Los Angeles Street Festival Information & Top Tips This is everything you need to know, just the facts, about the Fiesta Hermosa three-day festival at the Hermosa Beach Pier in Hermosa Beach, CA. Dates: Fiesta Hermosa takes place twice a year, on Labor Day Weekend and Memorial Day Weekend. The 2019 Labor Day dates are Aug. 31-Sept. 2. Times: The festival … [Read more...]
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2nd Annual Beach Cities Beer & Wine Festival 2017 Review, Photos & Video
Smackfest Events Puts On First-Class Event In The Los Angeles South Bay By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger Man, did I have a good time! Let me rephrase that – I had a GREAT time. The second annual Beach Cities Beer & Wine Festival put on by Smackfest Events and held at Bay Club in Redondo Beach, CA, was not only beyond fun, it was "wow I don't … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Friday Happy Hours Best Bars For Enjoying Happy Hour
Mermaid, Tower 12, Patrick Molloy's & American Junkie Happy Hour Bar Hopping By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger Hermosa Beach is a very happy place to be, especially on Fridays and especially for Happy Hour. Or make that Happy Hours, for by doing this Happy Hour-hopping routine, you can get food and drink specials from late afternoon to well into … [Read more...]
2nd Annual Beach Cities Beer & Wine Festival Weather Forecast
South Bay Singles & Sunshine At The Redondo Beach Bay Club The clouds are parting for the second annual Beach Cities Beer & Wine Festival, Saturday, May 13, at Beach Club in Redondo Beach, CA. After a week in which the Beach Cities have seen the weather change as often as a woman's mind – sunny for five minutes, then dark with clouds, briefly sunny again, then … [Read more...]
Ranking My Top 5 Favorite Bars In Hermosa Beach California
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger When I go out in Hermosa Beach, CA, I'm presented with a plethora of options in nightlife, from neighborhood pubs to small and lively places by the beach to live music venues and a nice new lounge. So picking a Top 5 took some time to create, and it was cultivated only after months and months of careful consideration. And, of … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Summer Concert Series 2017 Dates & Bands
A True Summertime #SundayFinday In The Los Angeles South Bay Summer Sundays in Hermosa Beach, CA definitely live up to the popular social media hashtag of #SundayFunday. That’s because, in addition to being a beach with the Pacific Open, beach volleyball, surfing, swimming biking on The Strand and all the other activities one does at this beach, there are free concerts on … [Read more...]
Tower 12 Hermosa Beach Happy Hour Food & Drink Specials & The Crowd
Big Beers, Great Food & A Total Beach Cities Singles Scene By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Blogger & South Bay Local It's been a while since the South Bay has had a go-to Happy Hour. The kind of place where on Fridays, you start cleaning up your work desk at 4 preparing to bolt out the door precisely at 5. Where the crowd is not only good but South Bay … [Read more...]
Fiesta Hermosa 2017 Hermosa Beach Festival Top Events Guide
Bands, A Beer Garden & Beach Cities Singles As if a holiday weekend in lively beach town is not enticing enough, the city of Hermosa Beach, CA makes it more of a festival atmosphere with Fiesta Hermosa. Held each Memorial Day and Labor Day weekend, the three-day event features local arts and crafts booths, food booth, live music in two locations and, of utmost interest … [Read more...]
Fiesta Hermosa Bands Beer Garden & Pier Memorial Day Weekend 2017
Hermosa Beach Music Features Zydeo Plus Rolling Stones, Police & Santana Tribute Bands The 2017 Fiesta Hermosa Memorial Day Weekend band schedule includes Zydeco music, tribute bands to the Rolling Stones, Pearl Jam and the Police, as well as the usual rock cover bands in the beer garden. Below is the full schedule on the two stages, one at the end of Pier Plaza at … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Is One Of The Top Los Angeles Live Music Cities
Bands & Live Music Venues That Rock The South Bay There is no disputing that the Sunset Strip is the top place to see live music in Los Angeles, but when you go to other areas it sometimes seems as if there's almost as many incredible musicians and great bands as there are cars on the freeways. And that's saying something in L.A. A great example of this is in the … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach St. Patrick’s Day 2023 Parade Complete Guide
It's small. It's silly. And it's back for 2022 and is an Irish-style blast. The annual Hermosa Beach St. Patrick's Day Parade – Saturday, March 11 in 2023 – is only about a dozen blocks and lasts but a couple of hours. But it's this lack of hugeness that makes it so appealing. Instead of having to plan things out days (or weeks) in advance as in the case in places like … [Read more...]
