South Bay Legend Has Stood The Test Of Time (And Generations) It has survived the fun patrons from volleyball tournaments taking place right out its door, spirited flip cup games on his back patio, buzzed (and bad) pool players, a Hermosa Beach makeover that saw other dives replaced and weathered heavy winter storms that had ocean water rolling over the beach wall. And on … [Read more...]
Bars & Nightlife
Mickey McColigan’s Hermosa Beach Irish Bar Initial Review
Locals Exited About New South Bay Nightlife Option It's always great when a new bar opens in an area. First of all, it gives us patrons another place to go to and as any local will tell you, no matter how much fun you have in your local bars, you need to break out of your routine. Change things up a bit. And so it is now in Hermosa Beach with Mickey McColigan's, a NEW … [Read more...]
In Full Support Of Breastaurants Like Bikinis, Hooters And Tilted Kilt Hot Girls Bars
Large-Breasted Female Servers A Plus In Sports Bars Every bar and every restaurant you visit have some type of theme. It's marketing. PR. And so, too, do the places that feature large-breasted girls dressed in tight sexy outfits. And the owner of one, Bikinis, has even trademarked the term "breastaurant." This is a great move and in fact, the Bar Blogger is … [Read more...]
When It Comes To Singles Bar Posture I Prefer Standing vs. Sitting
It's Easier To Spring Into Action In Singles Bars When Leaning Rather Than Being Seated I'm not a sitter, nor really a stand-up person when it comes to taking a posture in a singles bar. Instead, I'm more of a leaner. To me, there's something comfortable about taking an arm or an elbow and resting against the side of the bar or a chair, as opposed to actually sitting in … [Read more...]
Big Wangs Hollwood Is LA’s Louisville Cardinals Alumni Sports Bar
It's A Party For Basketball And Football Games Plus The Kentucky Derby One of the cool things about living in L.A., is that it's one of the best sports-watching cities in the world. There are so many transplants from other areas that no matter what team is playing there's a sports bar somewhere around town that has an alumni group watching it. And for the Louisville … [Read more...]
South And American Junkie Are Michigan Alumni Sports Bars In L.A.
Westwood Spots And Hermosa Beach Became Wolverine Territory When UM Plays American Junkie in Hermosa Beach and South in Westwood. These are the conquerors of the West for Michigan alumni on the West Coast, at least in the Los Angeles area. They are the places to watch the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship game against Louisville. There are tons of Michigan alumni in … [Read more...]
Los Angeles Nightclub Exchange LA Exending Saturday Hours Until 4 A.M.
There's Dancing, Tho Not Drinking, At Downtown Club Not all bars in Los Angeles close at the very-uncool hour of 2 a.m. Exchange L.A., the mega dance club in downtown Los Angeles, is now open until 4 in the morning on Saturday nights. It's called "Extended Hours Inception Saturdays" and it addresses one of the PubClub.com blogger's chief complaints about Los Angeles … [Read more...]
Even Without LA Kings Fever The North End Bar Is Rocking Hermosa Beach
South Bay's Neighborhood Bar Among The Best In The Beach Cities You know what makes a great bar? Well, several things, but in this case it's a bar just being itself. One that has not been tainted by publicity, does not think itself any better because it's been featured on TV, is not anything more today than it was before it achieved local fame. That place is the North … [Read more...]
Why Do Sports Bars And Casual Bars Want To Become Nightclubs After 10 PM?
Hey Bar Owners, Save The House Music For Dance Clubs There is a disturbing trend – disturbing to me, anyway – happening at some of the best bars in America. They are forcing out their most loyal customers, the ones who are there on off days and off hours, in favor of younger faces. And right at the time when things get interesting in bars. What's happening? Sports bars, … [Read more...]
American Junkie Hermosa Beach Extends Friday Happy Hour To 9 PM
South Bay Bar Deserves A Cheers For This Brilliant Move Here's some good news for South Bay bar junkies. American Junkie has extended its outstanding Happy Hour on Fridays until 9 p.m.! That makes it the latest Happy Hour in the Beach Cities. Patrick Molloy's goes until 8, from Monday thru Friday. Sharkeez goes until 7. Then again, Sharkeez owner Greg Newman is not one … [Read more...]
