The San Diego Wave, the city's very popular women's soccer team, has signed not a new player but a new sponsor. NOVA has been added to the roster as the Official Hard Kombucha for the team. As part of the deal, a special Wave FC Kombucha will be sold in Snapdragon Stadium for the games. The Wave's National Women’s Soccer League season begins March 25. NOVA also serves as the … [Read more...]
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Jimmy’s Buffet Is A Fun San Diego Jimmy Buffett Tribute Band
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger With beaches, boats and certainly lots of bars, San Diego has a lot of the elements to be a big Jimmy Buffett town. And San Diego has at least one Jimmy Buffett tribute band, Jimmy's Buffet. That's Buffet, not Buffett, as in a Vegas-style buffet. One "t," not two. Still, Jimmy's Buffet does one thing like the … [Read more...]
San Diego’s Sugar Factory, Nick Jonas’ Villa One Tequila & Nick Cannon’s Wild & Out Closed
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger After celebrity-filled grand openings, red carpets and a Hollywood type of hype, Nick Jonas' One Tequila Bar and Nick Cannon's Wild 'N Out bars have both closed. This is because the building they shared, Sugar Factory at Fifth Ave., and G Street in the Gaslamp Quarter, has, closed. So much for LA's Hollywood influence … [Read more...]
Prince Street Pizza Brings New York Style – And New York Crust – To San Diego’s Gaslamp Quarter
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger Ever since I moved to Southern California, I would hear transplanted New Yorkers say – complain, really – that "you can't get good pizza here!" They would talk about the pH level in the water and the dough not being the same and oh, by the way, the bagels aren't the same here as they are in New York, either. Again it's the … [Read more...]
The Flower Fields at Carlsbad Ranch 2023 Dates & Tickets
April showers may bring May flowers, but January rains also brings March flowers, as the the Flower Fields at Carlsbad Ranch are ready to blossom for 2023. The fields open March 1 with the blooming of 70+ million colorful flowers. For more 60 years, this working farm has welcomed people to experience the beauty and splendor of its fifty-five acres of Giant Tecolote … [Read more...]
SEA180° Coastal Tavern Celebrates 40th Anniversary Of Cohn Restaurant Group With These Food & Drink Specials
Imperial Beach's SEA180° Coastal Tavern, a San Diego restaurant and bar overlooking the Pacific Ocean, is having food and drink specials to celebrate the 40th anniversary of it12s parent company, Cohn Restaurant Group. It takes place not on one day but for a week, Jan. 4-12. For $40 you get a three-course meal. It includes an appetizer, choice of dinners and … [Read more...]
Jimmy Buffett San Diego Snapdragon Concert Rescheduled For May
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Apparently, the best cure for Jimmy Buffett is to go back on tour. His canceled San Diego concert at the new Snapdragon Stadium has been rescheduled for Saturday, May 6. Tickets went on sale Friday, Dec. 16. This comes on the heels of Buffett announcing rescheduled concerts in Las Vegas plus one in Phoenix and another at a brand-new … [Read more...]
San Diego New Year’s Day Brunch Bars & Restaurants
When done right, New Year's Day can be almost as much fun as New Year's Eve. That's because when done right, you start your day with a brunch with Bloody Marys, mimosas or other lively libations. This will quickly bring about the shampoo effect and before you know it you'll be having a heck of a good time to start the New Year. In San Diego, here is a rundown of fun and … [Read more...]
Craft Beer Capitol San Diego To Host Homebrew Con in 2023
With seemingly as many craft beers and breweries as there are Padres fans, San Diego is the craft beer capitol of America. Actually it's officially known as the Capital of Craft, a moniker that was trademarked in 2015. And so it's only natural it would be the host of Homebrew Con in 2023. It is set for June 22-24 at the Town & Country Resort in Mission Valley. This is … [Read more...]
San Diego’s Newest Craft Beer Is Dog Beach Beer From Second Chance & Coronado Brewing
San Diego, land of craft beers and breweries, has a new beer. And it's perfectly named for the San Diego lifestyle. Dog Beach beer is a collaboration between Second Chance Beer Company and Coronado Brewing Company. Which is perfect because Coronado has a highly popular dog beach, which is adjacent to the U.S. Naval Air Station base. “Quite simply, there’s nothing more San … [Read more...]
San Diego’s Bottlecraft Beer Shop Has These Holiday Beer Recommendations
With all the holiday and other seasonal craft beers out there, it's hard to know which ones to try that fit your taste and the season. After all, you can't try 'em all, can you?? To help narrow your choices, San Diego beer shop and tasting room Bottlecraft has these three recommendations, one which was banned at one time. They are available at Bottlecraft’s four San Diego … [Read more...]
The Schizophonics, San Diego’s Super High-Energy Band, Is Non-Stop Fun
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com To say San Diego band The Schizophonics have energy is like saying the Himalayas are just another mountain. They are the K12 of energy level. Lead singer Pat Beers – is that a perfect name for a band's front man or what – is a non-stop moving machine. He's part Mick Jagger, part Elvis Pelvis but the way he leans forward and back with the … [Read more...]
