San Diego Beer Week is a celebration of the 150 independent craft breweries in a city known as the "Capitol of Craft." The 2024 event dates are Nov. 1-10 with the main event, the Capital of Craft Beerfest, set for Saturday, Nov. 9. That event which features more than 30 local breweries plus live music, games and food trucks, and will be held in the backlot of Kilowatt … [Read more...]
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San Diego Breweries Win 12 Medals At The 2024 Great American Beer Festival
San Diego breweries won 12 medals at the 2024 Great American Beer Festival in Denver, including five golds. There were also four silver and three bronze medal winners. This marks the second year in a row five different San Diego breweries won gold medals. “American’s Finest City had yet another fine performance in the Rockies this year,” said San Diego Brewers Guild … [Read more...]
San Diego’s Pearl Hotel Is A Boutique Gem Place To Stay – A Review
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Editor The first thing to know about the Pearl Hotel, a boutique gem of a place to stay in San Diego, is that the beds are so soft and cozy that you had better not have to wake up early the next morning. Because it isn't going to happen. I discovered this first hand when I was stirred at about 8 one morning by a phone call, only to … [Read more...]
San Diego’s Rooftop Borrego Kitchen Launches Happy Hour With These Specials
Borrego Rooftop Kitchen + Cocktails, one of the top places in San Diego to watch Padres games, now has a Happy Hour. Called “Sunset Social Hour,” it features discounts on beer, wine and shareable plates. It goes from 4-6 p.m., Sundays through Thursdays. Even when there is not a Padres game, Borrego Rooftop Kitchen at the Hotel Indigo in East Village provides great … [Read more...]
San Diego Beer Week Sets November Dates For 2024 Celebration
San Diego's annual celebration of its craft beers and breweries is set for 2024. The 16th annual San Diego San Diego Beer Week, presented by the non-profit San Diego Brewers Guild, is November 1-10 at breweries, brewpubs, bars and restaurants throughout San Diego County. The 16th annual celebration of the local independent craft beer industry is highlighted by The Capital of … [Read more...]
Taste Of North Park Features San Diego Craft Beers & Live Music This October
Known for its craft breweries, it's only appropriate that this neighborhood of San Diego would have a party to celebrate it. The Taste Of North Park features San Diego craft beers, food samples and live music this October. The 13th annual event is Saturday Oct. 5. It goes from 11 a.m.-3 p.m., and features more than 40 restaurants, breweries, cafes and retail stores with … [Read more...]
San Diego’s La Mesa Oktoberfest 2024 Dates, Beer Garden, Bands & Food Information
Southern California's largest Oktoberfest party turns a part of San Diego into Munich for a weekend during the annual La Mesa Oktoberfest. Now in its 51st year, this year’s festival is Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 4-6. The event features vendors, three biergartens with a rotating polka band, beer stein contests, the chicken dance and, of course, German food and lots … [Read more...]
San Diego Oktoberfest Celebrations Dates, Tickets & Informations
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger Ein Prost! It's Oktoberfest time around the world and in San Diego there's two big festivals that will have you thinking you're in Munich. Well, maybe not quite, but close enough. There are two major festivals in San Diego, one taking place over two weekends and another just one the first of October. At each, you can … [Read more...]
8th Annual East Village Oktoberfest Taking Place At Quartyard Oct. 5
The 8th Annual East Village Oktoberfest is taking place at Quartyard, Saturday, October 5th from Noon-6 p.m. Held in partnership with the East Village Association, it features the traditional German festivities with a San Diego twist – it also has a Mexican flair. The locaton is within Quartyard and on Market Street between 13th & 14th streets, “It’s that time of the … [Read more...]
New Event, The Taste of College Area, Coming To San Diego
A new event, the Taste of College Area, is coming to San Diego. In a city filled with fun events, the Taste of College Area takes place on Sunday, Sept. 29, from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. The location is throughout the College Area & Rolando Neighborhood Commercial Corridor (El Cajon Boulevard between 54th Street & 73rd Street and on the SDSU Campus). It features samples … [Read more...]
San Diego Saturday Block Party Features Yächtley Crëw At Music Box
A block party is coming to San Diego. It's taking place at Music Box, a live music venue just north of Little Italy and the band is one that will have people partying as if they were on a yacht in San Diego Bay. The band is Yächtley Crëw, which plays a genre of music known as yacht rock (a twist on the Jimmy Buffett-inspired Trop Rock category). Yächtley Crëw is probably … [Read more...]
San Diego Labor Day Weekend Things To Do & Best Events
This a rundown of things to do, the best places to be and the most fun events for Labor Day Weekend in San Diego. There are pool parties, concerts, a great bar scene and it is also the start of the college football season. Labor Day Weekend Events The Beach Boys – the Mike Love version – play Sunday night at the Shell Amphitheater on San Diego Bay. Called Endless Summer Gold … [Read more...]
Top San Diego Padres Pre-Game & Game-Watching Bars
While it's hardly Fenway Park or Wrigley Field, Petco Park in San Diego does have a pretty good pre-game social scene. Here is a rundown of the best bars and places to be before, during and after San Diego Padres games. The bars are listed in alphabetical order. ALTITUDE Sky Lounge (Marriott hotel) This upscale lounge has a patio in which you can peer down into Petco Park. … [Read more...]