Miss Long Beach Grand Prix 2013 Prelims At Legends Bar Belmont Shore
Pageant Continues To Find Finalist Girls For Thursday Thunder On Pine The search to find the 2013 Miss Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach continues on Thursday, March 28, with a preliminary contest taking place at Legend's sports bar in Long Beach's Belmont Shore. The contestants will gather at 7 p.m., with the contest scheduled to start at approximately 7:30. There will be … [Read more...]
Kegs A Good Beer Bar Alternative To Najas On The Redondo Beach Pier
Live Music And 25 Taps Provide Another South Ba Bike Ride Destination Finally! It's about time. For the past couple of years, I've been searching for a good beer bar alternative to Naja's on or even around the Redondo Beach Pier. I tried to like On the Rocks, but it's not been anywhere close to a happening place since it was Chiller's a few years ago. Kincaid's is great … [Read more...]
FishBar Manhattan Beach Has Late-Night Happy Hour Drink Specials
Popular South Bay Restaurant And Bar Serves Up Discounted Weeknight And Saturday Cocktails When FishBar moved into the original Sharkeez location in Manhattan Beach, it's owner wanted to welcome in the neighborhood. So he brought in a great chef, Jessica, put together a delicious menu consisting primary of seafood, and priced it ridiculously cheap considering the quality … [Read more...]
My March Madness Bracket Strategy: Get Drunk And Make Picks
Forget Over-Analyzing Teams, This Year Is A Toss-Up Tournament I'm going to win our March Madness pool this year. That's because I have the perfect strategy for picking the teams. I'm going to get drunk first! This is no half-court shot buzzer beater attempt. It's as skillful as Syracuse's zone defense, as solid as Florida's three-point shooters. After all, there really … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Bars Should Not Charge Cover On St. Patrick’s Day Weekend
After The Parade It's A Parade To Bars On The Pier, But Not If They Charge Customers Here's a way to turn your face green before you have your first green beer for St. Patrick's Day: Be hit with a cover charge to enter a bar. Yet that's what has happened the past couple of years in Hermosa Beach, as a few of the bars put out cash registers and had customers pay to enter. … [Read more...]
Miss Long Beach Grand Prix Event At American Junkie Hermosa Beach
Girls To Be Judged In After-5 Dresses And Swimwear In Preliminary Round Miss Grand Prix contestants will be in bikins for the Hermosa Beach prelim. Nice-looking girls are nothing new to American Junkie in Hermosa Beach, CA. But how many of them get the chance to go on to be the next Miss Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach? But on Thursday, March 14, four of them will get … [Read more...]
Whiskey Tasting Dinner At Five Crowns Restaurant Corona Del Mar
Five-course Meal Being Paired With Gordon & MacPhail Scotch Whiskeys Five Crowns in Corona del Mar, CA, is having a Scotch whiskey dinner. On Monday, March 4, it's having a a five-course meal created by Chef Greg Harrison with select whiskey pairings for each dish from the award-winning Gordon & MacPhail and their personal distillery, Benromach. Derek Hancock, … [Read more...]
Here Are The Perfect Elements That Make Up A Good Live Music Dive Bar
The Best Live Music Bars Are Dive Bars That Highlights The Music Not Decor There's a small place I went to on occasion that I just learned is closing. It was a live music venue that featured really good local bands, and I'm sad to see it disappear from the scene. It had all the elements that made a perfect live music dive venue, and even had the word "dive" in its … [Read more...]
Kincaid’s Redondo Beach Happy Hour Makes Customers Happy
Last Call For Discounted Drinks A Good Call They are doing it right at Kincaid's. The place is on the water, has a good Happy Hour that includes weekends and outdoor tables, and provides a classy setting in an area that is, quite remarkably, lacking in classy settings. But there's something else the restaurant on the Redondo Beach Pier does that is making me a regular … [Read more...]