Tower 12 Hermosa Beach A Bar Lounge That’s Like A House Party
A More Refined Sharkeez On Pier Plaza When you want to feel like you're at home – a nice home that is – but don't actually want to be at home, then there's Tower 12, a new bar on Hermosa Beach's Pier Plaza. Created by the masterminds of bar designs from Sharkeez, Tower 12 is like beach bungalow's living room, giving the place a warm, relaxing feeling that's far less … [Read more...]
KIller Shrimp At The Mermaid Merges Hermosa Beach Bar & Restaurant
One Of South Bay's Favorite Watering Holes Expands On Pier Plaza Killer Shrimp has merged with The Mermaid to create Killer Shrimp At The Mermaid restaurant and bar in Hermosa Beach, CA. The owners are the same – they always were when Killer Shrimp was in another building – and it's now blended into the Mermaid building. The menu at Mermaid is expanding but for true … [Read more...]
Smackfest 2017 Events, Dates South Bay Tournaments & Festivals
Smackfest, Beach Cities Wine & Beer Festival & Volleyball Classes It's time for the South Bay smackdown for 2017. The beach lifestyle organization Smackfest Events has a full lineup of fun and lively events for the year in Hermosa Beach & Redondo Beach and here's the list with dates. Beach Volleyball Classes Feb. 11, Hermosa Beach The first beach … [Read more...]
Where To Go For Live Music In Hermosa Beach, CA
Saint Rocke, Standing Room & The Legendary Lighthouse Cafe Feature Local & National Bands One of the best live music spots in Los Angeles is the beach town of Hermosa Beach, making it kind of a mini-Sunset Strip by the sand. There are several great local bands – Pennywise is from Hermosa – that play here and also regional and national touring bands. Here's a … [Read more...]
12 Bars of Christmas Hermosa Beach 2022 Date, Bar Schedule & Drink Specials
One of the highlights of a very lively holiday season in the Los Angeles South Bay Beach Cities is the 12 Bars of Christmas in Hermosa Beach. It's a tradition among singles and the fun party people that involves some 100 people who go in and out of a dozen bars around the pier in a true holiday "cheers." Always held the second Friday of December, the 2022 event is … [Read more...]
The Declining State Of Nightlife In Hermosa Beach, CA
Empty Bars Now Fill On Once-Thriving Pier Ave. People walking around, busy restaurants, long lines at the bars and a general sense that this place is happening – it's what used to be the scene on and around Pier Plaza in Hermosa Beach CA. These days, tho, once-bustling South Bay Beach City is more like a bust. Once one of the top nightlife meccas of Los Angeles, Hermosa … [Read more...]
South Bay Oktoberfest At Bay Club 2017 Details, Date & Tickets
Smackfest Events Puts On A German Beer Festival In October Oktoberfest comes to the Beach Cities with the second annual South Bay Oktobefest to be held Saturday, Rocktober 14, 2017, at Bay Club in Redondo Beach, CA. Put on by Smackfest Events and and local star promoter Berry Bly, the event features beers (obviously), food, and music from Joe's Band and Soul … [Read more...]
Patrick Molloy’s Bar Hermosa Beach – 20 Years At The Pier
A True Pub Club In The South Bay's Hot Party Destination By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Blogger & South Bay Resident I don't recall the first time I set foot in Patrick Molloys, but I recall some of the good times I've had in the place. There were the AVP weekends, post-Fiesta Hermosa beer garden nights, wild promotions like Cowboy Ugly featuring sexy girls … [Read more...]
