Bar stools are a great piece of furniture to have in your restaurant. They’re fun to have, make waiting for a table a little more bearable, and are a great way to sneak more seats into your space. Finding the right bar stool for restaurants is important because you want to make sure it’s comfortable, good quality, and matches the interior of your space. The two most common … [Read more...]
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The Pros And Cons Of Contactless Payments At Bars & Restaurants
Why Ordering & Paying Via A QR Code Isn't Always Ideal For Customers By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger A server approached our table and before we could ask anything she instructed us to point our smartphone cameras at the QR code on the table. My friends and I had the same "ugg, another waitress-less, contact-less encounter at a … [Read more...]
Intoxicated Man Takes Stolen Floating Tiki Bar For A Joy Ride In The Florida Keys
On The Run Powered By Rum Drinks #tikibar #tiki #bars #nightlife By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger Perhaps he had a Hurricane and went insane. Drank a Zombie and turned into one. Consumed a Mai Tai which made him think "may I?" Whatever the reason, an intoxicated man stole a floating tiki bar and took it for a joy ride. It happened in … [Read more...]
Flair Bartenders Should Know How To Make Cocktails Too
Being a professional bartender, you should know how to make good drinks. Before becoming a flair bartender, it is necessary to know these skills first, which takes a lot of practice and patience. People may think that tossing and jiggling bottles is enough to be flair bartender. But if you aren't creative with making delicious and desired cocktails, then you will fail at … [Read more...]
Sweden Bans Alcohol Sales At Bars, Nightclubs & Bars After 10 PM
PM Shuts These Businesses Due To COVID-19 Concerns Sweden, once the model for coronavirus control policies, is "facing a situation that risks becoming pitch-black” according to Prime Minister Stefan Lofven. And that means he is doing what leaders in every other affected country the world is doing: coming down on bars, restaurants and nightclubs. He has has … [Read more...]
Here Are The World’s 50 Best Bars (At Least According To This Source)
50 Best Organization Releases List With London's Connaught Bar Coming In At No. 1 By The PubClub.com Staff Published Nov. 5, 2020 The 50 Best organization has released its list of the World's 50 Best Bars 2020, sponsored by Perrier. And coming in at No. 1 is the Connaught Bar in London's affluent Mayfair area. The bar, fitting for its surroundings, is known for … [Read more...]
Online Reputation Management For Bars And Restaurants
Bars and restaurants depend on their online reputation to gain new customers, so investing in online reputation management is a no brainer. The problem is figuring out how to make this happen in a way that'll give you back control. The following are a few tips that will give you the power to steer your online reputation in a positive direction. Perform An Audit One thing … [Read more...]
Tiki Bar Definition Reflects The Polynesian & Beach Lifestyle
Decor & Drinks That Make You Sway Like Palm Trees In A Tropical Breeze By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger Thatched roof, bamboo walls and tables, tropical music playing in the background like a light breeze causing palm trees to sway, and potent rum drinks. The latter of which may cause the patrons to sway like those palm trees. These are all … [Read more...]
5 Important Elements That Make A For Great Tiki Bar
Exotic Rum Drinks Are Only Part Of The Criteria By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Editor When you're ready for a tropical paradise vacation, all you have to do is go to your closest tiki bar. After all, with exotic drinks and decor that mentally transports you to the South Pacific islands, the provide the perfect escape. But what makes a great tiki … [Read more...]
Understating The Meaning Of The Word Nightlife – A True Definition
Bars, Pubs & Clubs A Big Part Of Making Life After Dark So Fun By The Nightlife Blogger, PubClub.com Break up the word into two pieces and reverse them and you have a simple explanation of nightlife: life and night. Simple, right? life at night. Yes, but it's what makes life at night that provides the true definition of nightlife. The term nightlife … [Read more...]
Paris Bars Closed At Least Two Weeks Because Of Coronavirus
Restaurants Allowed To Stay Open With Social Distancing Rules By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Editor Paris bars have been forced to close due to authorities putting the City of Lights on "maximum coronavirus alert" to combat a growing number of infections in the area. Restaurants are allowed to remain open, tho tables must be placed at least three … [Read more...]
The Difference Between A Pub And A Club Explained Here
These Two Nightlife Hotspots Differ In Crowds & Music By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Publisher In the world of nightlife, there are many different elements but two of the biggest is this one: pubs and clubs. Since this website is called PubClub.com, we seek to bring the best of each of those types of establishments to our site visitors. But this brings up … [Read more...]
British Lawmakers Making It Tough For People To Go To Pubs In England
Nightlife News: A Confusing App & Curfew At 10 P.M. By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Editor Going to a pub in England is as big a part of the lifestyle as crumpets and tea and rainy days in London. But British law makers are making it tough for people to to go pubs in England with two restrictive policies. And not everyone is happy about it, from … [Read more...]
5 Essential Health And Safety Tips For Bar And Club Owners
Operating a bar or club requires more than having a good selection of drinks. As the owner of the entertainment facilities, you have to keep patrons safe. Nobody would want to go to an establishment where fights break out, drug use is common, and predators abound. This behavior will put your employees and customers at risk. Many bar and club owners have organized events to … [Read more...]
