee shop and wine bar at 126 W. Main St. in downtown Durham. Specialty coffee, wine, and beer are available throughout regular open hours.
Yes. The Oak House serves specialty coffee throughout regular open hours.
Yes. Wine is available throughout regular open hours, not only in the evening.
Yes. Beer is available throughout regular open hours.
No. The Oak House does not currently serve whiskey. We serve specialty coffee, tea, wine, and beer.
The Oak House is at 126 W. Main St., Durham, NC 27701, in One City Center in downtown Durham.
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