'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!? – 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 Ave. But since I am not … [Read more...]
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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
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 without a LOT of help, you will be out, as in passed out and out of the bar. Nick Cannon … [Read more...]
Nick Cannon Himself Officially Opens Wild ‘N Out Bar In San Diego
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, Wild 'N Out. The San Diego native returned home to a nightlife and business owner … [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. Prost!
Bier Halls, Oompa Bands And The Chicken Dance At The Festivals 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 … [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...]
The San Diego Blogger: Roberto’s Taco Shop, The Original
Enjoying A San Diego Tradition With A View Of The Beach By Kevin Wilkerson, The San Diego Blogger Whenever my friends James and Heather Hills dial me up and ask if I would like to go somewhere with them, I jump at the chance. As I pointed out in this San Diego Blogger post, they are taking this relative newcomer around the city and showing me lots of places to … [Read more...]
The San Diego Blogger: This Dive Bar’s Chicken Chipotle Sandwich is REALLY Good
Waterfront Tavern Serves Up A Surprisingly Great Dish By Kevin Wilkerson, The San Diego Blogger I went into Waterfront Tavern – not just the oldest bar in San Diego but in all of Southern California one of the workers once told me – seeking some cold beers and good comfort food. It was an early Saturday afternoon, I had been working all day and, being a … [Read more...]
The San Diego Blogger – Balboa Park Twilight Summer Concerts
Free Shows Feature Cover & Tribute Bands In Speckles Pavilion By Kevin Wilkerson, The San Diego Blogger One of the many cool things that happens in San Diego in the summertime are the weekday concerts in Balboa Park. The city's beautiful public space holds free shows featuring local bands on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. In 2021, this is restricted to … [Read more...]
The San Diego Blogger – An Introduction
Adventures Of Kevbeaux As I Explore And Discover The Coolest Things In SD By Kevin Wilkerson, The San Diego Blogger Hello San Diego, I'm Kevin – or Kevbeaux – and I run this website, PubClub.com. I have fairly recently located from the Los Angeles Beach Cities to San Diego and this blog is my showcase for posting articles as I get to know this city. Follow me … [Read more...]
Greystone Steakhouse Is One Of The Gaslamp’s Best Restaurants
A 5-Star Dining Experience On 5th Ave. By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger In an area so full of restaurants picking one can seem like trying to choose between the steak and the lobster, one manages to stand out as one of the best restaurants in San Diego's lively Gaslamp Quarter. It is Greystone Prime Steakhouse & Seafood on Fifth … [Read more...]
Twilight in the Park 2021 Summer Concerts In San Diego’s Balboa Park
Free Shows Feature Classic Rock, Jazz, R&B And Elvis & Santana Tribute Bands Music is back in San Diego's Balboa Park. And it's more than the freelance musicians playing for a few bucks from tips and the pipe organ on Sundays. There are bands on stage at Spreckles Pavilion From August 3-26. The Twilight in the Park series takes place every Tuesday, … [Read more...]
No Summer Concerts At Del Mar This Summer But There Is A Wine Festival
San Diego's Horse Racing Track Has Limited Seating For 2021 Season By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger There won't be any post-race concerts this summer at the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club. Normally a very popular Friday evening happening for San Diego's singles and young-and-fun people, it's not happening for the 2021 race season. There is, … [Read more...]
No General Admission Tickets Or Big Crowds At Del Mar Opening Day 2021
Sold-Out Tickets For Those With Seats Only; Friday Night Concert Series Also Canceled At DMTC Tradition had already been broken by moving the start of the season from a Wednesday to a Friday and now another long-standing element of Del Mar Opening Day will not be a part of 2021: large crowds. Officials at the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club (DMTC) have limited capacity … [Read more...]
Salsa Under The Stars In San Diego 2022 Dates & Information
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Nightlife Blogger A free night of listening to and dancing to salsa under the stars occurs once a month on Friday nights in San Diego. The awesome Manny Cepeda & Orchestra, which often plays at Sevilla in the Gaslamp Quarter, sets up for three hours and plays in the courtyard of The Headquarters at Seaport District in downtown … [Read more...]