San Dieg’s All You Can Eat Shabu-Work Opens A San Marcos Location
Inspired by the success of its original location in Mira Mesa, the family-owned Shabu-Works is expanding to San Marcos. Known for its premium “All You Can Eat” traditional Japanese-style Shabu-Shabu, the San Marcos restaurant presents an expanded selection to their already impressive offerings of premium cuts of Wagyu beef and more. "We are thrilled to announce the opening … [Read more...]
Pacific Beach Gets New Restaurant & Bar, Slowly Restaurant & Lounge
Life at the beach tends to move more slowly than in other places and maybe that's why a new restaurant and bar in San Diego's Pacific Beach is called Slowly. Actually its full name is Slowly Restaurant & Lounge and it is a Mediterranean establishment with a Baja flair from the owners of Landini’s Pizzeria, Scuderie Italia and Ristorante Illando, Landini’s Restaurant … [Read more...]
These San Diego Bars Are Celebrating National Rum Day With Drink Specials
National Rum Day is Aug. 16 and these San Diego bars are marking the occasion with rum drinks and specials. They are: The Mavericks Mai Tai at Mavericks Beach Club, one of the most popular bars in Pacific Beach, is a boozy concoction made with Bacardi Dark & White Rum orange juice, lime, mango, amaretto, orgeat and a floater of Myers. It is $6 from 2-6 … [Read more...]
San Diego’s Coco Maya ‘On Wednesdays We Wear Pink’ Cocktails
In support of the San Diego Lifesaving Association, Coco Maya in San Diego's Little Italy is having special "On Wednesdays We Wear Pink” cocktails. As part of its Cocktails for a Cause program, $1 from each drink will go to the association, which focuses on promoting public safety in the coastal and aquatic environment through educational and charitable means and the promotion … [Read more...]
Tiki Oasis Highlights Top Things To Do In San Diego This Weekend
The Polynesian lifestyle, always prevalent here, sways in full force at the annual Tiki Oasis takes place at the Town & Country Inn. Plus, Reggie Bush and his Heisman Trophy are at Oxford Social Club nightclub, pool parties are spashing around the Gaslamp Quarter and there's the beaches in the summertime. This is a rundown of the top things to do in San Diego this … [Read more...]
Things I Saw At San Diego Comic-Con 2024
Trekkies, Captain Kirk and Spock, Star Wars characters, superheroes, villians, long lines to get into Paramount's Lodge activation, a ferris wheel, a beautiful blonde contortionist dressed up like a leopard, street performers from musicians to magicians and an incredible drone show above Petco Park. These were among the things I saw at San Diego's Comi-Con 2024. I even … [Read more...]
Reggie Bush Coming To San Diego’s Oxford Socal Club Nightclub – Full August Events Calendar
Reggie Bush, San Diego native and Heisman Trophy winner at USC during the school's Pete Carroll championship years, is coming home. With his hardware. He will be at Gaslamp nightclub Oxford Social Club on Friday, Aug. 2. The special event will feature a red carpet with photo ops, the prized trophy, special VIP guests and exclusive giveaways from Bush’s new line of golf … [Read more...]
Taste of East Village San Diego Dates, Restaurants & Tickets
More than 30 restaurants are taking part in the 2nd annual Taste of East Village in San Diego's East Village neighborhood. The 2024 dates are Wednesday, Aug. 28th and Thursday, Aug. 29th. It goes from 4-8 p.m. “After receiving overwhelming support with the inaugural event, we are excited to announce the second annual Taste of East Village,” said Dominic Li Mandri, … [Read more...]
Tiki Oasis Returns To San Diego With A 2024 Theme Of Way Out West
Aloha! The world's largest Polynesian festival, Tiki Oasis in San Diego, is back for 2024. This year has a them of "Way Out West." The five-night, four-day all-things-tiki event is July 31-Aug. 4 at its familiar location, the Town & Country Resort. During that time there is near-constant live music from several bands, DJs, tropical cocktails curated by top … [Read more...]
Where To Eat & Drink During San Diego Comic-Con
There are a lot of studio pop-ups during San Diego Comic-Con but for those without tickets to this massive event, there are still a places to go that provide a lot of the super hero, sci-fi and comic book characters amosphere. For starters, just hang around the Gaslamp Quarter sign on Fifth Ave., for there you will get a lot of the San Diego Comic-Con flavor. But … [Read more...]
Racing-style Zipline Course Returns To San Diego
Zip Zoom Ziplines, a racing-style zipline in which "racers" go side by side, is back in San Diego. It is having an opening event July 19-21 at La Jolla Indian Adventure Park in the Palomar Mountain range. The first 100 guests to book tours for the weekend will receive Zip Zoom Ziplines swag bags and discounts for a return visit. “We are thrilled to reopen this … [Read more...]
San Diego’s Mike Hess Brewing Introduces Special Craft Beer For City Tacos
San Diego's Mike Hess Brewing has created a special beer for City Tacos to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the popular taco restaurant. Named the Blessed City Hazy IPA, it is a 7.0% alcohol-by-volume (ABV) and has flavors of fresh citruses. It is available on draft only at San Diego's seven City Taco locations. Pints sell for $7, 10% of which is donated to local … [Read more...]