The ‘Cheers’ Bar That Is Closing Is Not The TV ‘Cheers’ Bar
Bull & Finch Facade Was Used In Popular Show While The Actual Bar Is In a Hollywood Museum By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Bar Blogger There's been a headlines making the rounds lately that the "Cheers" bar – the one featuring swinging Sam Malone, factual Cliff Clavin, the always-thirsty Norm and others featuring in the popular TV show, is closing. Well, … [Read more...]
Ibiza Nightclubs Ordered To Close As Part Of European Nightlife COVID-19 Shutdowns
The Party Is All But Over For Bars In Croatia, Greece, Italy And Spain By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger The thousand-person foam parties, day clubbing transforming into nightclubbing and other party activities have been ordered to shut down in Ibiza and other European cities as officials try and control another COVID-19 outbreak. Approximately … [Read more...]
How To Spot – And Stop – A Bar Moocher
Keeping Tab Of Your Drinks To Save Your Bar Tab By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Bars & Nightlife Blogger We have all seen them experienced them and had our wallets emptied or credit card bills affected by them. They are the dreaded "bar moochers," people who drink on your tab, at your expense, while they pay nothing. They are so good at doing this that … [Read more...]
How Early Bar Closures Will Affect The College Football Season
COVID-19 Restrictions Will End The Party After Night Games By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Bars & Nightlife Blogger Picture this scenario, college football fans. Your team is playing a night game, it's fourth-and-1 with less than a minute left and everything is on the line. You're in a bar, but you can't stand up and pace in your space because COVID-19 … [Read more...]
Drinks To Go Now Permanently Legal In Iowa
Bars Can Continue To Sell Take-Out Cocktails By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Bars & Nightlife Blogger So maybe Iowa isn't so backward after all. Gov. Kim Reynolds has signed a bill allowing bar to sell alcoholic drinks to go on a permanent basis and it passed through the state House and Senate in a landslide along the lines of the Iowa Hawkeyes vs. … [Read more...]
Why Are Bars Taking Such A Beating In Reaction To Rise In COVID-19 Cases?
Knee-Jerk Reactions Like This Don't Help The Serious Coronavirus Threat To People By Kevin Wilkerson PubClub.com Bars & Nightlife Blogger There's a rise in coronavirus infections so of course, officials respond by closing the bars. They have no real statistics to prove bars are the culprit, yet they make the watering holes and those who go to them take … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: Going Out To Bars In This COVID-19 Era Sucks!
When Will This Thing Finally End!? By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger We have to stay at home about 80% of the time and when we do go out, we have to wear uncomfortable masks, stay six feet apart from others and can't go to a nightclub. On those rare times we do go out, we encounter bars that are often so empty because of social distancing rules … [Read more...]
Florida Bars Can’t Serve Alcohol But You Can Get Drinks In Restaurants
Things Not So Sunny In The Sunshine State For Barflies By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger The fun in the Sunshine State has been tapped out, bottled up, sealed without a kiss, for barflies With little warning – just a few hours, in fact – Halsey Beshears, secretary of the Department of Business and Professional Regulation, banned Florida bars … [Read more...]
What To Expect In Bars & Nightclubs When The COVD-19 Shutdown Ends
The New Order Of Nightlife After The #StayHome Order Is Lifted In The USA By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger When the #stayhome order is lifted and people are allowed to to back into bars and nightclubs, a lot of folks are expecting a stampede or something approaching the human version of a locust swarm. And that may be the case initially, but … [Read more...]
2020 Nightclub & Bar Conference Las Vegas Rescheduled To October
Convention Features Bars, Beers & Spirits By Kevin Wilkerson, The Nightlife Blogger The biggest gathering of nightclub and bar industry professionals – from bartenders to executives – has another new date in 2020. Originally scheduled for March and initially rescheduled for June, it will now be Oct. 19-21 at its usual home, the Las Vegas Convention Center. … [Read more...]
Nightlife News: Takeout Cocktails To Go All The Rage During COVID-19 Shutdown
#StayHome Movement Has Let To People Drinking More And At Home By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger If you try and take away someone's liquor, then he or she will still find a way to drink. If nothing else, Prohibition taught us that fact. And so, as officials throughout the USA and the world shut down the bars and even the restaurants that have … [Read more...]
Nightlife News: Why Grocery Stores Are The New Singles Bars
With Bars & Nightclubs Closed Due To The COVID-19 Shutdowns, They Are The Only Places To Meet Other Singles. But Keep Your Social Distance! By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger The tall, thin and beautiful blonde stood a few people in front of me in a line to get into a business. She wore tight workout pants that showed off her small and … [Read more...]
Portland Gentlemen’s Club Launches ‘Boober Eats’ Food Delivery Service
Lucky Devil Lounge Sending Girls To Deliver Take-Out Service The American entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well in Portland, Oregon, as the owner of a gentlemen's club has adapted to the shutdown of bars and restaurants in a unique way: he is sending his dancers out to make house deliveries of food. It is the Lucky Devil Lounge and a post on its Twitter page … [Read more...]