Patrick Molloy’s 20th Anniversary Party Hermosa Beach
Pier Plaza Bar Celebrates Two Decades In The South Bay Patrick Molloy's, the Irish-named but everything-fun bar (pub, club, sports bar, locals' hangout) is celebrating its 20th anniversary on the Hermosa Beach Pier Plaza this summer. It's having a special party on Thursday, Aug. 25. It will feature Happy Hour all night, DJ Joe Sol and a lot of fun. It starts at 9 p.m. … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Summer Concerts A True #SundayFunday
Free Shows On The Sand A South Bay Weekly Highlight Event There's the beach, the Pacific Ocean, surfing, sailing, beach volleyball and riding bikes along The Strand. But the Sunday highlight of several people in the South Bay during August are the free concerts on the beach, known as the Hermosa Beach Summer Concert Series. They take place on the sand on the south … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Summer Concerts Vs. Manhattan Beach Polliwog Park
The Best Bands & Scene For Singles And Couples It's not exactly a battle of the beaches, but Hermosa and Manhattan Beach – sitting side by side in Los Angeles' South Bay – have something of a battle of the bands each Sunday in August. In one corner, it's Hermosa with its Summer Concert Series featuring locally-touring bands mixing in originals with familiar cover … [Read more...]
Patrick Molloy’s The Top Bar After Hermosa Beach Concerts
PubClub.com Tip Of The Week: The Best Sunday Nightlife Singles Bars At The Pier The summer Sunday beach concert is over for the evening, the sun has set, the bars on the Pier Plaza are right there, and it's still fairly early. So where do you go to continue to party? Patrick Molloy's. That's the most happening and best bar to go to on Pier Plaza, and PubClub.com's … [Read more...]
Graceband Big Band Elvis Show Returns To Saint Rocke
The King And Queen Tribute Show Heats Up Hermosa Beach In August Neil Diamond sang about "Hot August Nights," but on Saturday, Aug. 6, it will be the sounds of Elvis Presley – along with Queen and a local rock band – that will be heating things up at Saint Rocke in Hermosa Beach, CA. The Elvis tribute band Graceband returns to Saint Rocke with its big-band show … [Read more...]
Mermaid Hermosa Beach: PubClub Party Tip Of The Week
Drink Of The Week Is The South Bay's Best Cocktail Deal Being out on the town means that PubClub.com has a lot of tips to share with readers and friends, and it's often difficult to get them all out in one simple system, like within the text of another post. So, based on input from a friend, we are now featuring a PubClub.com Party Tip Of The Week. This is starting … [Read more...]
Smackfest Hermosa Beach 2016 Photos & Event Review
Beach Volleyball Tournament Is A Halloween Party In July There were girls in sexy lingerie, people in grass skirts and Aloha shirts, a polling booth, elves, WWF wrestlers, American Gladiators, a DJ and a parade of silly-dressed people in the bars as if they were intentionally trying to lose a costume contest. It was Halloween in July in Hermosa Beach, CA, otherwise … [Read more...]
Spending A Typical Weekend In Hermosa Beach, CA
Volleyball On The Sand, Bicycles On The Strand By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Blogger & Hermosa Beach Resident I woke up on a Sunday morning to see a group of about a dozen girls hitting volleyballs on a court on the beach. They stayed for about an hour, maybe more, encouraging each other in an organized practice of drills. After they left, another group took … [Read more...]
Smackfest 2016 Teams Sold Out For Hermosa Beach Event
Beach Volleyball Coed Costume Party Is July 23 If you did not sign up to play in Smackfest 2016, then you had better find some buddies with a team because it's sold out for spots. Of course, the event is free and open to spectators. Just a few weeks after being available, there's no more signups for teams. All that remains now is to see what costumes and themes those … [Read more...]