San Diego’s Havana 1920 Celebrates National Mojito Day With $5 Mojitos & Live Music
San Diego's San Diego's Havana 1920 celebrates National Mojito Day with a "Havana Nights" party that includes $5 mojitos, half-priced pitchers of the cocktail and live music. National Mojito Day is July 11, and this Gaslamp Quarter bar and restaurant also has complimentary, tray-passed Cuban bocaditos and small bites from 4-7 p.m, with live music starting at 7 p.m. Havana … [Read more...]
How I Spent A Sunny Sunday Afternoon In San Diego
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Editor The problem with living a place as cool as San Diego is figuring out what to do of its many options on a sunny afternoon. I was faced with that on a Sunday, the last one in June. My options were many: go for a bike ride around Mission Bay, go to the Adams Avenue Street Festival, listen to the pipe organ in Balboa Park … [Read more...]
Don’t Wait Until Tomorrow To Go To San Diego’s Hasta Manana Cantina: A Review
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger The name is Hasta Manana but you should ve ahora because the place is good enough to go to right now. Do that and the chances are that you will be going back and seeing it tomorrow. Welcome to Hasta Manana Cantina in San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter. It's on Fifth Ave., a few steps from the Gaslamp Quarter sign – the most … [Read more...]
There’s No Hiding It, Hideaway Bar In Pacific Beach Is Awesome: A Review
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Nightlife Editor The party scene in Pacific Beach, CA, just got bigger If you did not think that was possible then you have not been to Hideaway, the city's newest hotspot, a classy yet flip flops casual lounge. Around the corner from Crystal Pier on Mission Blvd., it is a daytime-to-nighttime destination that will quickly make … [Read more...]
XOXO Retro Neighborhood Diner Now Open In San Diego’s University Heights
XOXO Retro Neighborhood Diner is now open in University Heights, carrying on the tradition started by Breakfast & Bubbles, which had to close due to water damage. The 3,000 square-foot restaurant is a nostalgic nod to '90s American diners with a contemporary twist. Open for dinner from Monday to Saturday, XOXO is a fusion of traditional diner dishes and eclectic … [Read more...]
Coronado’s The Gondola Company 25 Years Of Coronado Cays Romance & Rides
For 25 years, The Gondola Company has been providing a bit of a Venice, Italy touch to San Diego. It gives gondola rides through the Coronado Cays, an area five miles south of Coronado Village through upscale bayfront homes along the Silver Strand. It offers a variety of cruises including the Pasaporto Cruise, Sunset Cruise, Proposal Cruise, Caorlina Cruise, and Fleet … [Read more...]
North Park Music Festival A Cool & Funky San Diego Event – A Review
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger The tone is set before the tunes are set. Upon walking into the annual North Park Music Festival in San Diego, you are greeted by a 70s psychedelic logo on a courtyard that looks as if Austin Powers had been there and things like a "bus stop" like none you'll ever see from the MTS and wildly painted phone booths. There's … [Read more...]
Happy Hour In San Diego’s North Park At Rusticucina, Including Weekends
Rusticucina, a Silician restaurant in San Diego's North Park, is offering Happy Hours duiring the week, including on weekends. The latter is certainly a rare treat for San Siegoans at any restaurant. The Happy Hour goes from 4-5 Sundays thru Thursdays and 3-5 Fridays and Saturdays on the front patio and in the bar area. That means that on weekends its 3-5 on Saturdays and … [Read more...]
Memorial Day Weekend In San Diego Bars, Restaurants & Events
San Diego is a fun place to be for Memorial Day Weekend, and it's even better with these happenings at the bars and restaurants. But before diving into that scene, Cloak & Petal in Little Italy is honoring fallen heroes and veterans all weekend from May 24-27 with two fundraising menu items, the Stars and Stripes Roll with yellowtail, blackened shrimp, avocado, yamagobo, … [Read more...]
North Park Music Festival San Diego Dates, Tickets, Bands & Everything You Need To Know
The sounds and talents of Southern California and Baja California fill the air of San Diego's North Park community on the last Friday of May and the first day of June for the North Park Music Festival. This year marks the fourth anniversary and it involves two days of music on a pair of stages, food, vendors and – this being North Park – craft beers. Bands include … [Read more...]
San Diego Gaslamp Bar barleymash Introduces Summer Cocktials Menu
The Gaslamp Quarter's barleymash, a lively always-happping bar on the corner of 5th & Market at the centerpiece of the Gaslamp Quarter, has unleashed its cocktail menu for the summer. There are four drinks – some familiar to barleymash regulars – and each is different enough to provide a good variety. They are: Watermelon Sugar: Whether you're a discerning … [Read more...]
San Diego Cocktail Championship A Hit With Fans, Bartenders & Bars
By Kevin Wilkerson, San Diego Nightlife Blogger There was a reason to celebrate and everyone did just that – bartenders, bars and the patrons – at the 2024 San Diego Cocktails Challenge, held Sunday, April 28 at the Rustic Root and Swing Social bars in the Gaslamp Quarter. This was a competition among bartenders at some 20 bars all around San Diego, a showcase for them to … [Read more...]
Mother’s Day San Diego Top Restaurants For Brunch, Food & Cocktails
Mom certainly deserves more than one day of recognition but she does have one, of course, Mother's Day. It's May 12 and in San Diego, several restaurants and bars are having events. Here is a rundown of Mother's Day specials menus, food and drinks in San Diego. Mother’s Day is one of the few occasions Georges at the Cove serves brunch and this year a three-course prix fix … [Read more...]