Governors Across The USA Close Bars & Restaurants
California Gov. Gavin Newsom Issues Voluntary Closures By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger Closing time. You don't have to go home but you can't stay here. Those lyrics from "Closing Time" by the band Semisonic is basically what governors in Illinois and Ohio have told residents as they have closed all bars and restaurants to customers through … [Read more...]
Coronavirus Is Having A Huge Impact On Nightlife Around The World
Nightclub Closures & People Staying Home Affecting Bars & Bartenders By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger Concerts postponed or outright canceled. Bar owners and managers cutting shifts for their staff by as much as 50%. Nightclubs going dark from Athens to Las Vegas. Las Vegas!? Even in London, one of the nightclub nirvanas of the world, the … [Read more...]
Nightlife News: Coronavirus Shutting Bars In Athens, Las Vegas & More Updates
Cancellations & Postponements Of Concerts, Festivals, St. Patrick's Day & Sports Leagues By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger Around the world, the coronavirus pandemic has shut down travel, canceled concerts and music festivals and brought sports to a halt. And it's also having an effect on nightlife. Here is a rundown of the closing of bars and … [Read more...]
Italian Prime Minister Guiseppe Conte Closes All Nightclubs In Italy
Coronavirus Quarantine Includes Restricted Travel From Milan & Venice By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger In an unprecedented move, Italian Prime Minister Guiseppe Conter has closed all nightclubs in Italy in response to the coronavirus. It is part of a measure that has closed museums, schools and other large public venues across the country. In … [Read more...]
Hey Crappy Bar Band: You’re Not The Rolling Stones So Just Play
PubClub.com Nightlife Blog By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger Don't you just hate it when you go into a bar, a band is set up but they do more "testing, testing" than playing? Well drink up because they always suck. Just like a girl, the more a band teases, the worst they are when they finally, well, take the stage. You're in the bar, sipping your … [Read more...]
Experts Weigh In On How Bars Can Capitalize On Super Bowl LIV Sunday
Utilize Social Media For Prizes & Create A Fun Environment For Fans By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger Super Bowl Sunday is one of the busiest bar days of the year, and two industry experts weigh in on how bars can capitalize on this huge day (and night). Nick Fosberg is the founder and CEO of Bar Restaurant Success and Doug Radkey is the is … [Read more...]
Wine & Low-Alcohol Cocktails To Be The Top Bar Drinks Trends In 2020
Bartenders To Be Poring More Classic Drinks As Well As Wines, Industry Experts Predict What's in your glass at the bar? If you're following the trends, then it's likely to be a classic rather than speciality cocktail – perhaps even one of low alcohol content – or a glass of wine. That is what two industry experts have told the Nightclub & Bar Show as they … [Read more...]
What To Expect Your Bar To Look Like In 2020
Lighter & Brighter To Replace Dark Speakeasy Decor Bar trends can change as quickly as a woman's mind and what's hot now may be old and dated tomorrow. The evolution of places to drink is a continual process as owners and managing partners strive to keep up with the times. Two industry experts from the Nightclub & Bar Show share their thoughts on what … [Read more...]
The NFL Playoffs Are Big Business For Sports Bars
Fans Fill For Game-Watching Bars For Sunday Fundays Across America By Kevin Wilkerson, PuClub.com Nightlife Editor Whether the fans are on the edge of their seats sweating out a nail-biting finish, celebrating an easy win or ordering shots to help mask the disappointment of another loss, the sports bars of America are winners. The NFL season is here and that's … [Read more...]
Are You A Pubber Or A Clubber When It Comes To Bars & Nightlife?
Pubbers vs. Clubbers, a Traditional Mix of Bars and Clubs Cultures. And it's Okay to Be Both By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger People who go to bars can generally be separated into two distinct groups: Those who are "pubbers" and those who are "clubbers." That is why when PubClub.com was founded, I chose that domain name to appeal to each … [Read more...]
Miami Beach Revokes License Of Mokai Lounge After Horse Stunt
Bikini-Clad Dancer Rides Horse Into Dance Floor Causing Panic At The Club By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger In order to draw in crowds, nightclubs do all kinds of things to try and stand out in the crowd, but the Mokai Lounge in Miami Beach obviously doesn't know the difference between horsing around and, well, bringing a horse into a bar. As a … [Read more...]
How To Choose The Best Bar In A Hotel With Several Bars
Tips On Where To Find The Best Party Places One of the things PubClubbers like most when we go on vacation is the ease of having everything at our fingertips: shops, restaurants, a gym, places to do outdoor activities, a spa and of course, pubs and bars. Sometimes that's as easy as walking out of your hotel room, for many of today's hotels have all of those things within … [Read more...]
5 Tools To Upgrade Your Home Bar
Raise The Bar To Tap Into Entertaining Friends Having a bar in your home is great. You can entertain friends or simply use it for having drinks on your own after a long day. But if your home bar is limited to items you have laying around your kitchen and the beer in your refrigerator, it might be time to step things up with an upgrade. So adding a few tools … [Read more...]