SEA180° Coastal Tavern Christmas Dinner
If you're looking to get out of the house and let someone else do the cooking on Dec. 25, Imperial Beach's SEA180° Coastal Tavern has Christmas dinner. Served from 11:30 a.m.-7 p.m., and costing $64.95, it is a three-course prix fixe meal by executive chef Paulo Mendoza. It begins with an amuse bouche, a butternut squash soup topped with crème fraiche and fried sage and … [Read more...]
San Diego Gaslamp Bar barleymash Having Cool Giveaways In December
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com If you're looking for a reason to get out and have a few drinks, then check this out: barleymash in San Diego's Gaslamp is having these way-cool giveaways in December. Just post on Instagram and tag @barleymashsd and you can win, among other things, a custom longboard, a custom cooler and a $25 gift certificate. The post needs to be about … [Read more...]
San Diego’s Bleu Bohème Restaurant Christmas Eve Dinner
San Diego's award-winning French restaurant Bleu Bohème is having a three-course, prix fixe dinner and cocktail, on Christmas Eve. And running from 4-8 p.m., it's early enough to get back home to wonder what's in all those packages under the tree that you can't open until the next day. The dinner, created by owner and executive chef, Ken Irvine and costing $75 per person, … [Read more...]
The Holding Company In San Diego’s Ocean Beach Has These Holiday Cocktails
The Holding Company in San Diego's Ocean beach is full of the holiday spirit and you can be, too, with these three cocktails available in December. The Holding Company’s Holiday Cocktails are: • I’ll Be Home for Christmas: Peppermint espresso martini with homemade coffee liqueur + cream • Silent Night: Spiced hot apple cider spiked with Skrewball • Skrew The Nog: Boozy … [Read more...]
ReBru Spirits Brings A Funky Party Scene To San Diego’s Barrio Logan
In San Diego, there are breweries, distilleries and speakeasies. But there is no place like ReBru Spirits, which has brought a funky party scene to Barrio Logan just south of downtown and the Gaslamp Quarter. First of all, it serves San Diego craft beer but not as craft beer. Huh? Yes, it takes unsold and extra beer from the breweries and makes spirits out of it. … [Read more...]
San Diego’s Parq Nightclub Has Holiday Spirt With Santa’s Lair Pop-Up Bar
The holiday spirit is all over San Diego and inside Parq Nightclub in the Gaslamp Quarter with its Santa's Lair, a pop-up bar holiday experience. Santa’s Lair, open Thursdays thru Saturdays until Dec. 23, from 4-10 p.m., is a look at Saint Nick’s cozy headquarters. Either that or it's his secret party room The Lair has a Christmas tree, stockings on a chimney, wrapped gift … [Read more...]
Brazilian-Style Beer Novo Brazil Brewing Company Now In Imperial Beach
Novo Brazil Brewing Company has brought its Brazilian-style beer and flavor to Imperial Beach. The 7,500-square foot restaurant and brewery with a capacity of 283 is on the south end of San Diego Bay with views of the Coronado Bridge and downtown skyline. The IB location is the fourth in the San Diego area with others in Otay Ranch, and National City with its headquarters in … [Read more...]
Thanksgiving Dinner Locations For Singles In San Diego
As all singles know, Thanksgiving Eve in the USA is one of the best party nights of the year. But what about Thanksgiving Day? That's a tougher one because many of those singles are with their families or at a group dinner with friends. Finding a good place to get a turkey dinner for a single person or a couple of your friends is not easy but PubClub.com has your back in … [Read more...]
San Diego Wine & Food Festival Grand Decant 2022 Photos & Videos
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Were you at the San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival's big wine tasting event on Friday night? PubClub.com was there and here are our photos & videos highlighting the 2022 Grand Decant. Here are our photos and videos from the Grand Decant event held at Liberty Station on Friday, Nov. 11. If you were there you may be featured … [Read more...]
San Diego Wine & Food Festival Grand Tasting 2022 Photos & Videos
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Another grand day and another grand event. Wine, food, spirits, craft beer and a fun crowd all paired on a sunny 70-degree November afternoon on the edge of San Diego Bay and the Marriott Marina. PubClub.com was there and here are our photos & videos highlighting the San Diego Wine & Food Festival's 2022 Grand Tasting. If you … [Read more...]
San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival Events 2022 Review
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Wine, more wine, great food that's basically San Diego restaurant hopping, craft beers, spirits and a lively atmosphere all describe the San Diego Wine & Food Festival in 2022. If there's one big takeaway – and it's consistent year after year – is is this is more than a series of wine and food events. They are San Diego happenings. … [Read more...]
Inside Kansas City Barbeque, San Diego’s Famous ‘Top Gun’ Bar
By The Kevbeaux, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger Goodness gracious, Great Balls of Fire! For those who want to relive that iconic moment from the iconic first Top Gun movie, you can do it at Kansas City Barbeque, San Diego's famous Top Gun bar. This is not the bar featured in Top Gun: Maverick. That's the I Bar on Coronado's North Island Naval Air Base and is off limits … [Read more...]