San Diego Weekend Party Report: Bars, Events And East Village Happy Hours
Everyone's watchin' to see what you will doEveryone's lookin' at you, ohEveryone's wonderin' will you come out tonight?Everyone's tryin' to get it right, get it right Everybody's workin' for the weekendEverybody wants a new romanceEverybody's goin' off the deep end – Loverboy, Working For The Weekend By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger Yes, it's the … [Read more...]
New Ocean Beach Pier Design Revealed And Includes A Pedestrian Skywalk
A design called “The Braid" has been revealed as the new design of the Ocean Beach Pier and it contains a unique feature: a double-decker pedestrian skywalk. Civitas, a worldwide landscape architecture and urban design firm, showed off renderings of the new pier to San Diego in a ceremony on Sunday, April 7. The design is a refined version of the current pier – which is … [Read more...]
San Diego Cocktail Championship Block Party Pours Into The Gaslamp In April
San Diego is having a cocktail party. But not just any cocktail party, it's a block party cocktail party. It is the San Diego Cocktail Championship and it is taking place on Fifth Ave., in the Gaslamp Quarter on Sunday, April 28. Hosted by Rustic Root, Swing Social and Tiki Annex, the street will be blocked off from Market Street to Island Avenue, from 2-5 p.m. This is a … [Read more...]
The Smoking Gun In San Diego Introduces New Food & Cocktails Menu
The Smoking Gun, a bar and restaurant in San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter, is all fired up about its new dinner & drinks menu. So this is what there now is to eat and drink at this causal hangout on 6th & Market which, by the way, has a cool arcade area, as well as several TVs for watching the Padres and other sports teams. Chimichurri Wagyu Steak Skewers, top … [Read more...]
Cloak & Petal Little Italy Launch Party For Geena The Latina Weekend Parties
Cloak & Petal, the sushi experience in San Diego's Little Italy, is hosting a launch party to introduce its Geena the Latina Margarita and Slushee nights. The event, open to the public, is Friday, April 5, from 9 p.m.-1 a.m. It features $9.33 food and drink specials. Following the launch party, every Friday and Saturday night Cloak & Petal will be home to Geena the … [Read more...]
Karl Strauss Brewing Releases Godfather Italian Pilsner Craft Beer
Karl Strauss Brewing has released a new craft beer, Godfather Italian Pilsner. The beer pays homage to the brewery’s namesake Master Brewer Karl M. Strauss, whose cousin Chris Cramer co-founded the brewery in 1989 in downtown San Diego. The beer is 6.0% alcohol-by-volume (ABV), and it was brewed with Saphir and Aramis hops. The traditional Italian-style pilsner has tasting … [Read more...]
San Diego Bars Offering Food & Drink Specials For Padres Opening Day
The San Diego Padres Opening Day is a reason to celebrate in this city and several bars in the Gaslamp Quarter and beyond are having food and drink specials. The date is Thursday, March 28 and the opponent is the San Francisco Giants, now managed by previous Padres manager Bob Melvin. First pitch is 1:10 p.m. Just a few blocks from Petco Park on Market Street, The Smoking … [Read more...]
Padres Now Offering Sunset Slam Mango Lime Hard Kombucha At Petco Park
The San Diego Padres are now offering a new adult beverage at Petco Park, the Sunset Slam Mango Lime hard kombucha. Made locally by NOVA, it is 8% alcohol-by-volume (ABV) and has a flavor profile of mango and lime. It is gluten free and vegan and is sold in both draft and in 16-oz cans at multiple locations within the ballpark: on tap in Gallagher Square and within the Craft … [Read more...]
San Diego’s Common Theory Public House Taps Otay Ranch For Second Location
San Diego's Common Theory Public House has tapped Otay Ranch for its second location. Known for its diverse, ever-evolving draft beer list and Asian-influenced gastropub menu in the Convoy District, it has expanded to 1980 Optima Street in the Millenia community adjacent to Otay Ranch Town Center in Chula Vista. “Our objective from the beginning was to build a warm, … [Read more...]
San Diego County Breweries Win Nine Golds At Brewers Cup Of California
San Diego continues to live up to its nickame of "Capitol of Craft." Most recently, six San Diego craft brewries won nine gold medals at the Brewer's Cup of California, held in March in Sacramento. Pizza Port Brewing Company won a San Diego-best four Gold Medals and six overall, including two Silver Medals. Three of Pizza Port’s Golds came from its Ocean Beach brewery, … [Read more...]
Karl Strauss Releases Follow The Sun Lager In Its 35th Anniversary Year
In sunny San Diego, Karl Strauss Brewing Company has released a beer called, appropriately enough, Follow The Sun Lager. The light-bodied American lager – 4.2% AVB – has notes of crisp malt and a subtle hop bitterness and is a new core beer for the brewery. It is available on draft and in six packs of 12-oz cans at Karl Strauss’ five San Diego County locations in 4S Ranch, … [Read more...]
Carlsbad Flower Fields Hosting Wine Tasting & Music Sunset Events
Having a wine tasing with food is common, but the Flower Fields at Carlsbad Ranch is pairing is not just food with wine but also a local bonus: flowers. Starting on Friday March 29 and running every Friday thru mid-May, the Flower Fields will be hosting wine tastings with Advanced Sommelier Lamar Engel of The Wine Milit. The events feature premium wines and food bites, live … [Read more...]