Twitter Chat #PubClubChat Topics On Travel & Nightlife Questions
It's A Party For This Twitter Party Meet-Up Discussion PubClub.com has launched a Twitter chat – what some people call a Twitter party – that blends travel with nightlife and bars. The only Twitter chat of its kind, it's called #PubClubChat. Formerly called #TheNightlifeChat, it covers a wide range of topics devoted to bars and nightlife, while also expanding into beer, … [Read more...]
World’s Best And Funniest Bar Signs – Submit Your Own!
Laughs & Humor With Your Drinks At These Watering Holes Around The World PubClub.com is traveling the world to find and bring you the best bars, and in our research we always come across some very interesting things in bars. Including people. And funny bar signs! Here's our favorite ones, with the location and the bar. After all, sometimes you need a good laugh … [Read more...]
Nightlife Lifestyle Blog: Top 5 Criteria For Making A Great Happy Hour
Things Bars & Restaurants Need To Know About Happy Hours The Happy Hour, so named because it's supposed to make you happy. You go to a bar or restaurant and get deep discounts on food and drinks, a feature even offered at premium restaurants where you can get high-quality food and speciality drinks for sometimes half the price. Yet there's more to a Happy Hour … [Read more...]
The Dirty Secret Bars With Lots Of Craft Beer Taps Don’t Want You To Know
The Story Behind Breweries & Their Relationships With Bars It sounds good and it looks great. A bar promotes the fact it has several different beers – craft beers – on tap. You go in and sure enough, there's a whole wall lined with tap handles. But what you see may be one great deception. That's because the bar may be holding back on several other craft beer … [Read more...]
Twitter Chat #TheNightlifeChat Talks About Tiki Bars
The Tiki Bar Is Open To Social Media Discussion The tiki bar is open! This line from a Jimmy Buffett song describes not just a mindset but the topic of PubClub.com's "March Madness Twitter chat. #TheNightlifeChat, the only chat on Twitter devoted to bars and nightlife (as well as travel and a few other related topics) is chatting about tiki bars on Thursday, March … [Read more...]
What You Should Know About Your First Experience In A Bar Or Pub
PubClubbing Tips For Novice Drinkers Never been to a bar or pub yet? Don't sweat it, PubClub.com has the full scoop on what it's like inside these great drinking establishments. The first thing to know is that there are all kinds of bars and pubs and they can vary, but in general they are defined as places you can go to for drinks without all the preparation it takes … [Read more...]
What You Should Know About Your First Experience In A Nightclub
Nightlife Clubbing Rules, Dress Codes, Drink Prices & Meeting Girls & Guys Going to a nightclub for the first time can be an intimating experience. But not to worry, all PubClubbers go through it and by reading this article you'll be able to go in like a cagy veteran from your very first visit. The key is being prepared and knowing what to expect before you get … [Read more...]
Nightlife Answers: 5 Reasons Why Nightclubs Let People In Slowly
Doormen, ID Checks And, Of Course, The Priority Of Hot Girls Going Clubbing If you've ever wondered why nightclubs – as opposed to bars or pubs – always seem to have lines outside of them, we have a few answers to the question. And yes, that's plural as in answers, not answer. That's because there are potentially several reasons and PubClub.com outlines the five most common … [Read more...]
Top New Year’s Eve Tips For Bars, Nightclubs & Bartenders
How Staffing, Champagne, Customer Service & Smiles Can Make Boost A Bar's Long-Term Profit It's New Year's Eve, we want to go to a bar, have some drinks, have fun and meet and mingle with other people in the bar. We understand it's NYE, that things take a bit more patience than usual, that the bar and staff can be overwhelmed and other factors that go into this … [Read more...]
#TheNightlifeChat Is A Twitter Chat On Bars & Nightlife
Topics Include World's Top Events, Bars, Nightlife, Cocktails & Happy Hours There is a Twitter chat devoted to the bars & nightlife industry, filling a void in this popular form of social media interaction. Called "TheNightlifeChat, it covers a wide range of topics devoted to bars and nightlife, while also expanding into beer, wine, spirits, cocktails, tailgate … [Read more...]
PubClub.com Lauches Twitter Chat On Nightlife & Bars
#TheNightlifeChat Chats About Pubs & Clubs, Drinks, Events And Festivals PubClub.com, the website that covers the bar & nightlife industry – as well as places and events related to enjoying beer, cocktails and wine – has launched a Twitter chat devoted to this very subject matter. It is called #TheNightlifeChat and it focuses on all things related bars and … [Read more...]
5 Reasons Not To Like A Robot Bartender
There Goes The Generous Pours & The Hot Bartenders By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger Royal Caribbean's Anthem Of The Seas cruise ship has a pair of robotic bartenders at its Bionic Bar. These are those robots used in manufacturing and they mechanically make drinks for passengers. While it's easy to brush this off as a PR move – and for that, I … [Read more...]
The Fire Chief at Old Tony’s The South Bay’s Strongest Drink
Signature Cocktail at the Iconic Redondo Beach Restaurant Includes an Intoxicating View From The 'Crow's Nest' Bar By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.con Nightlife Blogger Want a quick buzz in the South Bay's Beach Cities? Then go to Old Tony's on the Redondo Beach Pier and order the Fire Chief. A Mai Tai On Steroids It's the South Bay's Strongest Drink, a ferocious … [Read more...]