Smackfest 2016 Teams Include The Lingerace Girls
Hotties Enhancing The Hermosa Beach Volleyball Tournament Of all the teams at Smackfest in 2016 – pirates, lifeguards, big bananas, perhaps the Rubik's cube team again – look out for the girls from Lingerace. These eye-popping ladies are going to be wearing sexy outfits, playing in lingerie. Rest assured, the volleyballs won't be the only thing that will be bouncing … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach 4th Of July 2016 Party Review
House Parties Calm On This Independence Day The TV trucks were set up in the morning and doing live shots all day, the "command center" was in place on 2nd Street and the police even called in the calvary. Literally. Yet the 4th of July in Hermosa Beach, CA, was a calm as a kitten in 2016. As trouble-free as a new beach cruiser. Once the mainstay of Hermosa on the … [Read more...]
4th Of July Hermosa Beach 2016 Weekend Party Report
House Parties, The Strand, The Ironman, Shade Rooftop Party & Fireworks We are starting off with this 4th of July Weekend tip: Stock up NOW on your beer and cocktails for the weekend. You don’t want to wait until Sunday or certainly Monday to do it; on Monday there are lines out the liquor stores (especially Mickey’s in Hermosa) that rival those at Las Vegas nightclubs. … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach The Ultimate Quick Guide For Visitors
Bars, Top Happy Hours & Things To Do In This South Bay Beach City If you're visiting Hermosa Beach or are new to the South Bay Beach Cities, here's a quick guide to the best bars, Happy Hours, activities and lifestyle. It's everything .you need to know about what to do and where to do it and even what to wear in Hermosa. Things To Do In Hermosa Beach The focal … [Read more...]
4th Of July Hermosa Beach The Strand Singles Scene
Red, White & Blue Bikinis, Board Shorts, Bikes & House Parties This the ultimate California summer beach scene, thousands of people walking and biking up and down a beach path while house parties rage around them. It's the Fourth of July and the location is Hermosa Beach, the tiny (two miles long) town in Los Angeles as part of the South Bay Beach … [Read more...]
4th Of July Hermosa Beach Strand Alcohol Policy Laws
Drinking Prohibited On The Walkway & On The Beach It may seem hard to fathom when you look around and there's thousands of people walking and riding bikes with beverages in hand, playing volleyball and games on the beach next to coolers and a seemingly endless line of house parties. But there's no alcohol allowed on The Strand and the beach in Hermosa Beach, CA. And … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Is USA’s Top 4th of July Party Destination
The Ironman, House Parties On the Strand & Single Partying People The three most important words in real estate are: Location, location, location. When it comes to a location to have a party, the beach is a good place to start. But it also takes the right mix of people, culture and tradition. And Hermosa Beach, CA, one of the South Bay Beach Cities of Los Angeles, … [Read more...]
Fourth Of July Hermosa Beach South Bay Locals Party Guide
Singles Scene Rocks The Beach Cities on The 4th Of July Anyone looking for a party atmosphere need search no farther than Hermosa and Manhattan Beach. For it is at these side-by-side beaches just south of LAX where the red glare is caused not by rockets, but bloodshot eyes from all the partying. There's beach bums and beer, bikinis and martinis. Just about every … [Read more...]
Top Party Tips for the 4th of July In Hermosa Beach
Advice On House Parties, Drinking and Partying on Independence Day in This Fun Los Angeles Beach City It's one of the top party locations for the 4th of July in the country, a place on the beach with a sidewalk along the shore and house parties with nearly every step. The day begins with a unique event, something called The Ironman where local "competitors" run a mile, … [Read more...]