American Junkie Best Addition To Newport Beach Bars Since Sharkeez
What's Been Good For Hermosa Beach Will Be Great For Balboa Peninsula Nightlife I can think of one word to describe American Junkie taking over the space next to Woody's Wharf in Newport Beach's Balboa Peninsula: Finally. Finally, a place is going in that location that has the right idea and will be around for a while. Finally, a place is going in that location that fits … [Read more...]
Ercoles, Manhattan Beach’s Dive Beer Bar, Has Margaritas, Too
A Review Of The Tequila-Heavy Cocktail At This Local Watering Hole No matter how much you think you know a place, or how many times you go there, it's still good to take some tips from another local. Case in point, margaritas at Ercoles in Manhattan Beach, CA. That is something I had never previously considered until I was out with a long-time local who said something … [Read more...]
Transition Time The Best Time To Pick Up Girls In Bars
The Guard Goes Down And The Odds Go Up When Daytime Transitions Into Nighttime Speaking from experience, the best time to pick up girls in a bar is not at the peak party times or even last call. It's during the period which I refer to as "transition time." What the heck is "transition time," you ask? And what makes it such a good pickup time? Well, transition time is … [Read more...]
Stepping Out Of The South Bay Nightlife Bubble Of Hermosa Beach
The Tale Of A Trip Out Of The Beach Cities To Hear Shari Puorto Band At LA's Sagebrush Cantina I love live music and hearing bands, so when the opportunity came up to roll up to LA's famous Sagebrush Cantina to do just that, I jumped at the chance. And jumped in the car with the band leader, Shari "El" Puorto of the Shari Puorto Band. But to do so meant that I had to get … [Read more...]
Like Natalie Wood, I Fell Off A Sailboat in Catalina’s Two Harbors
The Harbor Reef Bar and Buffalo Milk Cocktails Make For A Fun Party Location Natalie Wood remains a mystery 40+ years after she drowned off Catalina Island and she's got back in the news somewhat recently after a Los Angeles coroner changed her death from "accidental drowning" to "drowning and other underdermined factors." There's a lot of speculation about exactly what … [Read more...]
Girls In Los Angeles Don’t Go Out To Bars When It’s Cold Or Raining
Only In L.A. Does The Weather Give The Nightlife A Buzzkill It's chilly and misty tonight – a Friday night – and I won't be going out tonight. This is not because I do not want to go out, but I know it's pointless. That's because I live in Los Angeles, and in L.A., people don't go out to the bars when the weather is not nice. They stay home when the weather dips … [Read more...]
Chez Jay Santa Monica Bar Deserves Local Landmark Status
Casual Celebrity Hangout And Dive With Peanuts On The Floor To Be Preserved If ever a bar, watering hole, locals' dive hangout or whatever you want to call it, deserves to be named a local landmark and preserved, it's Chez Jay in Santa Monica. It's a dive without really being a dive. There's a barrel of peanuts, and peanut shells on the floor. There's an old, large … [Read more...]
Top Hermosa Beach Nightlife Advice For Single Men
When A Wild Girl Says She 'Wants To Go To the Pier,' Do Not Follow Her To The Pier A funny thing happened to a visiting friend recently. And it's a lesson to be learned about being single in the South Bay Los Angeles Beach Cities of Hermosa Beach and Manhattan Beach. He's been in the area plenty of times previously – and will eagerly come again and again – but got … [Read more...]
Basel Switzerland Provides a Fun Nightlife Experience
Surprisingly Lively Swiss City Appeals To This Party Veteran After I returned from Switzerland in the late Spring/early Summer of 2012, I was asked what surprised me the most about the trip. My response was as precise as a Swiss watch: Basel. Basel is a happening little place, as lively and bouncy as a college coed. But it doesn't exactly come to mind when discussing a … [Read more...]