10 Top Tips For Bartenders Etiquette From A Customer’s Viewpoint
The View From The Other Side Of The Bar By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com's Bar Blogger As someone who spends a lot of time in bars, I know a lot about what there is to like about bartenders. I also know a lot about what there is to dislike about bartenders. So here's my list of Top 10 Etiquette Items For Bartenders. It is, for bartenders, the view from the other side … [Read more...]
Free Beer From An Orlando Bar Until UCF Wins
The Basement Makes Offer During Football Team's Games Here's a cheers to free beers. Even if the team doesn't win. The Basement bar in Orlando, FL, has the best promotion of a bar in college football and is actually giving away free beer during games. It started it because the home team, normally competitive Central Florida, the team that produced Jacksonville … [Read more...]
Dallas Cowboys Top Gameday Bar Tailgate Tavern
Tailgating Within Field Goal Range Of AT&T Stadium If you are going to a Dallas Cowboys game this year – either as a Cowboy fan for if you're visiting and cheering for the other team – and want a good bar to go to before entering AT&T Stadium, there's a place that's steps from your entrance gate. It's the Tailgate Tavern, a mere field goal distance from Cowboys … [Read more...]
Amsterdam Nightlife Top Nightclubs Pubs Bars Brown Cafes
Red Light District, Leidseplein, Rembrandtsplein University And After Hours Bars It's always a party in Amsterdam, IF you know where to find the best bars. By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Going out in Amsterdam can be a 24-hour experience. Which, of course, is a big part of its party attraction. PubClub.com has it all right here, so read all about all the party … [Read more...]
Places Other Than Singles Bars To Pick Up Girls
Grocery Stores Are True Meat Markets For Meeting People A male friend and I were sitting in a bar when a girl of ample cleavage – revealed in an eye-popping V-neck dress that plunged down practically to her navel – plopped down next to us and started talking to us. She could immediately tell we were single and – in rapid-fire succession – started telling us places … [Read more...]
A Night In A Los Angeles Tiki Bar With A Big Rum Drink
Curing Island Fever At The Purple Orchid Tiki Lounge In El Segundo Whenever I get island fever and can't get to an island, I go to a tiki bar. And when I go to a tiki bar, I can't help but having the most potent, rum-laced drink on the menu. And when I have the most potent, rum-laced drink on the menu I can't stop having it, at least not until my eyes start acting … [Read more...]
LAVO Las Vegas Offering Super Bowl-Like Viewing For NFL Playoff Games
The $150 Price Is Definitely For High Rollers (Unlike Myself) The flyer immediately caught my attention – open bar! Then I looked at it more closely. Yes, an open bar. For $150. This is not for New Year's Eve or the Super Bowl. It's what LAVO Las Vegas, a restaurant/bar in the Venetian, is offering for the NFL Playoff games. Suddenly, my inner Jim Mora came out, … [Read more...]
Another Hermosa Beach Party Event, Another Night In The Pier Ave. Bars
LA Galaxy Championship Party Provides This Excuse Just when I thought it was safe to stay at home – spend a quiet evening with mindless TV on the background while adding articles to this blog and PubClub.com – then another event comes up that will have me back out on the Hermosa Beach Pier. And the bars. Blame the LA Galaxy! The MLS soccer team won the league … [Read more...]
Silvio’s Hermosa Beach LA Kings Controversy A Surprise To Regular Fans
One Whacko May Cost Los Angeles Chicago Group Really!? Someone put up a video at Silvio's which contained an anti-LA Kings message. It was from a regular, a disgruntled Chicago Blackhawks fan. Talk about a sore loser! Silvio's is a fun, casual Brazilian restaurant – a great place for the World Cup by the way! – in Hermosa Beach, CA, that serves as the home bar for Los … [Read more...]
Sharkeez Newport Beach Hiring Staff For January Re-Opening
Decor To Be Less Beach Shack Like Hermosa And Manhattan Beach Locations Instead of drinking at the bar, why not be behind the bar? You can – if you are hired – at Baja Sharkeez in Newport Beach, CA. The wildly popular and fun bar that is undergoing a remodeling is taking applications for staff. The "new and improved" Sharkeez is due to open in mid-January. It will have … [Read more...]
Stella Promos In Gaslamp Bars Previews San Diego Wine & Food Festival
McFadden's, Whiskey Girl And Lucky Bastard Saloon Bring Beers And Cheers What better way to get primed up for the San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival – which includes fine Belgian beers, as well – than to tag along with a promo night for Stella Artois in the bars of the Gaslamp!? Not much that I can think of, quite frankly. And so I did it on Thursday night. And it … [Read more...]
Enjoy Great Belgian Beers At The San Diego Wine & Food Festival
Stella Artois, Leffe And Hoegaarden Also Served With Stella Hosting A Beer Luncheon You don't have to drink wine at the the San Diego Wine & Food Festival. Beer lovers can feast, too, with premium Belgian beers Stella Artois, Leffe and Hoegaarden. The beers are poured at the two main events, Friday night's The Vault tasting and Saturday's Grand Tasting, and a Friday … [Read more...]