What’s Happening In San Diego This Weekend – Top Fun Events & Nightlife
A Tequila Festival And Oktoberfest Here's what's happening San Diego this week and weekend for the week of Sept. 23-26. • Dollar Beers At American Junkie – Thursday, Sept. 23 You read that correctly – dollar beers! It's every Thursday from 9-10 p.m., at American Junkie in the Gaslamp Quarter. • Expo Tequila En Tijuana – Sept. 25-26 The oldest tequila expo in … [Read more...]
San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival 2021 Tickets Information & Pricing
City's Premier Social Event Of The Year Returns With Tastings & Spectacular Events The San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival is back for 2021, and tickets are now on sale via its website. The event takes place in its usual mid-November timeframe, from Nov. 11-14. The event's main event is the spectacular Grand Tasting on Saturday, Nov. 13 at the North … [Read more...]
Where To Eat In Little Italy San Diego – Check Out The Food Hall
Eating Our Way Through These Restaurants While Soaking Up The Italian Atmosphere By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger Little Italy is one of the coolest places in San Diego. With people strolling around India Street and the main plaza, it makes you feel as if you are in a lively section of an Italian city. It is also home to most of San Diego's … [Read more...]
San Diego Set For A Major Party Weekend With Fully Open Bars, US Open & Padres At Full Capacity
Multiple Events & A Fully Open California Make This The Best Place To Be In The USA By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger The dam has burst. A flood of partying has been held behind a giant wall but now a rush of excitement is rolling across the Golden State and this weekend it's all collecting in San Diego. And that makes the sunny city THE … [Read more...]
San Diego Nightclub Parq Back Open And Is Ready To Party
The Bar Scene Is Surging In The Gaslamp Quarter By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger The surging nightlife scene in San Diego – in particular in and around the Gaslamp and East Village areas – continues now that Parq nightclub is back open and ready to party. On Saturday, June 19, Parq re-launches with headliner DJ Dynamiq. Located at 6th and … [Read more...]
San Diego Bay Wine + Food Festival 2021 Dates – Nov. 13 Grand Tasting
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger One of the top events on the San Diego social – not to mention the food & drink – calendar is back for 2011. The San Diego Bay Wine + Food Festival is set to take place from Nov. 11-14. It is comprised of a series of wine and food tastings and pairings, including the highlight Grand Tasting on the North Embarcadero at … [Read more...]
Reviewing The Beach Boys Concert At Petco Park In San Diego
San Diegoans Have 'Fun, Fun Fun' During Two-Hour Show On Memorial Day Weekend By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger By Kevin Wilkerson, San Diego Blogger It was "Fun, Fun, Fun" until the concert curfew time took the band away. And then there were fireworks. The Beach Boys played Petco Park – home of the San Diego Padres – in a live, in-person, … [Read more...]
Del Mar Opening Day To Have 100% Seating Capacity; GA Still To Be Determined
DMTC Summer Season Runs From July 16 Thru Labor Day By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger By Kevin Wilkerson, San Diego Blogger Del Mar Opening Day 2021 – set for Friday, July 16 – will be run with 100% capacity of fans in the seated areas. This will continue through the summer racing season, which runs thru Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 6. General … [Read more...]
Outdoor Dining In San Diego Extended Into 2022
City Council Allows Outside Seating Into Next Summer By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger The great outdoors is going to be great for San Diego restaurant owners and diners for another year. On May 18, the City Council voted to extend an ordinance that allows restaurants and bar/restaurants to have outdoor dining and drinking in the streets in … [Read more...]
The San Diego Gaslamp/East Village Has A New Neighborhood Bar Called Neighborhood
Speakeasy Lounge A Modern-Day Classic By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Nightlife Blogger The San Diego Gaslamp Quarter – or really the East Village to those who know the difference– has a new neighborhood bar and it's called, well, Neighborhood. It is everything I expected it to be when I first saw its old-school neon sign hanging on the corner of G … [Read more...]