Don’t Drink In Public on the 4th of July In Hermosa Beach
Open Container Law Doesn't Stop Americans From Drinking on the Fourth of July (Just Conceal It) By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger It seems as natural as having an outdoor BBQ and dressing in the red, white and blue. As American as baseball, and apple pie, yet it's illegal. Drinking beer – or any alcoholic beverage – in public. And it's enforced in … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Thursday Happy Hours Top Bars & Nightlife
Mojitos, Burritos, Pizza & Ladie's Night In The South Bay It's Thursday in the South Bay and you are thirsty. Okay, if you're in the South Bay you're pretty much thirsty every night of the week but here's what's happening for Happy Hours and Thirsty Thursdays at and around the Hermosa Beach Pier bars. Food & Drink Specials At The Hermosa Pier • American … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Tuesday Things To Do, Happy Hours & Tacos
A Weekday Guide To This L.A's South Bay Beach City If you're fortunate enough to find yourself in Hermosa Beach, standing at the surfer statue on the pier, hands on hip and suddenly declare "well we're here, NOW what to we do!?," then this article is for you. This is a guide from a local about what to do, where to do, where to eat and drink, Happy Hours and, of course, … [Read more...]
Hot Girls Of The Hermosa Beach Ironman 4th Of July
Babes On The Beach During Annual Fourth Of July Kickoff Event The Hermosa Beach Ironman is known mainly as a kooky way to start the Fourth of July, but it also has another factor that makes it a morning must-do in this Los Angeles seaside community. There's a lot of hot girls at it. And not only at it, but in it, for it's not just men who run a mile, swim a mile and … [Read more...]
Smackfest 2016 Date & Registration Information
Costume Beach Volleyball Tournament In Hermosa Beach The creative, crazy, fun glad-I'm-single (or I'm-single-this-weekend) event in Hermosa Beach, CA, known as Smackfest is Saturday, July 23. Registration opened June 1, and is for teams of four (at least one girl is required, as if that's a problem). So get your teammates, register before it's sold out (which always … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Ironman 4th Of July – The Ultimate Party Event Review
Fourth Of July Kickoff Starts With Beer Chug & Mosh Pit In some circles, an Ironman competition is an athletic endeavor developed to determine the best overall athlete in three disciplines. The most famous of them all, held each year in Kona, Hawaii, consists of a 2.4 mile swim, a 112-mile bike ride and a marathon run of 26.2 miles. But there's another … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Ironman: A Little Fact, A Little Fiction
Pennywise To House Parties A Good Old-Fashioned 4th of July By John Valencia, Special To PubClub.com It was 7 a.m., on the morning of the 4th of July in Hermosa Beach, California. Jake and Fletch were rolling their beach cruisers through the early morning mist searching for the registration of the annual Ironman. No, not that Ironman. Not the race in Hawaii where ultra … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Memorial Day Weekend Party Report
South Bay Happenings For Fiesta Hermosa, Champagne Brunches, Bands & Lifestyle Welcome to the PubClub.com South Bay Party Report – Memorial Day Edition! The Party Report is brought to you by Kona Beer, which gives you "liquid aloha" with Longboard Lager (available at, among other places, American Junkie, Shade Hotel, Sharkeez MB, Shellback Tavern & Waterman’s), … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Visitors: No Drinking Beer On The Beach
No-Alcohol Policy Catches Some Tourists Off Guard Here's something important to know for visitors to Hermosa Beach, CA: There's no drinking on the beach. Not beer, wine or alcohol. Do it and get caught and you'll face a fine or, as a group of springtime visitors from Colorado found out one sunny Saturday in May, a very public lecture from the Hermosa Beach Police … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Cinco de Mayo Pub Crawl
Kona Brewing Brings A Bit Of Aloha To Mexican Party What's happening in Hermosa Beach for Cinco de Mayo? Well here's one thing – a pub crawl with Kona Brewing Co. Yes, Kona Brewing, the Hawaiian-based beer is going out in the South Bay for Cinco de Mayo. You're invited to come along to all the bars or meet in one of them. Along the way there will be not specials on … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach House Parties Police Breakup Solution
Calling The Cops Should Be A Two-Way Street In a familiar scenario, a fun house party was broken up when Hermosa Beach police showed up after a complaint. This was a Saturday night and the party consisted mostly of adults in their mid-30s to mid-40s. The door was closed to keep any outside noise reduced as a result, the party was very hot and steamy inside and the … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach The Essential Bars, Nightlife & Happy Hours Guide
The Best Bars, Cocktails & Happy Hours This is your essential party guide to Hermosa Beach, CA, the lively little beach town in Los Angeles. A local provides information on the bars, where to get the best cocktails and all the Happy Hours, some of which are seven days a week. The first thing to know is that the main area of activity is Pier Plaza, a … [Read more...]