San Diego Thanksgiving Dinner At SEA180° Coastal Tavern Imperial Beach
Looking for a place to have Thanksgiving dinner in San Diego? SEA180° Coastal Tavern in Imperial Beach has a full dinner at its oceanfront restaurant overlooking the sand, surf and pier. The dinner includes an oven-roasted turkey, sage stuffing, green beans, whipped garlic pan gravy and cranberry sauce. Or if turkey dinners are not your thing, there are these other … [Read more...]
San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival 2022 List Of All Events
More than 11,000 wine and food enthusiasts are taking part in the 18th annual San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival, a multi-day event featuring fine wines, food, beer, spirits music – and let's face it, fun – from Nov. 8-13. Tickets are now on sale and some events – such as the spectacular Grand Tasting (Saturday, Nov. 12) at the super-scenic spot of Embarcadero Marina … [Read more...]
San Diego Tiki Bars That Are Not Speakeasies And Don’t Require A Reservation
By The Kevbeaux, PubClub.com Tiki Bar Specialist San Diego has some really cool tiki bars. The problem, tho, is you practically need Coronado North Island Naval Air Station type of clearance to get into them. The False Idol (at the back of Craft & Commerce restaurant at Beech & Ketter just up from the Maritime Museum), Grass Skirt (you enter through a tight-space … [Read more...]
You & Yours Distillery Serves Up Coffee Cocktails In San Diego’s East Village
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger If you want a wake-up call cocktail in San Diego, then head to the tasting room for Your and Yours Distilling Co., at the corner of 15th and G in East Village. I'm talking an eye-opening, oh-my-I-needed-that stimulating drink that will have you charging head long into the night. The drinks they serve here are made with … [Read more...]
Where To Find A Pumpkin-Spiced Cocktail In San Diego For Halloween
With Halloween here you may be wondering "now where can I get a good pumpkin-spiced cocktail in San Diego?" Here's the answer: Bleu Bohème on Adams Ave. It has introduced a decadent pumpkin épice-inspired cocktail now through the end of October. It is called the Le Feu Follet cocktail, which translates to Jack O’ Lantern and it blends French imported vodka, pumpkin pie … [Read more...]
SEA180° In Imperial Beach Holding Pre-Halloween Día de Los Muertos Party
SEA180° Coastal Tavern, San Diego's beautiful bar overlooking the Pacific Ocean and pier in Imperial Beach, is hosting a pre-Halloween Día de Los Muertos party with tacos, tequila, live entertainment and well, read on for more. There will be a menu of Mexican cuisine, tequila and mezcal tastings, margaritas and Palomas, a taco station, pozole, candied pumpkin and chips and … [Read more...]
Padres Beat LA And San Diego Celebrates As If It Won The World Series
By The Kevbeaux, San Diego Blogger Cars waved big flags and honked horns on Market Street. People danced in the street, bartenders got on the top of bars in the Gaslamp and poured shots down peoples throats. San Diego celebrated beating the LA Dodgers as if the team won the World Series. And why not? This sports success-starved town – no San Diego team has ever won a … [Read more...]
These San Diego Breweries Win 15 Medals at Great American Beer Festival
Craft beer and San Diego go together like Pacific Beach and suntans and several of the city's breweries have been rewarded for their brews. They won a whopping 15 medals at the 2022 Great American Beer Festival in October, the nation’s largest professional brewing competition held in in Denver, Colorado. Three breweries took home Gold Medals, including BNS Brewing & … [Read more...]
The Padres Are NOT Attempting To Keep Dodgers Fans From Taking Over Petco Park
By Kevin Wilkerson, San Diego Blogger There is a story out there – one now, more likely to come – that states the San Diego Padres are limiting tickets for the Major League Playoffs aimed specifically to keep Dodgers fans from taking over Petco Park. Not true. That is a headline-grabbing, click-bait story that was obviously written by a Dodgers fan. Regarding this … [Read more...]
Nick Jonas-Owned Villa One Tequila Bar Now Open In San Diego’s Gaslamp
UPDATE 2023 – Villa One Tequila Gardens Is Permanently Closed With Theater Box Closing By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Nightlife Blogger Nick Jonas is singing more than songs these days. He's also singing praise for Villa One Tequila Gardens, a new bar he co-owns in San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter. The bar is as beautiful as its location, which is pretty sweet … [Read more...]
Get Into The Time Warp With San Diego’s Over-The-Top New Year’s Eve Party
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Nightlife Blogger One of the biggest New Year's Eve parties in San Diego – and certainly its most diverse and spectacular – will send you into a time warp. In fact, it's called the Time Warp NYE 2023. How big is it? Check out these numbers • 12 music areas • Indoor/outdoor venue • 30,000 square feet • More than 30 … [Read more...]
San Diego Gaslamp’s Side Bar Is Hosting A Barbie Night, ‘Side Barbie World’
Hiya, BarbieHi, KenYou want to go for a ride?Sure, KenJump in I'm a Barbie girl, in the Barbie worldLife in plastic, it's fantasticYou can brush my hair, undress me everywhereImagination, life is your creation Come on, Barbie, let's go party – The Barbie Song by Aqua If this gets you in the mood to party then you will love the Barbie themed night at Side Bar in … [Read more...]