St. Patrick’s Day San Diego Bars Food & Drink Specials
St. Patrick's Day in San Diego will not ever be confused with the huge and famous celebrations in Chicago, Boston or New York, but it is a fun place to be for Irish for a day. Or a weekend in this year's case as St. Paddy's Day is on a Sunday. Here is a breakdown of food & drink specials in several San Diego restaurants and bars for St. Patrick's Day. In Pacific Beach … [Read more...]
San Diego St. Patrick’s Day ShamROCK Music + Beer Festival Entertainment & Ticket Infomation
St. Patrick's Day in San Diego includes a huge block party in the Gaslamp Quarter. It is called the ShamROCK Music + Beer Festival and 2024 is its 28th year. It is comprised of live music, beer (duh!), food and shenanigans in a true celebration of an Irish-inspired "holiday." ShamROCK San Diego takes place on Saturday, March 16 from 2-11 p.m., along Sixth Ave., … [Read more...]
Temaki Bar In Encinitas Creates A Special Sushi Roll For St. Patrick’s Day
Temaki Bar In Encinitas is having several offerings in March, including a special sushi roll for St. Patrick's Day. The Mystic Mc is a rainbow roll filled with albacore, salmon, hamachi, avocado, cucumber and sesame topped with krab, shrimp mix, tobiko, lemon and shiso. The price is $17 and green sake bombs, priced at $5, are available on March 17. Temaki Bar also has a … [Read more...]
San Diego Gaslamp Bar barleymash Extends Happy Hour Times
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger The "go-to" bar of San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter, barleymash, has extended the times of its Happy Hour. The popular San Diego restaurant and nightlife spot has added an hour to its daily Happy Hour. It now goes from 3-6 p.m., Monday thru Friday. Previously, as a couple friends and I discovered during a visit a few minutes … [Read more...]
La Jolla CA & La Jolla Cove Articles Links To Restaurants & Things To Do Sightseeing Activities
With sea lions, sea caves, its famous Cove and high-end Village, La Jolla is known as "the Jewel" of San Diego. Its bluffs and cliffs provide incredible elevated views of the Pacific Ocean with waves creating surf spots such as the locally revered Windandsea Beach, kayakers peeking into sea caves, people walking into a sea cave at Sunny Jim's and elegant shopping and dining … [Read more...]
La Jolla Native Opens ‘Gastronomic Elegance’ Aldea Restaurant In The Village
La Jolla native Steve Horowitz has opened Aldea, a Mexican-inspired restaurant with an elevated food & cocktails menu. But it goes beyond that because for Horowitz, it's almost as much about providing a comfortable community gathering place as it is about serving dinners and drinks. "Where gastronomic elegance meets coastal bliss" is Aldea's motto and its name translates … [Read more...]
Discover the Hottest Pacific Beach And Mission Beach Bars
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger For the young and young at heart, Pacific Beach is the place to be in San Diego. This is where the party meets the Pacific, a heavenly hangout of beachside bars, neighborhood pubs and dance spots. In "PB," as locals call it, there is always something going on any night of the week. And it so compact, most places are within … [Read more...]
La Jolla Scenic Visitor’s Guide To The Cove, Children’s Pool, Restaurants And Bars
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Bloggger Going North from San Diego, La Jolla is the first jewel on the route. Locals say La Jolla actually means "the jewel," tho historians believe it traces to the original native indians who named it for its many sea caves and one local tour guide swears it means "city of no parking" for it's always hard-to-find spots around the … [Read more...]
Del Mar North San Diego County Scenic Visitor’s Guide & Restaurants
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger There are miles and miles of beaches and cliffs, a nature's gift of seemingly endless beauty. The North County communities of San Diego – Del Mar, Solona Beach, Cardiff by the Sea, Leucadia, Encinitas and Carlsbad – are small patches of civilization wrapped around some of the most spectacular coastal scenery in the continental … [Read more...]
Complete San Diego City Guide: Links, Information, Things To Do Club Party, Bars & Nightlife
By Kevin Wilkerson, San Diego Blogger Welcome to Sunny San Diego! It's the beauty and the beach, a postcard on the Pacific, a supermodel as a city. Palm tree-lined streets are a part of San Diego's beauty. And oh, those signature San Diego skies. True blue and cloudless, it is as much of a landmark as the zoo and the Coronado Bridge. In San Diego, the sky is truly the … [Read more...]
San Diego Visitor’s Guide City Tourist Travel Tourism Information
Sweet sunshine, a picture-perfect harbor and mile upon mile of shoreline make San Diego one of North America's most beautiful cities. The host of two Super Bowls is sophisticated and professional, let laid back and friendly enough to be right at home in Southern California. San Diego is a small town in a big city's body. It's the seventh-largest city in the U.S., yet it has … [Read more...]
San Diego Sightseeing, San Diego Attractions, Activities Things to To-Do Guide
By Kevin Wilkerson, San Diego Blogger With spectacular weather and instant coastal access, there is a mind-boggling amount of activities to see and do in and around San Diego. Primarily, this is an outdoor paradise. Walking, running, rollerblading, boating, kayaking, biking and surfing are favorite pastimes of locals. A few excellent running, walking and rollerblading … [Read more...]