Seeing The Rolling Stones Not In Cuba But At Saint Rocke
Hermosa Beach Live Music Venue Features The Stone, Beatles & Elvis In One Night By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Blogger The song is correct. You may not always get what you want, but if you try sometime, you can get what you need. And what I wanted was to see the Rolling Stones in Cuba. But what I got was a Rolling Stones cover band at Hermosa Beach's great live … [Read more...]
Smackfest 2016 Date Hermosa Beach Volleyball Party Review
Volleyball Meets Halloween In The 23rd Annual Tournament Smackfest is back on the beach, and the date for 2016 is Saturday, July 23. For those who may not know (this would be South Bay newbies or anyone who has their head stuck in the sand while living here), Smackfest is a coed beach volleyball tournament with themed teams that put as much energy into enjoying the party … [Read more...]
The Mermaid Hermosa Beach Adds Late Night Happy Hour
Pier Ave. Restaurant And Bar Features Wine, Beer & The Drink Of The Week Cocktail Here's a cheers to this move. The Mermaid, one of the few bars on the Hermosa Beach Strand, has extended it's daily Happy Hour hours and added a late-night Happy Hour. The daily Happy Hour – and by daily, we mean it's seven days a week – now goes from 3-7 p.m. Previously, it ended … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Bike Tours On The Today Show
Beach Cities Bike Tours Part Of Win A Trip To Los Angeles Promotion If you were watching the Today Show and saw people riding bikes by the beach and as part of a win a trip to Los Angeles promotion, then said to yourself "hey I would like to do that," here's how to do it. The tours are run by Beach Cities Bike Tours and are guided tours along the beach on bicycles. Yes, … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Pier Bars Super Bowl Food & Drink Specials
#SundayFunday At Fenner's, Patrick Molloys, Sharkeez & The Deck Super Bowl Sunday is one of the most fun days of the year in the South Bay Beach Cities of Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach. There are tons of house parties but it's also a huge day for the bars, particularly on the Hermosa Beach Pier. That is where you will find the most action, … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach #SundayFunday: Big Waves, Blues Band & Elvis
Swept Away, Blown Away And Whisked Away In The South Bay By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Blogger When you live in an area as lively as Hermosa Beach, CA – and, indeed, the entire South Bay Beach Cities which also includes Manhattan Beach and Redondo Beach – you are conditioned to know a fun time can break out at any time. Even during a hurricane. Yacht Club To … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Pier Bars Sunday Happy Hours
#SundayFunday In The South Bay With Food & Drink Specials Sundays in the South Bay is #SundayFunday with the great weather, playing beach volleyball, surfing and cruising The Strand barhopping on bicycles. And, because a lot of singles live in the area, the bar scene is always on their mind. And here's where to find the Sunday Happy Hours at the Hermosa Beach … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Pier Bars Saturday Happy Hours
Where To Eat & Drink Cheap On Weekends The arrival of the weekend doesn't mean the end of the Happy Hours. Here's where you can eat and drink for cheap on the Hermosa Beach Pier in this quintessential Southern California Beach City. • Fat Face Fenner's Faloon Saturday Happy Hour This casual beach bar – and sports destination for Boson transplants – is … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Sunday Live Music At HBYC
#SundayFunday At Hermosa Beach Yacht Club Sundays in the South Bay are often #SundayFunday and here's where to go to hear live music. The Hermosa Beach Yacht Club – or HBYC as it's affectionally known by locals – has acoustic music in the early evenings, perfectly timed to be after a day on the sand playing beach volleyball and/or riding bikes along The … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Strand + Pier Hotel May Have 5 Bars
On-Site Restaurants Part Of New Plan That Includes Hermosa Cyclery The developers of the new Strand + Pier hotel project, which would take over the prime spot occupied by The Mermaid for decades, say they want the massive development to fit the personality of Hermosa Beach as much as possible. And certainly one proposal would do just that, for they have asked the city … [Read more...]