5 Important Things To Know About The Adams Avenue Street Fair San Diego
By The Kevbeaux, San Diego Blogger San Diego has several street fairs and festivals with bands, food and beer. There are so many it's impossible to keep up with all of them. This is a review of the Adams Avenue Street Fair, which takes place in late September with five important things to know about it. 1.) About The Fair This is a two-day free festival at the … [Read more...]
Now That It’s Football Season, These San Diego Bars Host College Football & NFL Fans
Now that football season has started, these San Diego bars have shifted to hosting college alumni and fans of certain NFL teams. In some cases, it's a celebration and a party while in others, these bars provide perfect places for fans to drown their sorrows. Florida Gators San Diego Bar – Smoking Gun, Gaslamp Quarter When the season began it appeared as … [Read more...]
Single In San Diego: Surviving A Rainy Weekend Short On Nightlife
By The Kevbeaux, PubClub.com Singles Blogger It rained here on the weekend. And when it rains in Southern California people don't go out to the bars. This a fact I learned when I lived in L.A. When I first moved there from the South it was "come on man," but I quickly adapted and just went with it. I mean, what's the point of going out to sit in a mostly-empty bar? You … [Read more...]
14th Annual San Diego Beer Week 2022 Dates, Tickets & Breweries
The first in-person San Diego Beer Week since the pandemic is back and it takes place Nov. 4-13. Here is all the information you need to know including beer tasting locations, breweries, ticket prices and where to buy tickets for the tastings. Guild Fest, the official kick-off event for the celebration of the local independent craft beer industry, will be held Saturday, … [Read more...]
Cevasco’s Del Mar Has One Of San Diego’s Best Happy Hours
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger There is one thing that I am always on the lookout for, and that's a good Happy Hour in San Diego. There are, by PubClub.com's standards, three critical criteria that makes for a good Happy Hour. The are: • The prices and quality of the food and drinks • The location • The crowd One that hits all the marks – … [Read more...]
Inside The Shell San Diego’s Spectacular Waterfront Concert Venue
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger One word is likely to keep entering your mind when you sit inside San Diego's fairly new waterfront concert venue, The Shell. Spectacular. Again: spectacular. This post is about what it's like to be inside the Shell for a show. The summer and fall home of the San Diego Symphony where is plays several times a week is … [Read more...]
San Diego’s Street Vendors Have Gotten Out Of Control
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger This isn't Venice Beach or foot bridges in Prague and Naples. It is, tho, as one resident told the Union-Tribune, "like a flea market." San Diego's street vendors, always a part of the city, have gotten out of control. They are all over the place and there are so many of them one can barely navigate a sidewalk or find a … [Read more...]
Sammy Hagar’s Beach Bar Cocktail Co. & Surfrider Foundation Hosting Beach Cleanup In Pacific Beach
Fresh off his personal appearance in San Diego the middle of August, rock icon Sammy Hagar is back in town. Well, sort of anyway. His Sammy’s Beach Bar Cocktail Co. and Clearly Canadian are hosting a beach cleanup in Pacific Beach on Saturday, Aug. 27. It is in conjunction with Surfrider San Diego, Channel 93.3 FM and The Local in PB. Earlier in the month, Hagar himself was … [Read more...]
Oceanside In North San Diego Is A California Beach Destination Well Worth Visiting
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Editor When it comes to visiting Southern California beaches, the city of Oceanside is not likely to jump into your mind. It is more likely to be Santa Barbara, Santa Monica, Huntington Beach, Newport Beach and the San Diego beach cities. Yet Oceanside – located in north San Diego County – is somewhat of a hidden gem. It has a … [Read more...]
Juan Soto Trade Creates World Series Atmosphere For Padres Fans
By The Kevbeaux, San Diego Blogger If you did not know it was early August, you would think it was the middle of October. San Diego's Mr. October had arrived and the atmosphere at Petco Park among Padres fans was that of a World Series game. It was an overnight sellout, TV news crews were broadcasting live and interviewing fans – including KUSI talking to you're truly – … [Read more...]
A Tour Guide’s Recommendations On The Best Places To Visit In San Diego
By The Kevbeaux, San Diego Blogger I am often asked and see questions on Facebook groups from first-time visitors seeking recommendations for visiting San Diego. Where do go, what they need to know and the usual "I've never been there before" questions people ask about going to a different destination. So I decided to consult a tour guide to provide these best places to … [Read more...]
Searching For A Wet Burrito In San Diego
By The Kevbeaux, San Diego Food Blogger When I moved to San Diego a couple of years ago from Manhattan Beach up the coast, the last thing I figured I would have trouble finding is a good wet burrito. I mean it's San Diego for cryin' out loud. That should be as easy as seeing sunshine. It's closer to the border than the Los Angeles Beach Cities and has more Mexican … [Read more...]
Take A Look As San Diego Prepares For Comic-Con 2022
By Kevin Wilkerson, San Diego Blogger If you did not know that Comic-Con 2022 is now taking place in San Diego, it would still be obvious as you walked through the Gaslamp Quarter that something big is here. Tall buildings are wrapped with advertisements, cherry pickers are lined up like cars before a Padres game – I saw one even going inside the Pendry Hotel – elaborate … [Read more...]