El Segundo Rock & Brews Hosts Goose Island Craft Beer Dinner
Menu Pairings From Gene Simmons And Paul Stanley Restaurant With Premium Chicago Beers Here's a tasty temptation that will rock (and roll) your dinner world. Rock & Brews in El Segundo, CA – the original of the Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley and Zislis Group rock-themed restaurants – is hosting a dinner featuring items from its menu specifically selected to be paired with … [Read more...]
Bar Blogger Reflects On His Month-Long Australia Travel Adventure
Sydney, Surfer's Paradise, Byron Bay and Brisbane – And Mates – Entertain This American Traveler I didn't fall in love with Australia, or with an Australian. But after spending a month Down Under, I sure did LIKE Australia and spending time with Australians a lot. In four weeks, I traveled to Sydney, Surfer's Paradise, Byron Bay, Brisbane and back to Sydney. In many … [Read more...]
A Top Tip For Late-Night Drinkers In Sydney’s The Rocks Pubs Area
Bar-Hopping After Midnight May Result In A Premature Last Call Here's a tip for you if you are out in The Rocks, the pub-filled nightlife area of Sydney, Australia: If you are in a pub at midnight, stay there and don't leave. Because you may not get in another pub that night. That's due to a stricter-than-necessary screening process by the independent security … [Read more...]
Sydney Tiki Bar Sugar Lounge Manley Beach Earns Blogger’s Cheers
Mai Tai Meets Satisfaction And Polynesian Decor Fits The Location Hard to port! Drop the mainsail! Cut the engines! I have found a place to toss out my anchor in Australia, a tiki bar in a great beach town outside of Sydney. It's called the Sugar Lounge and it has strong rum drinks, tiki dccor and a view of the ocean. As an additional bonus, you arrive there by ferry … [Read more...]
Kalibar In The Valley Is My Favorite Party Bar In Happening Brisbane
Fun Party Music Makes This One Of The City's Liveliest Nightlife Spots Well that didn't take long. Midway into my first night in this Australian river city, I had identified my favorite bar in Brisbane. It's a small, sweaty, casual, cut-loose of a place called Kalibar. It's one of dozens of bars in the happening part of town called The Valley. My local tour guide – or … [Read more...]
LAX Rock & Brews Review: Restaurant/ Bar Amps Up Terminal 5
Gene Simmons And Paul Stanley Give LA Airport Entertainment A Big KISS You know how it is when you get to the airport two hours early for your flight, only to fly through security in five minutes and suddenly find yourself trying to kill an hour and a half before boarding the plane? Happens all the time. But if you are in Los Angeles, you're in luck, thanks in large … [Read more...]
Back On Campus: The Dreamy Dreamland Ribs In Tuscaloosa
The Blogger Enjoys The Word's Best Ribs At Alabama's Legendary Restaurant One of the classic aspects about college campuses are not just the fun (and cheap) bars, but also classic food joints that help define the town and, in some cases, the entire university. They are the iconic symbols of the small towns, the equivalent of San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge or the … [Read more...]
College Football Party: Alabama-Ole Miss Weekend Off To Good Start
Back To School Blog From Tuscaloosa, AL I knew this would be a good trip when I became smitten with an Alabama girl hours before I even arrived in the state. She was on the first leg of my flight from Los Angeles, an absolute DOLL from the tiny dot of Opp, AL, who was in LA shopping for her family's boutique store. She was bubby, chatty, had a wide-eyed look about her and … [Read more...]
Goose Island Craft Beers Pairing A Winner At Rock & Brews Redondo Beach
Special Five-Course Dinner Highlights Good Beer With Good Food At LA Restaurant Chicago's craft beer Goose Island has come West and - like many transplants from the Windy City - has landed in the fun Los Angeles Beach Cities of Hermosa, Manhattan and Redondo Beach. And on a weather-perfect Tuesday evening, the kind of gentle night where you want to have a few … [Read more...]
Having A Beer At One Of The Top Hidden Los Angeles Beach Bars
Redondo Beach's Rocky Point Fuel Dock Fuels Up The Blogger Not every time I go out am I looking for a party. Sometimes, I just want to have a beer to soak in the scene. And so I found myself on a super sunny Monday afternoon in the Los Angeles South Bay Beach Cities. I had just finished recording my weekly radio show for Static Beach Radio in Hermosa Beach, when I … [Read more...]
Rock & Brews Redondo Beach Hosts Goose Island Craft Beer Pairing
Five-Course Dinner Features Top Menu Items With Chicago's Quality Beers Craft beer and good food – along with a good bit of rock 'n roll – is the mantra of the popular Rock & Brews in Redondo Beach, CA. The mostly-beer bar and restaurant has had locals lining up for dinner since its opening at the end of June. And now, it's pairing with Chicago-based craft brewery … [Read more...]