San Diego’s Hottest TV Weather Girls And Reporters
These Beauties Of Broadcasting Deliver The News In America's Finest City They are the beauties of broadcasting, the knockouts delivering the news, the “whoas” of the weather. In a city as beautiful as San Diego, there are several beautiful girls working at the local TV stations. To recognize them, PubClub.com has compiled a list of the hottest broadcasters and … [Read more...]
Best Happy Hour Bars In The San Diego Gaslamp – Updated
By Kevin Wilkerson, San Diego Nightlife Blogger The San Diego Gaslamp Quarter is one of the best nightlife areas in the USA from Thursday thru Saturday nights. And it is also a place to find great Happy Hour deals in the restaurants and bars. This is a rundown of the best Happy Hour spots in the Gaslamp, as well as a few in the East Village around Petco Park. Things have … [Read more...]
Beach Boys & Ziggy Marley To Play Memorial Day Weekend Concerts At Petco Park
It's Going To Be Fun, Fun, Fun Again In San Diego By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger Okay now THIS is what we're talking about folks. With vaccinations, open doors to bars and restaurants and the return of events, the party landscape is returning to San Diego. And it's just been announced that The Beach Boys and Ziggy Marley will be playing a … [Read more...]
May Is San Diego Bike Month And Here Are The San Diego Bike Coalition Events
Local Bicycling Organization Encouraging People To 'Love To Ride San Diego' One of the great lifestyle pleasures of living in – or visiting – San Diego is the abundance of great places to ride a bicycle. There are rides along bays, the ocean, scenic leisurely trails and challenging terrain with hills. And with the San Diego weather, well, there's no excuse for not … [Read more...]
San Diego Bike Coalition Kicks Off Bike Month With Imperial Beach To Coronado Ride
Free Bike Ride Honors San Diego Cycling Legend Gordy Shields The San Diego Bike Coalition is kicking off San Diego Bike Month with the a ride from Imperial Beach to Coronado. It takes place on Sunday, May 2. This is the Gordy Shields Memorial Ride between 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. PT. The meeting place is Bikeway Village at 536 13th Street and includes stops at the Pier 32 … [Read more...]
Is The Gaslamp Quarter A Safe Place For Bars, Restaurants And Nightlife?
San Diego's Downtown Entertainment Area Under Scrutiny After Fatal Shooting; Police Put More Officers On The Streets By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Nightlife Blogger In the wake of a recent incident in San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter in which a trouble-seeking individual found what he was looking for and wound up shooting five people (one fatally), the … [Read more...]
Why I Refuse to Call The Beach Path The Boardwalk In San Diego
Why The Strand Is A More Fitting Term For Southern California's Beaches By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger Southern California beaches have something every beach town should have: a concrete path running parallel to the sand that both a parade of pedestrians and a bike path. They are the heartbeat of the beach towns, full of character and … [Read more...]
With Curfew Lifted, San Diego Bars Can Now Stay Open Late
California's Orange Tier Allows For Later Closing Times By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Nightlife Blogger One of the sort of hidden aspects of San Diego being place in California's less restrictive Orange Tier of COVID-19 restrictions is that the curfew of early closures for bars and restaurants is lifted. That means they no longer have to have last … [Read more...]
Casbah San Diego Club Is Back Open – Without Live Music But Great Tacos
Rock The Casbah Now With DJs & !Salud! Tacos The iconic San Diego live music club the Casbah is back open after being closed an entire year due to COVID-19. That's the good news. The not-so-good is that it won't have any live music until at least this summer. Instead, it will have a DJ and San Diego's famous taco stand ¡Salud! The club is really becoming … [Read more...]
Could San Diego Use A Nightlife Mayor?
A Potential Voice In City Hall For Bars & Nightclubs By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Nightlife Editor One of the rising popular elements that has emerged as a result of COVID-19 restrictions is the appointment of a "nightlife mayor" in various cities around the USA and the world. The closure of bars and nightclubs during the pandemic has brought … [Read more...]