I Ate At Walking On Water Cafe On The Ocean Beach Pier And Here’s My Review
By The Kevbeaux, PubClub.com Restaurant Critic The Ocean Beach pier in San Diego reopened this summer after having been closed for some badly-needed repairs. And when that happened, I was anxious to try out the restaurant on it, a classic-looking casual joint called the Walking On Water Cafe. Gotta love the name, right! And so, on a Friday, I put on my … [Read more...]
San Diego Bay Wine + Food Festival 2022 Is This Weekend With Return To A Full Event
After having no event in 2020 and a limited one in 2021, the San Diego Bay Wine + Food Festival – one of the premier events of its kind in Southern California and a must-do activity for those in the San Diego social scene – returns to its full glory in 2022. The dates are Nov. 9-13, and features the action-packed and spectacular Grand Tasting at Embarcadero Park North on the … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: San Diego’s Unique Over The Line Beach Party Tournament
By The Kevbeaux, The Nightlife Blogger For years, when when I lived up the coast in Manhattan Beach, I had heard about San Diego's Over The Line tournament, a version of softball with three-person teams played on the hard sand of San Fiesta Island in Mission Bay. It sounded like San Diego's version of the Manhattan Beach 6-man, which at the time was basically a beach … [Read more...]
San Diego, The Craft Beer Capital Of America, Is Getting 22 More Tasting Rooms
By The Kevbeaux, San Diego Blogger Already home to more than 200 breweries and tasting rooms, San Diego is getting 22 more in the near future. Most of these tasting rooms will be open by the end of summer or the end of 2022. With more licensed breweries than any other place in the U.S., San Diego is often known as the "Craft Beer Capital of America." Known primarily for … [Read more...]
Patrick’s Pub Provides Live Music & Fun Nights In San Diego’s Gaslamp Quarter
By The Kevbeaux, San Diego Nightlife Blogger I have, at last, found my local neighborhood hangout bar in San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter. Oh, there are a few "go-to" bars that I like to go to on a regular basis: the rooftop of Fairweather behind Petco Park during Padres games, the casual and lively Trailer Park After Dark, Bootlegger Tuscaloosa West for Alabama football games … [Read more...]
Ocean Beach Street Fair & Chili Cook-off Review Bands, Beer Garden & Food
'By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger When I stepped off the MTS bus at the entrance to the 42nd annual Ocean Beach Street Fair & Chili Cook-off – what, me drive when there's a beer garden!? – to experience this event for the first time, I had a very familiar feeling. There were vendor and food pop-up tents on both sides of Cable Street and also Newport … [Read more...]
Side Bar San Diego Celebrating National Bubbly Day With These Four ‘Popping’ Events
National Bubbly Day is June 4 and for those looking to pop the cork and celebrate in San Diego, Side Bar in the Gaslamp Quarter has a full weekend of events, as well as a bonus on Hump Day of the following week. These events feature one of France’s most distinctive champagne houses, Perrier-Jouët. Friday, June 3, DJ SpydaTek will head the “In Your Dreams” … [Read more...]
A Day At The World Famous San Diego Zoo
By Kevin Wilkerson, San Diego Blogger The San Diego Zoo is probably the most famous zoo in the world. Credit an employee named Joan Embery – she has a bio on Wikipedia! – for taking several animals up to be on the Tonite Show with Johnny Carson. Carson was excellent with animals – making them the star while he reacted to them – and it became a very popular regular feature … [Read more...]
San Diego Beer Weekend 2022 Dates, Breweries And Everything You Need To Know
It is time, once again, to cheer the craft beers in San Diego. Everyone in town knows about San Diego Beer Week, of course, the week-long salute to the city's great craft beers and breweries. Well now, the San Diego Brewers Guild raises a few pints to celebrate its 25th anniversary with a new event: SD Beer Weekend. It's June 10-12 and the details are below. SD Beer Weekend … [Read more...]
San Diego Weekend Champagne Brunch The Holding Company – A Review
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger It is okay to drink before Noon on a weekend? Of course it is, especially if you are at a champagne brunch. And double especially if you are in such a lively and fun city like here in San Diego, CA. So where is a good place to do this, you ask? That's easy. Point your compass to Ocean Beach and The Holding Company, for … [Read more...]
SoCal Taco Fest San Diego Tequila & Tacos Event – A Review
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger I kicked off my shoes and put them in the cool water of a fountain. On one side of me I had a fine margarita with Corralejo Blana tequila and on the other a tasty taco. In front of me on a large stage, a band was rocking with 80s tunes from the Violent Femmes and Depeche Mode via FlashPants. Later, I was partying like it … [Read more...]
Carlsbad Flower Fields Now Open Until May 15
Southern California flower lovers – and visitors to the region – have another week to experience the Carlsbad Flower Fields. Originally scheduled to end on Mother's Day, nature has enabled the Flower Fields at Carlsbad Ranch to extend its season an extra week through May 15th. Even better, extended season tickets are on sale for 50% off the usual price which means single … [Read more...]