A Splendid Time in Zurich’s Splendid Piano Bar
A True Swiss Delight, This Nightlife Spot Is One of My Favorite Bars in Switzerland By The Nightlife Blogger The place is absolutely Splendid! I found it because I saw a lighted sign above the door when everything else was either closed for the night or not happening. Worth a look, I surmised. Once again, my bar-finding instincts proved to be correct. I was in … [Read more...]
Hey LA Kings Fans, Meet The Stanley Cup
Lord Stanley's Trophy Has Even Been in Manhattan Beach Los Angeles, meet your newest resident. It's 35 inches high, weighs 35 pounds and shines like the biggest celebrities. It will look great with all this sunshine. It's Lord Stanley's Cup – the Stanley Cup, for short – and it goes to the winner of the Stanley Cup Final, the National Hockey League's champion. Before … [Read more...]
Hear The Bar Blogger on Internet Radio
Party Report on Static Beach Radio in Hermosa Beach You read the words, so now hear the voice. I'm on the air, coming to you via the Internet each week on Static Beach Radio – staticbeach.com– a fun Internet radio station based in Hermosa Beach, CA. Once a week, I'm doing the PubClub.com Party Report. It focuses on happenings and my observations on the party and nightlife … [Read more...]
LA’s Sports Bars For Fans Watching NFL & College Teams Games
Fans of Bears, Patriots, Steelers, Eagles Dolphins, Chiefs and Raiders Gather at the Los Angeles Bars To Watch Their Games Hardly anywhere else in the vast city is the diversity of Los Angeles better display than on Saturdays and Sundays in the fall when alumni of college teams and transplanted fans of NFL teams gather to watch their games in specific bars throughout the … [Read more...]
Lancaster: A Hidden Gem for Nightlife in LA
There's A Good Party Scene At These Fun Lancaster Bars By The Bartender, PubClub.com Bars & Nightlife Blogger It's not Hollywood and it is most certainly not the beach. But it doesn't have to be either in order to be a good place to party. And that's what I found when I ventured into the nightlife of Lancaster, CA. Now before you start snickering, … [Read more...]
Local Rock Musician Little Jimmy Done at Pancho’s Manhattan Beach (Again)
This post looks back at a local legend who once rocked this small cantina in Manhattan Beach, CA. Sometimes, you just have to enjoy truly great things while they exist. You know they are going to end sooner or later and it's important to take advantage of them while they there for your enjoyment, because it's not going to last forever. That's true for in anything in life, … [Read more...]
Discover the Best Redondo Beach Bars for Fun and Nightlife
About two miles south of Hermosa Beach and eight south of LAX is the community of Redondo Beach. It has the biggest pier in the area and a botique shopping and dining area called Riviera Village. Because it appeals to families, both local and visiting, 'Dondo as locals sometimes refer to it, is hardly as happening as its northern neighbor. The crowd is not as polished nor … [Read more...]
Exploring the Vibrant Nightlife of Los Gatos, CA
Carrie Nations, Mount Charley's & More Fun Party Spots For Single People Not far from San Francisco are some fun towns that have a thriving bar scene all their own. The Peninsula refers to an area south of San Francisco that encompasses Stanford University, the hippie and surf community of Santa Cruz, techy San Jose, beautiful Capitola Beach, exclusive Los Gatos … [Read more...]
Manhattan Beach Dive Bars Reviews Of Shellback Tavern & Ercoles
With Progress Developing Around Them, These Two Legends of the Beach Keep Pouring It On For Loyal Locals They are the institutions that refuse to give into time or progress (or developers), as much a part of the landscape as the pier, the Strand and even the sand and the ocean. They are the downtown dive bars of Manhattan Beach, CA, the upscale beach community in … [Read more...]
The Original Sharkeez Manhattan Beach Relocation Party Images Pictures Review
The Legendary South Bay Bar Goes Out Of It's Original Building in Style There's something special about that familiar yellow building, nearly two decades of memories and fun times held within its walls. And while Sharkeez Manhattan Beach has relocated a couple blocks away in the former Harry O's and Upper Manhattan spot it had to go out in typical Sharkeez style. … [Read more...]