San Diego’s Top Restaurants Dining Guide Best Burgers Lunch Dinner
By Kevin Wilkerson, San Diego Blogger With an ocean as its grocery store and fresh gardens thriving in the perfect climate, San Diego is a feast for food lovers. It may surprise you to learn that agriculture is San Diego's fourth-largest industry and that the area produces more avocados and mushrooms than any other county in the country. (The avocados we can understand, … [Read more...]
La Jolla’s Georges At The Cove Celebrates 40th Anniversary With Alumni Chef Dinner Series
One of San Diego's finest – and most scenic – restaurants is celebrating its 40th anniversary with a monthly series of chef alumni dinners. From February thru October Georges at the Cove in La Jolla, which is perched high above La Jolla Cove with beautiful views of the spectacular scenery, is holding these special prix fixe events. Combined, the featured chefs have have … [Read more...]
San Diego Bar El Chingon Hosting A Taco Eating Contest On Fat Tuesday
San Diego Gaslamp bar and restaurant El Chingon is hosting a taco eating contenst on Fat Tuesday, which is Feb. 13. One may not normally associate tacos with Mardi Gras but Fat Tuesday derives its name because people "fatten up" before giving up things (such as food) for Lent, literally using all the fats in the home before Lent in preparation for fasting and … [Read more...]
Valentine’s Day San Diego Restaurants Dinners & Deals Revealed
Valentine's Day is Feb. 14, on a Wednesday in the middle of the week, in 2024. And for this romantic rendezvous it important to pick the right place for dinner. But oh man, there is pressure to get it right! PubCub.com is here to help with these restaurants and dinner deals in the San Diego area for Valentine's Day. Beeside Balcony, LaJolla Located on Prospect Street … [Read more...]
San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival Wins FestForums 2024 Festival of the Year
For those who have been to it, this news may come as little surprise. Still, it's good to be recognized and the San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival very proudly has announced that it has earned the honor of being named the FestForums 2024 Festival of the Year. "We are truly honored to be named the FestForums 2024 Festival of the Year, especially as we embark on our 20th … [Read more...]
San Diego Nightclub Oxford Social Club February Entertainment Schedule, Including Super Bowl Sunday
San Diego nightclub Oxford Social Club has a full schedule of entertainment for February. It will also be open for Super Bowl LVIII on Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 11, from 2-8 p.m. The game will be shown on big screen TVs along with prize giveaways, specials on beer and bottles and music by DJ Beatnick. On Feb. 24, it celebrates its seventh anniversary. Thursday, Feb. 1: DJ … [Read more...]
Flower Fields At Carlsbad Ranch 2024 Dates, Ticket Prices And Events
One of the top things to do in San Diego is go to the Flower Fields At Carlsbad Ranch. Beautful, colorful flowers are laid out like an inviting bouquet, and activities such as tractor wagon rides and live music add to the atompshere. “The color that The Flower Fields brings each spring extends far beyond our rows of rainbow ranunculus.” says Fred Clarke, general manager of … [Read more...]
San Diego New Year’s Eve Fire & Ice Is A $50 NYE Party In The Gaslamp Quarter
There is fire and ice on Dec. 31 with the Fire & Ice New Year's Eve party in San Diego. Theevent is at Cielo Rooftop Lounge and Day N Nite nightclub in the Gaslamp Quarter and tickets prices start at – get this – just $50. That's an incredible low price for any event on New Year's Eve. Heck, some bars charge more than that on NYE and here you get a couple of different … [Read more...]
Big Night San Diego Multi-Room New Year’s Eve Party Ticket Prices & Details
If you want to have a big night in San Diego for New Year's Eve, then go to the Big Night San Diego NYE party. It's a multi-room, multi-bar event taking place at the San Diego Hilton Bayfront. And drinks are included as it is an all-inclusive party. This is a NYE party primarily for San Diego singles and fun couples. The event includes the following: • Multiple bars (drinks … [Read more...]
San Diego’s Hotel del Coronado Offering A $125 Pitcher Of Bloody Marys On New Year’s Day
One way to start 2024 off in style is to be at the plush Hotel del Coronado in San Diego. The legendary property, where Marilyn Monroe frolicked in Some Like It Hot and where other top celebrities have often stayed, is having a brunch on New Year's Day. At it, you can get a 32-ounce pitcher of Bloody Marys for the Del-ish price of $125. Then again, it does serve four people … [Read more...]
Lionfish San Diego Has Special Holiday Bowl Drinks For USC & Louisville Fans
Lionfish Modern Coastal Cuisine is in the Holiday Bowl spirit. The Gaslamp fine dining retaurant has created themed cocktails for both USC and Lousville, the teams taking part in the DIRECTV Holiday Bowl. Each drink is named after the schools' respective chants, very familar words to Trojans and Cardinals fans. The USC cocktail is called Fight On and the Louisville one is … [Read more...]
San Diego Gets A New 9.0% ABV Double IPA Craft Beer
San Diego has a pair of new craft beers, one of them a 9.0 AVB (alcohol-by-volume) double IPA. The Original 40 Brewing Company has released Big Tings West Coast Double IPA, along with a much more modest 5.2 Baja Negra Mexican Lager. Both are available for a limited time at the North Park brewpub. Big Tings is brewed with Mosaic, Citra, and Centennial hops. It has aromas … [Read more...]