Gator By The Bay Cajun Festival Review & All You Need To Know
By The Kevbeaux, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger What a fun event! From the minute I walked into Gator By The Bay – San Diego's Cajun-inspired food and music festival – until the moment I left, this was an enjoyable afternoon and evening in Spanish Landing Park along the Harbor Island back bay. Now I have been to many of these types of festivals in the past. Most are … [Read more...]
SoCal TacoFest In San Diego Is May 14 In Waterfront Park
By PubClub.com Tacos, tequila, DJs and bands. All in a location across the bay in beautiful and fun San Diego. Where something always seems to be happening every weekend! This event is the SoCal Tacofest, and it's Saturday, May 14 in Waterfront Park, which is across from the Star of India sailing ship as part of the Maritime Museum, as well as the restaurants at … [Read more...]
Is Tom Cruise Coming To San Diego For The Top Gun: Maverick Screening?
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger The long-awaited sequel to the iconic Top Gun movie is due out on May 27 and as a preview, there is a special VIP-only screening taking place on Wednesday, May 4 in San Diego. There will be an event on the flight deck of the USS Midway in the morning, following a private screening at the Sugar Factory movie theater in the … [Read more...]
Carlsbad Flower Fields Are An Ideal San Diego Mother’s Day Gift
You can get your mother – or any relative who is a mother – a nice arrangement of flowers for Mother's Day but here in San Diego you can also take her to walk through fields of spectacular flowers. The Carlsbad Flower Fields, which are called the Flower Fields at Carlsbad Ranch, feature an impressive display of 50 million Giant Tecolote Ranunculus blooms spread across 50 … [Read more...]
Ocean Beach Bar The Holding Company Has Rainy Day Drink Specials
It rains in San Diego about as often as a local sports team wins a championship – well a little more often than that – but when it does you can soak in the change in the weather with several rainy day drink specials at Ocean Beach bar The Holding Company. On any day where it's not sunny you can drown your sunshine sorrows with these drink specials. The Rainy Day Specials … [Read more...]
Best San Diego Sports Bars For Watching March Madness Drink Specials
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Nightlife Blogger San Diego has so many fun bars it always seems like madness in them but when it comes to the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament it's officially March Madness. Oh, just because hometown San Diego State isn't expected advance very far doesn't mean there's no team to root for and it's not fun. With people filling out … [Read more...]
Take A Look Inside Nick Cannon’s New Wild ‘N Out Bar In San Diego
UPDATE 2023 – Nick Cannon's Wild 'N Out Bar Is Closed With The Theater Box Closing By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Nightlife Blogger Nick Cannon's Wild 'N Out bar in the San Diego Gaslamp is open and PubClub.com takes you inside this bar that is true to its name. Because it's wild and if you try and down one of its supersized, ice-bucket large cocktails … [Read more...]
Nick Cannon Himself Officially Opens Wild ‘N Out Bar In San Diego
UPDATE 2023 – Nick Cannon's Wild 'N Out Bar Is Closed With The Theater Box Closing By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Nightlife Blogger In a scene straight of of Hollywood – a red carpet lined with TV cameras, flash-popping paparazzi and a packed red carpet surrounded by a crowded entrance – Nick Cannon himself came to San Diego to open the Gaslamp's newest bar, … [Read more...]
San Diego’s Patrick’s Gaslamp Pub Reopening For St. Patrick’s Day
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger It was just after St. Patrick's Day a couple of years ago when Patrick's Gaslamp Pub closed its doors, slammed shut by the pandemic. In fact, it was one of the last Gaslamp bars to close during that time. So it's only natural that it would reopen in time for St. Patrick's Day. Only now it's under the ownership of Good … [Read more...]
The Prestige Magic Lounge Now Open In San Diego’s Gaslamp
By Kevin Wilkerson PubClub.com San Diego Nightlife Blogger There's a lot of magic happening in the San Diego Gaslamp Quarter these days. Quite literally, too, with the opening of The Prestige Magic Lounge & Showroom on Fourth Ave., across from Balboa Theater between E and F streets. This is an intimate magic (and comedy because most magicians are comedians, too) … [Read more...]
San Diego Gaslamp Nightlife News: New Magic Dinner Theater & Nick Canon Bar
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Nightlife Blogger The nightlife in the San Diego Gaslamp Quarter continues to evolve. So much so that this is PubClub.com's third update already this year. That's a lot of new entertainment openings in an area already rich with nightlife. This update includes two new very cool places, a magic dinner theater and a bar/restaurant … [Read more...]
San Diego Gaslamp Nightlife News: Another Hookah Bar Coming Soon
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Nightlife Blogger The evolution of San Diego Gaslamp nightlife continues to evolve, as PubClub.com reveals that a hookah bar is going into the location of the former Tropical Savor on Fourth Ave. With the building undergoing a complete renovation, I talked with one of the builders who provided the information. Meanwhile, the … [Read more...]
These Lively Bars Are Where To Watch The Super Bowl In San Diego
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger The Chargers are not in the game – heck there's not even in town anymore – and that city to the north is hosting Super Bowl LVI rather than here in America's Finest City. Still, because it's a big party event here because it's a fun event and San Diego is a fun city. These lively bars are where to watch the Super Bowl … [Read more...]