America’s Cup Provides A San Francisco Travel Treat
Sailing Race Spectacular Event For Spectators In An Eventful City When I got wind of the America's Cup taking place in San Francisco, I knew I had to be there for it. It's an international sporting event, one that gets worldwide media coverage and involves an interesting and fun (and also somewhat puzzling) sport, sailing. Plus, taking place in a city as dynamic as San … [Read more...]
Sharkeez Newport Beach Closing For 10-Week Rennovation
More Modern Mexican Lounge Decor Coming But Same Laid-Back Bar Attitude Sharkeez in Newport Beach is closing but hold on folks, it's only temporary. It's getting a 10-week makeover and will re-open in November. It's final day in its existing state is Sunday, Sept. 7. And it's going out in style, with a closing party featuring DJs and $3 u-call-its. All weekend there are … [Read more...]
Chelsea Pub Is Hermosa Beach’s Top College Football Sports Bar
Alumni Of Arizona, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Oregon And Virginia Tech Watch Games Here And Underground Pub College football season is upon us and it's one of my favorite times of the year. And not just because I love college football – I'm from the South, where the colleges outrank the NFL in terms of passion and importance – but because I love watching it in sports bars in … [Read more...]
College Football Games Make For Long Labor Day Weekend at Sports Bars
Sports Bars Provide A Fun Time, Along With The Fiesta Hermosa Beer Garden It was a long day of partying – and drinking lots of beer – and I have college football to blame/thank. Opening weekend of the 2013 season took place on Labor Day Weekend, with the big day being Saturday. And where I live, in the Los Angeles Beach Cities, Labor Day Weekend also means Fiesta Hermosa … [Read more...]
Alabama And Notre Dame Alumni LA Game-Watching Bar Is Sonny McLean’s
Santa Monica Sports Bar Is Home To More Than Boston Teams For 2013 College Football Season Alabama and Notre Dame fans shared the bars for the BCS National Championship game last season, and for 2013 they will be sharing the same sports bar in Los Angeles. Sonny McLean's in Santa Monica – known primarily as the Westside's top Boston bar – is hosting alumni groups from … [Read more...]
Shellback Tavern Tops Bars For Manhattan Beach Open 2013
The Wimbledon Of Beach Volleyball Is A Big Beach Party For Locals For the players, it's the Wimbledon Of Beach Volleyball. For us fans and locals, it's a Southern California beach party. And no place parties on Manhattan Open weekend like Shellback Tavern, the long-standing bar by the beach that's in full view of the pier and the tournament. Shellback is the first bar … [Read more...]
Touring The Hermosa Beach Pier Ave Bars With The Bud Light Girls
Pub Crawling Through Sharkeez HB, American Junkie, Waterman's, Fenners During NVL Hermosa Beach Open Every now and then, the bars really perk up on Pier Ave., in Southern California's lively Hermosa Beach. When the Bud Light girls make the rounds, it makes having rounds of drinks at the bars that much better. PubClub.com happened to catch up with them on a summer Saturday … [Read more...]
The Red Room Taking Over Side Door in Manhattan Beach Bar Scene
New Downtown Nightlife Spot To Keep Same Cocktail Lounge Vibe When one door closes, another one opens, right? That's certainly the case with the Side Door lounge in Manhattan Beach. It has changed ownership – no more of Lou Giovannetti crooning his Frank Sinatra tunes on Sunday nights – but the new owners have told the PubClub.com blogger that they want to keep the same … [Read more...]
Reviewing Sunday Champagne Brunch At American Junkie Hermosa Beach
Good Food And Bottomless Mimosas And Bloody Marys For $15 One of the great things about living in the South Bay Beach Cities of Los Angeles is that our favorite bars on weekend nights like to lure us back the next morning (well late morning anyway). They do this by appealing to our basic daytime party necessities: Food and cheap drinks. Their bait is bottomless mimosas … [Read more...]
Side Door Manhattan Beach Lounge Bar Changing Ownership
Last Weekend Of Lou Giovannetti is July 26-28 Lou's crooning on Sunday nights has been somewhat of a special secret of sorts to a small, by regular, group of loungers in Manhattan Beach, CA. They are not lounging on the beach when listening to Lou sing Frank Sinatra, but at the Side Door, a small bar and lounge tucked into a downtown corner at 9th Street and Manhattan … [Read more...]
Dave & Busters Introduces New Summertime Cocktails
Summerita, Stawberry Sangria And Miami Ice Made With Flavored Ice Cubes I had always thought of Dave & Busters as being the kind of place where you go to play those arcade games – air hockey! – you loved as a kid or while in high school, except now you can (legally) drink beers while doing it. I had never considered it the kind of place to go for cocktails. And … [Read more...]
Las Vegas Pool Party Rehab Hard Rock Hosting Bikini Contests
July Sundays Feature Girls Competing For REHAB's 2014 Bikini Team As if the REHAB pool parties are not enough on their own, the Hard Rock hotel is now holding bikini contests! It's the REHAB Bikini Invitational 2013, which is a five-week national search for girls for REHAB’s Bikini Team 2014. So to go along with all the bikinis of the patrons in the pool, there's now … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Fight Bad For Pier Ave Bars
Crackdown On Nightlife A Possible Result From Rare Incident This one goes under "a few idiots ruin a good time for the rest of us." A fight broke out in Hermosa Beach on the last Saturday night of June – talk about June Gloom! – and it was substantial enough that the Hermosa Beach Police called in for assistance from neighboring Manhattan and Redondo. Pier Ave, was … [Read more...]