12 Bars of Christmas Hermosa Beach A Fun Holiday Event
Seasonal Pub Crawl Has Been Happening For 20 Years One of the most creative events in a town with a lot of them is the 12 Bars of Christmas pub crawl in Hermosa Beach, CA. It's just what it sounds like, going to a dozen bars in one night dressed in holiday attire. The 2015 event was the 20th annual one and had more than 100 people visiting Sharkeez, Patrick Molloy's, … [Read more...]
Surviving Another Hermosa Beach Party & Bar Challenge
How The Nightlife Blogger Made It Through All Day Night Bars & Parties By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Blogger My throat is scratchy and my voice is crackling, but I'm up, feeling good and ready to rock it again. It's a mid-Sunday morning in the South Bay, and I survived a long, busy and lively Saturday, which I've dubbed the Hermosa Beach Challenge. When you live … [Read more...]
Big 10 Pub Crawl Hermosa Beach 2019 Bars & Details
Midwestern Transplants Gather In L.A. For Annual Party There's no Little Brown Jug, Paul Bunyan's Axe, Old Brass Spittoon, brass bull or brass pig. And nobody to dot the "i" in Ohio. What there is, however, are more than a hundred transplanted Midwesterners now living in Los Angeles who converge on Hermosa Beach for the annual Big 10 Pub Crawl. Held on the … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Standing Room Hosting Shari Puorto Release Party
Local Rock/Blues Artist To Perform Songs From Her Latest CD At Live Music Bar The passion that Shari "El" Puorto puts into her music is now being put into telling everyone in the South Bay that she's having a release party to perform her new CD. The release party is Saturday, Dec. 5, at Standing Room in Hermosa Beach. It starts at 9 p.m. There is no cover charge. The CD … [Read more...]
Thanksgiving Eve Themed Pub Crawl In Hermosa Beach
Bar Hopping On One Of The USA's Top Party Nights Thanksgiving Eve is one of the top party nights of the year in the USA. People return to their hometown to visit their families and spend the previous night getting hammered with their high school friends, nobody has to work the next day and much of the rest of the four-day weekend is spent in a reflective, rather than … [Read more...]
USC-UCLA Game Party Bus From Hermosa Beach
Cross-Town Rivalry Transportation From The South Bay There's a party bus from Hermosa Beach to the USC-UCLA game at the LA Coliseum. It meets at Sharkeez Hermosa Beach at 9 a.m., and departs in front of the Comedy and Magic Club., which will put it at the Coliseum in prime tailgate party time (the best place to do this is on the USC campus).Kickoff is at 12:30 … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Bartenders Receive Alcohol Awareness Training
Underage Drinking & Over-Serving In Bars Stressed In Sessions The many lively bars at and around the Hermosa Beach, CA, Pier can - and do – give the impression to some that this is a wild and crazy drinking town. It's not (for comparison's sake, one day and night on Mykonos in the Greek Islands would likely lead to quite a different perspective of things here) but … [Read more...]
Taco Tuesday American Junkie $5 All-You-Can-Eat Tacos
Reviewing This Hermosa Beach Bar's Food & Drink Specials And Singles Scene Taco Tuesday is part of the culture in Southern California beach communities and it's particularly popular in the South Bay Beach Cities. Several bar/restaurants have specials on tacos and drinks this day of the week, and one of the best bargains is American Junkie at the Hermosa Beach … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Booze-N-Cruise Scavenger Hunt 2015
Fun Party Bar Events For Lyme Disease It's a party in the Hermosa Beach bars for the annual Booze-N-Clues. The 2015 Booze-N-Clues Bar Scavenger Hunt takes place on Saturday, Sept. 26 at the Hermosa Beach Pier. What exactly IS the Booze-N-Clues Bar Scavenger Hunt? It's an annual event blends a scavenger hunt with bar contests where dozens of individuals will split more … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Bars Nightlife Clubs & Singles Party Scene Complete Guide
Once a hangout for hippies, Harleys and hang-loosers, Hermosa Beach is now the mecca of the South Bay's social scene. All these bars profiled here are within walking distance and many are within sight distance of one another. There is one-block, pedestrian-only Pier Ave., possesses a plethora of places and, combined with more bars on Hermosa Ave., it's a party … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Pier Girls: South Bay Singles Life Blog
Wild Child Frustrates A Date When She Goes Crazy In Sharkeez It was, admittedly, against my better judgment. But she's cute. So when the girl – who had just frustrated me two nights earlier but then apologized with the "it's not me and it will never happen again" line – I took a chance and met her out on a Saturday night. I figured I had a chance to control her if I could … [Read more...]