San Diego’s Jimmy Buffett Tribute Band Playing The Belly Up The Day After Christmas
James William Buffett – more popularly known as Jimmy Buffett – was born on Christmas Day in 1946. And the day after his birthday in 2023, San Diego's Jimmy Buffett tribute band is playing a venue where Buffett played on occasion, the Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach. Buffett is no longer with us – much to the chagrin of his legion of fans and the entire music industry – so … [Read more...]
San Diego Students Create A Winter Beer For NOVO Brazil Brewing Company
Beer students – yes there is such a thing, especially in the "Capitol of Craft," San Diego – have created a wintertime beer. Working in conjunction with NOVO Brazil Brewing Company, the students from Southwestern College’s Fermentation Science Program developed the Imperial Beach First Anniversary Winter Warmer Beer. Its release date of Saturday, Dec. 9, is tied to the … [Read more...]
How I Have Managed To Get In The Christmas Spirit In Warm-Weather San Diego
By Kevin Wilkerson, San Diego Blogger When I first moved to Southern California several years ago, I had difficulty getting into the Christmas spirit. I mean the weather was 70 degrees, I was at the beach and even when I tried to find something "holidays-ish" I just couldn't manage to get in the mood. I lived in LA at the time and wen to the Grove, which was all decorated … [Read more...]
San Diego’s Lionfish Restaurant Hosting A Caymus Vineyards WIne Pairing Dinner
Lionfish Modern Coastal Cuisine, an upscale restaurant in San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter, is hosing a wine pairing dinner with Napa Valley winery Caymus Vineyards. The dinner, which cost $125, is Thursday, Dec. 14, from 6:30-9:30 p.m. It is five courses paired with different Caymus wines with food prepared by Chef Steven Ruiz. It features an amuse bouche of Kusshi oyster, … [Read more...]
Day n Nite Club Is The Newest Nightlife Bar In San Diego’s Gaslamp
The nightlife scene is San Diego is forever evolvoing, and there is a new bar coming to the Gaslamp Quarter. Day n Nite Club is a part of this dyamanic San Diego nightlife area, Located at 701 Sixth Ave., it is having its grand opening party on Friday, Dec. 8. With a state-of-the-art sound system and a vibrant atmosphere, the owners "guarantee an epic night filled with your … [Read more...]
San Diego’s Role During The Prohibition Era
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger The Prohibition Era was an interesting time in America. Designed to stop drinking, it actually accelerated it in many ways. After all, it's human nature to be a rebel. When you're told you can't do something, you find a way to do it anyway. It starts as a chile and carries on into adulthood. So when the Eighteenth … [Read more...]
Dive In Movies At The Pearl Hotel In San Diego Provide A Unique Nightlife Experience
San Diego's nightlife is divese in that it has pubs, clubs, live menu venues, restaurant/bars, speakeasies, brewpubs, wine tasting rooms, beach bars, dive bars and funky hangouts. It also has something else, a unique nighlife experience at the Pearl Hotel in the Point Loma neighborhood. It's called Dive In Movies and the "dive in" part is that you can dive into its swimming … [Read more...]
Take A Look Inside San Diego’s Festive And Fun Christmas Bar, Xmas
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.con San Diego Nightlife Blogger The weather outside is not frightful here, but inside this place is quite delightful. It's a themed pop-up bar for the holidays and PubClub.com takes you inside this fun and festive San Diego Christmas bar. Called the Xmas bar, it's located on the corner of G Street and Fourth Ave., in the Gaslamp Quarter. The … [Read more...]
San Diego Speakeasy Prohibition Celebrating End Of Prohibition With $5 Old Fashioned Cocktails
The end of Prohibition was not just a time to celebrate when it happened, but it continues to this day. Especially at a San Diego speakeasy called, well, Prohibition. The cool lounge in the Gaslamp Quarter – you enter at a door marked law offices next to Havana on Fifth Ave. – is having $5 Old Fashioned cocktails on Tuesday, Dec. 5, from 5-8 p.m. Afterward, there is live … [Read more...]
All-You-Can-Drink Thanksgiving Eve At These San Diego Gaslamp Restaurant Bars
Thanksgiving Eve is one of the top nightlife nights of the year. In San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter, which is pretty much like New Year's Eve on any given weekend anyway, it's a weekend night on Hump Day. This year, in addition to all the usual shenangans, there are two all-you-can-drink events happening at two restaurant/bars. barleymash San Diego The highly popular bar – a … [Read more...]
San Diego’s Lionfish Offering All-You-Can-Drink Cocktails With Pre-Thanksgiving Dinner
At a time when many fine-dining restaurants are charging Valentine's Day prices for a Thankgiving dinner – $85 and up – one in San Diego's Gaslamp has a special so unbelievable you'll be tempted to rub your eyes to make sure what you're seeing is really real. Lionfish, an upscale restaurant at the Pendry Hotel in the Gaslamp Quarter, is having a pre-Thanksgiving meal on … [Read more...]
Tequila Pairing Dinner At San Diego’s Glass Box
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Glass Box, an upsale Asian fusion restaurant in San Diego's Del Mar, is having "a perfect blend of cultures" event the end of November. It is a Tequila Pairing Dinner on November 29. It featues a selection of various types of José Cuervo tequila paired with a five-course menu from Chef Ethan Yang. Tickets are $85 and the … [Read more...]