San Diego Gaslamp Nightlife News: NOVA SD Replaces OMNIA Nightclub
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Nightlife Blogger In more San Diego Gaslamp nightlife news, Insomniac is launching NOVA SD nightclub in the OMNIA location, as NOVA SD is replacing OMNIA nightclub. It's another move in the San Diego Gaslamp Quarter's nightlife scene that is already seeing some big changes in early in 2022. Earlier, PubClub reported on new places … [Read more...]
San Diego St. Patrick’s Day Parade Date, Route & Post-Parade Festival
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger San Diego is hardly as well known as Boston, Chicago or even where I used to roam, Savannah, GA, when it comes to St. Patrick's Day parades. But it has one, and it is one of the largest St. Patrick's Day parades in the USA. There's even a post-parade festival afterward with bands, beer and a true Irish enviornment. It is … [Read more...]
San Diego’s Best Burger Is At Rocky’s Crown Pub In Pacific Beach
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger Several years ago, when I worked at Bob Thomas & Associates Public Relations based in Redondo Beach, CA, I went to San Diego for a client and Bob told me while I was there to go to Rocky's Crown Pub for one of the best burgers on the planet. Bob loves a great burger and when the man whose name was on the door … [Read more...]
Gator By The Bay San Diego 2022 Dates, Music Lineup & Ticket Information
A true spice of New Orleans comes once again to San Diego first weekend in May with a music, food and drinks event called Gator By The Bay. Fer sure! It is billed as "the largest, most-authentic Louisiana-themed music and food festival this side of the bayou." Presented by San Diego’s Bon Temps Social Club, it features four days of live music with more than 100 musical acts … [Read more...]
San Diego Gaslamp Quarter Nightlife News: Bar Openings & Closings
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Nightlife Blogger The start of 2022 has signaled a new year for nightlife in San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter. There is a new bar open in a familiar location, a locals' favorite has closed and there's some potentially huge things happening along a normally quiet stretch of Fourth Ave. Here's a rundown of the nightlife news in the … [Read more...]
Garth Brooks San Diego Petco Park 2022 Concert Date & Tickets
There was no Holiday Bowl but there will be something other than baseball taking place in Petco Park this year. Country Music superstar Garth Brooks will be playing in the stadium on Saturday, March 5. Showtime is 7 p.m. The concert is being hosted by the San Diego Padres. “We are extremely excited to welcome Garth Brooks to Petco Park for his first visit to San Diego in … [Read more...]
Boots In The Park Returns To San Diego In 2022; Lineup & Date
Boots in the Park, a huge one-day country music concert held at Waterfront Park, is returning to San Diego for 2022. The date is Saturday, April 2. Blake Sheldon is the headliner and also in the lineup is Brett Young and Carly Pearce. Currently, ticket prices have not been announced, nor is a time for ticket sales. The event's website has a pre-sale registration. And not … [Read more...]
How To Use The San Diego Trolley Extension For Pacific Beach Access
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger To read and see the media reports, the new San Diego trolley blue line extension will transport you to within footprints of Mission Bay and Pacific Beach, where all you have to do is step off in your flip flops and have your toes between the sand. In reality, that's not the case at all. In fact, the Mission Bay and PB … [Read more...]
San Diego Trolley Extension Kickoff Party Creates Excitement For New La Jolla Line
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger There were bands, performers, the UCSD cheerleaders – some of whom literally went head over heels – and very crowded trolley trains to celebrate the opening of the new San Diego trolley extension's "La Jolla line." The party was at the next-to-last stop on the new 11-mile blue line extension at San Diego State's Warren … [Read more...]
New Year’s Eve San Diego: Giant Party With 10 Rooms At Encore Events Center
If you're among those wondering what is happening for New Year's Eve in San Diego, then here is your answer. A massive party is taking place at Encore Events. It has 10 – count 'em ten – party rooms, five decades of music in 10 themed rooms, two stages of bands, 15 DJs, and open bar, and appetizers. If you are rubbing your eyes and wondering if all this can possibly exist … [Read more...]
The Coolest Things At The 2021 Grand Tasting San Diego Bay Wine + Food Festival
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger One of the things that I always look forward to during the San Diego Bay Wine + Food Festival's Grand Tasting – other the wines, spirits, craft beers, food and great crowd – is the creative displays from the vendors. I'll never forget the year that Monkey Shoulder whiskey had everyone go into an orange Port-o-Let, only to … [Read more...]
San Diego Wine + Food Festival’s 2021 Grand Decant A Wine Lover’s Paradise
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger When I peered into the glass windows of the 2021 Grand Decant, the Friday night tasting adventure that is one of the top annual events of the San Diego Bay Wine + Food Festival, one thought came to mind. "Wow, this is a wine lovers paradise!" What I saw at Julep Venue, a new location for this event, was rows and rows of … [Read more...]
SeaCo Catch Wins Best San Diego Taco At Wine + Food Festival’s Taco TKO
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger SeCo Catch won both the judge's and people's choice awards as Best Tacos at the Taco TKO, the final event of the 2021 San Diego Bay Wine + Food Festival. The plant-based gluten-free fried tacos beat out Sand Bar restaurant, which finished second, and Coco Mayo, which finished third with its steak Caribbean tacos. Nearly a … [Read more...]