The Mermaid A Top Hermosa Beach Bar For 30+ Locals Singles
Strong Drinks, Great Bartenders And Happy Hour 7 Days A Week First – and for a long time – it was Sharkeez. Then it was Fenner's. And now it's The Mermaid. A group of long-time local South Bay singles have a new favorite "go-to" bar and it's one that has been in Hermosa Beach for decades: The Mermaid. A couple of years ago the long-standing bar with the dark interior and … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Sports Bars College Football Alumni Game-Watching Places
Where L.A. Transplants Watch Arizona State, Ohio State, Nebraska, Wisconsin & More Schools In Los Angeles, a huge number of transplants from the rest of the USA means there are fans and alumni of schools who gather to watch games together and of course, that's in a bar. Here's a rundown of bars in Hermosa Beach where groups – sometimes 50+ strong – gather to watch … [Read more...]
Patrick Molloy’s Is Hermosa Beach’s Top Sunday Night Party Bar
Happy Hour Prices & Live Music At The HB Pier The South Bay has a long history of hot, happening, "must do" Sunday afternoon/evening bars: Beach Bum Bert's, La Paz, 12th Street, H2O, Chiller's, Harry O's, Sharkeez Hermosa. And now, after a recent void, add Patrick Molloy's to the list. The bar on Hermosa's Pier Plaza is rocking on Sunday nights with a non-stop … [Read more...]
American Junkie Hermosa Beach Daily Drink Specials
Happy Hour Meun Mondays Thru Sundays Fundays At The HB Pier This is complete rundown on drink and food specials every day and night at American Junkie on the Hermosa Beach Pier in this Los Angeles beach city. For a quick review of the place "AJ's" as locals call it, is a fine and friendly bar and restaurant and is the largest place on the pier. It has a nice-sized patio … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Yacht Club One Of The South Bay’s Top Dive Bars
HBYC Has Cold Beers & Hot Bartenders When one thinks of good dive bars in the South Bay Beach Cities, Shellback Tavern and Ercoles at the Manhattan Beach Pier come immediately to mind. In Hermosa tho, the dive bar is a disappearing relic. The Mermaid has been spiffed up and even the Poop Deck (now just called The Deck) is somewhat of a wine bar. But there is one place … [Read more...]
Palmilla Restaurant Hermosa Beach Tequila Bar Review
Restaurant-Bar on the Pier Features Fine Dining and Drinks On the Pier And Fresh-Squeezed Margaritas The margarita menu reads like a high-end restaurant menu. "La Flacita (Skinny) Margarita." "Pineapple Serrano Cilantro Margarita." "Margarita De La Casa." Watch out for the "Fresh Spicy Mango Margarita," for the word "spicy" is not hype. It contains … [Read more...]
Silvio’s is The Chicago Sports Bar Hermosa Beach in Los Angeles
When the Bears and Blackhawks Play, This Restaurant/Bar on the Hermosa Pier Goes Absolutely WACCO There are so many transplanted Midwesterners in Los Angeles – many of whom live in the South Bay Beach Cities – that one of them started a group so he and like-minded sports fans could cheer on their beloved teams together. That group is called WACCO, the West Coast … [Read more...]