Karl Strauss Opens The Outpost, A Beer Garden In San Marcos
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Karl Strauss has created a new San Diego beer drinking spot called The Outpost in San Marcos. It is a two-acre neighborhood beer garden with beer and food from the first-ever Karl Strauss Food Truck, Adirondack chairs, picnic tables and high-top barrel tables. There is corn hole for entertainment and fire pits for when … [Read more...]
La Jolla’s Sandpiper Wood Fired Grill & Oysters Features New Tiki Cocktails Menu
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Getting a tiki bar drink in San Diego can be an interesting adventure. Several of the city's tiki bars are hidden speakeasies requiring advance planning and even reservations. There are a few San Diego tiki bars that are not speakeasies and now there is another place where tiki bar drinks are available on a when-you-show-up … [Read more...]
Dia De Los Muertos Day Of The Dead Celebrations In San Diego
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The day after Halloween, many people may seem as they are dead after partying at Halloween parties, pub crawls and bar events, but in Mexico, there is a tradition that actually honors the dead. It's called Día de Los Muertos, or the Day of the Dead, and in Mexico it's a holiday to celebrate and honor deceased loved ones. It … [Read more...]
San Diego’s Monello In Little Italy Hosting Cocktail Paring Dinners
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Monello restaurant in San Diego's Little Italy is hosting a trio of cocktail pairings on select Thursdays in October, November and December. The cocktail dinner pairings involve a four-course meal prepared by Executive Chef Fabrizio Cavallini with cocktail pairings curated by GBOD Beverage Director Ryan Andrews. Each dinner … [Read more...]
Mac McAnally Performs At Grand Opening Of Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville Hotel San Diego
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger Jimmy Buffett couldn't be there but from up above, he sent his right-hand music man and long-time Coral Reefer Mac McAnally in his place and the replacement for "the boss" did an oustanding job by performing at the grand opening of the Margariaville Resorts in San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter in October 2023. With his deep and … [Read more...]
Coco Maya, A Little Italy Restaurant & Bar, Celebrates 1-Year Anniversary
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger If its first anniversary party is any indication of what it's like on a regular night, then I highly suggest hou high-tail it over to Coco Maya, a restaurant/bar in San Diego's Little Italy. The place was swarming with beautiful people – guys, there were so many pretty … [Read more...]
San Diego Bars El Chingon, Prohibition And Havana 1920 Hosting ‘adopTAPet’ Events
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Canine lovers who want to have a doggone good time should check out the "AdopTAPet" events at three San Diego Gaslamp bars. El Chingon, Prohibition and Havana 1920, all within steps of one other on Fifth Ave., are the hosts for the events, sponsored by Bacardi, on the second Saturday of each month. The dog adoption and … [Read more...]
San Diego Spirits Festival – A Review
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger Incredible. If one word were to be used to describe the San Diego Spirits Festival, that would be it. The event is incredible, the venue is incredible and the atmosphere is incredible. Walking into it for the first time is like going to one of those over-the-top New … [Read more...]
San Diego Sprits Festival Is This Weekend In La Jolla
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); There are plenty of spirits and spirits are high among those in attendanceduring the annual San Diego Spirits Festival, set to take place Oct. 7-8 in La Jolla. This dress-to-impress event at the beautiful San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art (its location is where the "first lady of La Jolla, Ellen Browning Scripps, had her … [Read more...]
San Diego’s Wayfarer Hotel Shines In Pacific Beach
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger Before I even went there, I already knew I would like the Wayfarer Hotel in San Diego's Pacific Beach. That is because its website refers to the walking/bike path between it and the sand as the Strand, not the Boardwalk, as it is commonly called in "PB." In addition to being … [Read more...]
San Diego County Breweries Win 18 Medals (5 Gold) At The Great American Beer Festival
San Diego County breweries have a lot to celebrate. They won 18 medals – including five Gold Medals – at the 2023 Great American Beer Festival (GABF). The nation’s largest professional brewing competition is commonly referred to as “The Oscars” of the craft beer industry, and it takes place annually in Denver, Colo. The five Golds and 18 medals overall eclipsed last year’s … [Read more...]
San Diego’s Top 10 Iconic All-Time Best Bars
By Kevin Wilkerson, San Diego Nightlife Blogger Based on personal experiences, consulting with several others – over drinks, of course – and running down memory lane, PubClub.com has assembled a list of the Top 10 iconic bars of all time in the San Diego. This list went through many changes and placement adjustments, but this is what San Diego experts – veterans of the … [Read more...]
San Diego Gaslamp Restaurant Meze Now Has Taco Tuesday Specials
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Taco Tuesday is a Southern California tradition, mostly experienced in Mexican restaurants and cantinas at the beaches. So it may be a bit unusual to know that Meze Greek Fusion, a San Diego Gaslamp restaurant, also has a Taco Tuesday. And it's priced to please. Meze, located on Sixth Ave., at J Street arond the corner … [Read more...]
San Diego’s California WIld Ales Relocates To New Space In Point Loma
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); After eight years at its original location in Sorrento Valley, San Diego's California Wild Ales has a new home. It is in Point Loma, near Pechanga Arena. The brewery and tasting room has wide variety of classic fruited sours, clean IPAs and lagers, as well as seltzers and a non-alcoholic beer on its 20-tap system in a … [Read more...]