The Best Months To Visit San Diego For Weather
By Kevin Wilkerson, San Diego Blogger Sunshine nearly every day and endless summer. Beaches, two great bays, beaches, a tourism destination island and nightlife among the best in the country. This is San Diego and it is a top travel destination in the USA. But when are best months to visit San Diego? San Diego is a great city to visit anytime but the absolute … [Read more...]
Where To Stay For Nightlife In Downtown & The San Diego Gaslamp
By Kevin Wilkerson, San Diego Nightlife Blogger The San Diego Gaslamp Quarter – which is also known as the downtown area – is one of the country's most dynamic spots for nightlife. Every Friday and Saturday night the area is buzzing with activity. The main street, Fifth Ave., is blocked off to traffic and people fill up the street as well as surrounding streets, Petco … [Read more...]
Great Pumpkin Festival Beer Festival 2021 Halloween Block Party Review San Diego
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Nightlife Blogger San Diego is a city full of fun large-scale events and the inaugural please-do-it-again Great Pumpkin Beer Festival is certainly one of them. This Halloween costume block party in the Gaslamp Quarter brought a Seattle tradition to Southern California and it was beer-flowing fun. It was held along Island and … [Read more...]
Toro Nightclub Is Swarming With San Diego Singles On Wednesday Nights – And Here’s Why
By Kevin Wilkerson, San Diego Nightlife Blogger The people roll in from all sides of the street and even from a party bus. They come seeking fun, partying with other San Diego singles and dancing and drinking to EDM music. Their destination is Toro nightclub on the corner of 5th Ave., and G Street in the Gaslamp Quarter. And they pack the place every Wednesday night. … [Read more...]
How To Win 2 Tickets & 5 Beers To The Great Pumpkin Beer Festival San Diego Contest
Beers, a giant pumpkin beer tap, live music and a block party in San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter. It's the Great Pumpkin Beer Festival and it takes place Saturday, Oct. 30 – Halloween Eve! – along Island Street in the Gaslamp. And here's how to win two tickets to it, along with five beers, in this contest presented by PubClub.com. To enter, simply do the following: • … [Read more...]
San Diego’s Great Pumpkin Beer Festival 2021 Beers, Date & Ticket Prices
Every Charlie Brown fan knows about the Great Pumpkin, and craft beer lovers in Southern California should know about San Diego's Great Pumpkin Beer Festival. It's Saturday, Oct. 30 in the Gaslamp Quarter and features 40 breweries as well as a special tapping of a 1,400-pound real pumpkin keg. The idea was seeded in Seattle and has now spread to America's Finest City. It … [Read more...]
San Diego Bay Wine + Food Festival Adds Three New Events For 2021
Already stuffed with several events that fills the palate of Southern California wine and food lovers, the lineup of events at the San Diego Bay Wine + Food Festival has gotten even more full with the addition of three new events for 2021. Here they are with a description of each. Game On! Louis Latour Wine Dinner featuring Chefs Suzette Gresham, Bernard Guillas & … [Read more...]
Single In San Diego: La Mesa Oktoberfest Is A Party – A Review
By Joey Freshwater, PubClub.com San Diego Singles Blogger After having a ho-hum time at the El Cajon Oktoberfest the previous weekend, I wasn't quite sure what to expect from the La Mesa Oktoberfest. Well, the second I got off the trolley, I could tell it would be a more lively experience. For starters, it's right at the trolley station. El Cajon's is a couple miles … [Read more...]
Single In San Diego: At The El Cajon Oktoberfest – A Review
By Joey Freshwater, PubClub San Diego Singles Blogger Feeling the urge to get a little taste of the atmosphere of Munich in late September/early October without traveling to Germany, I went to check out the El Cajon Oktoberfest. It's the largest Oktoberfest celebration in San Diego and I was anticipating a day full of holding up large German beers, singing, dancing, … [Read more...]
San Diego’s Coronado Ferry Ticket Price Jumps To $7 (That’s $14 RT)
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger Whoa! The price of a ferry ticket from San Diego to Coronado has jumped from $5 to $7. That's one way. So the round-trip price is now $14. That's nearly a 50% increase. What was once a cheap way to get across the bay to access Coronado Island (which is not really an island but it sounds better for PR and marketing … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach’s Tower 12 Restaurant & Bar Expanding To San Diego
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Nightlife Blogger In a move that's been a while in the making Tower 12 – a beach bungalow- style restaurant and bar in Hermosa Beach and home to PubClub LIVE! – is expanding to San Diego. Specifically, it will be in Pacific Beach, which is kind of the Hermosa Beach of San Diego. So it will be right at home. It will be taking over … [Read more...]
San Diego Oktoberfest Celebrations – La Mesa And El Cajon 2022 Dates
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...]
Food For Thought: Breaking Down San Diego U-T’s ‘Best Of’ List
Chewing On The Union-Tribune's Best Burgers, Fish Tacos, Steakhouse & MicroBrewery By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger I always love it when newspapers and other publications put out a "Best Of" list. They provide moments of "hmmm," a few thoughts of "I need to check out that place," but mainly the question of "what were they thinking!?" And … [Read more...]