Rock & Brews Redondo Beach Liquid Lunch A Tasty Treat
Craft Beers, Good Food And Rock Music Make For A Comfortable Setting There's a line in a Jimmy Buffett song that says, "I wish lunch could last forever." That's the way I feel after having lunch at Rock & Brews in Redondo Beach. There's something about the place that's comfortable, that makes you want to have some of its craft beers with your salad, pizza or … [Read more...]
Rock & Brews Redondo Beach Bike Racks Are Works Of Art
Guitar-Shaped Racks With Kegs Provide Parking For Bicycles At Riviera Village Restaurant At first glace, they look like pieces of expensive artwork. Just to the side of the back entrance are thick, sturdy metal devices in the shape of guitars. They are attached to the ground on a base that's part of a beer keg. If any visual could describe what Rock & Brews is … [Read more...]
Checking Out Rock ‘n Brews Redondo Beach New Lunch Menu
Riviera Village Beer Bar And Restaurant Gets Even More Popular Rock 'n Brews in Redondo Beach which has – as the Bar Blogger predicted – been flowing like its many beers with people filling up its picnic tables, is now serving lunch. It's a good move because there's a lot of businesses in the Riviera Village area. Soon, no doubt, there will be some "liquid lunches" as … [Read more...]
Mari Vanna Has Russian Cocktails, Cuisine & Karaoke In West Hollywood
From Russia – to L.A. – With Love At This Restaurant And Bar In the diverse city that is Los Angeles, several different cultures exist, some of which even longtime residents may find surprising. For instance, there is a Russian presence throughout the area. There's a Russian Cold War era submarine by the Queen Mary, a recent Miss Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, … [Read more...]
Saint Rocke Delivers Another Good Night Out In Hermosa Beach
South Bay's Top Live Music Venue Again Provides An Enjoyable Experience Saint Rocke in Hermosa Beach is one of those place that, when I'm there, I say to myself, "now why don't I come here more often?" It's the top live music venue in the South Bay Beach Cities and always gets good bands. It's not like many great live music bars in that it's not hot, dark and sweaty – … [Read more...]
Dockside Tropical Café Florida Tiki Bar Seeks Internet Fundraising
Landmark Florida Keys Waterfront Bar In Marathon Will Feature Live TropRock Music Imagine having an open bar tab at a tiki bar right on the water in the Florida Keys, a place where the house band plays Trop/Rock music, where you can have a rum drink and then jump in a kayak for a quick paddle and return for another rum drink. It's the Dockside Tropical Cafe in Marathon, … [Read more...]
Silvo’s Hermosa Beach Shows Good Customer Service With A Cold Beer
Manager Makes A Warm Budweiser A Cold Bud With A Simple But Impressive Solution It's often the little things that impress me the most, small gestures that go a long way toward making me loyal to a person or a place. Silvio's, a small restaurant/bar in Hermosa Beach, CA that specializes in sizzlin' Brazilian food, did one of those small things for me recently. I'll … [Read more...]
Chicago and Boston Bars in Hermosa Beach LA Stanley Cup Party Spots
Silvio's And Fat Face Fenners Full Of For Fans Of Blackhawks And Bruins If you're from Chicago or Boston and live in Los Angeles, there are two bars in Hermosa Beach that are the party places for the Stanley Cup Finals between the Blackhawks and Bruins. They are Silvo's for Chicagoans and Fat Face Fenner's Fishack – also known as FFFF or simply Fenner's by locals – for … [Read more...]
Old Tony’s Fire Chief Signature Drink Is The Perfect Party Starter Cocktail
Redondo Beach Pier Restaurant's Signature Cocktail In Its Crow's Nest Bar It's not the wildest bar in the Beach Cities, and certainly not one of the trendiest. But Old Tony's on the Redondo Beach Pier does have a couple of things that no other place can match, and that it a still-in-the-70s atmosphere and a drink called the Fire Chief. Old Tony's has actually … [Read more...]
John Denver Tribute Artist Jim Curry Opens The Cave In BIg Bear
New Year-Round Convert Venue To Feature Rock Tribute Bands If Jim Curry sounds as close to John Denver as he looks, then it's going to be one "Rocky Mountain Night" night at the new live music venue in Big Bear Lake, CA. Curry, a John Denver tribute artist, is opening The Cave, an entertainment venue in the old Village Movie Theater. Big Bear Lake is located two hours … [Read more...]
Sharkeez Hermosa Beach Is South Bay’s Top Sunday Night Bar
'The Black Hole' Lives Up To It's Local Nickname With Berry Bly's afternoon rooftop parties at Ocean Bar, the return of afternoon bands on the deck of Chiller's (well, now called On The Rocks) and even monthly bands and BBQs at BALEENkitchen, Sundays are again a good party day in the Los Angeles Beach Cities. But despite all these other tempting options, the king of South … [Read more...]