San Diego Padres Opening Day Gaslamp Bars Party Report
Fans Celebrate Team's Win In The Bars During The Game By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger They arrived as early as 8 a.m., even tho the first bar did not open until 10. They wore jerseys, team shirts and hats with an SD logo on the lid. And they surrounded Petco Park, cheered on their team and left happy – both from the booze and a satisfying … [Read more...]
Infinium Spirits Moves Corporate Office To San Diego’s Gaslamp
New Digs Are In Sight Of Petco Park And In SD's Bars & Nightlife Hotspot By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger In a move that's as natural as adding an olive to a martini, Infinium Spirits – one of the nation's fastest growing spirits companies – has relocated its corporate headquarters to San Diego. And not only just San Diego, but into the … [Read more...]
Del Mar Planning On Having Fans At Opening Day 2021 & The Season
The 'Kentucky Derby Of The West Coast' By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger With falling COVID-19 numbers and vaccines being administered across the city, officials at the Thoroughbred Club are anticipating having fans back in the stands for the 2021 horse racing season. This includes Opening Day, which traditionally is such a San Diego social … [Read more...]
San Diego’s Return To The Red Tier Is A Reason To Cheer
Back Indoor At Restaurants & Bars A Welcome Addition To The City's Nightlife By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Nightlife Blogger Okay bar owners, fling open the doors. Save me a seat at the bar. I'll be in for Happy Hour. San Diego's return to the red tier is a reason to cheer, for we can now go back inside restaurants and bars. It's hardly like … [Read more...]
Would You Do A Dinner In The Dark? It’s Coming To San Diego
Unique, Mystery Dining Experience A Different Kind Of Night On The Town By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Nightlife Blogger It's not always a good feeling to be left in the dark about things. Unless, perhaps, you are at Dinner In The Dark. This unique dining experience is coming to San Diego later this spring on a weekly basis and it involves going to a … [Read more...]
San Diego Nightlife Coming Back To Life In The Gaslamp Quarter
Barflies Are Going Out To The Bars & Restaurants On Fifth Ave. By Kevin Wilkerson, San Diego Nightlife Blogger A visitor from Los Angeles turned onto Fifth Ave., on a Saturday night in early March and stopped in her tracks. Marveling at the scene in front of her – the sound of conversations and music filling up the air, tables full of patrons sitting … [Read more...]
Comic-Con Releases Statement On 2021 Event
Main Event Is Virtual Again But There May Be An In-Person Show In November Comic-Con 2021 will, like 2020, be a virtual event. However, officials are planning for a small (by Comic-Con standards) in November. Here is the official statement released by organizers and published on its website: As you may be aware, due to concern for public health and safety, San … [Read more...]
San Diego Fans Starving For Success From Its Sports Teams
Padres Offer Hope For A Championship Tho History Shows Otherwise By Kevin Wilkerson, San Diego Blogger As an avid sports fan – heck, I began my career as a sports reporter on daily newspapers – I am always interested in what the local teams are up to and, of course, to become a fan of them. That, tho, is easier said than done here in San Diego where I now live. … [Read more...]
How To Get From The Gaslamp To The Mission Bay Bike Path Directions
Getting To This Beautiful San Diego Area Isn't Easy But Is Worth The Effort One of the great joys of being – and especially living – in San Diego is to be able to take advantage of all the coastal scenery around the city. Mission Bay is especially ripe in this area, and if you enjoy riding a bike like me it is ideal for exploring. It is important to note that I am … [Read more...]
San Diego Gaslamp Loses One Of Its Irish Bars
The Dubliner Is Closed, Cleaned Out And Gone By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Nightlife Blogger The Irish flag still flies in front of the Dubliner in San Diego's Gaslamp. It should, however, be a white flag. The Irish bar has surrendered to the COVID-19 lost business and has closed its doors. For good. The building has been cleared out and now … [Read more...]
Here’s The Date For Del Mar Opening Day 2021
Kentucky Derby Of The West Coast Opens On A Saturday By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger The 2021 date for Del Mar Opening Day – the Kentucky Derby Of The West Coast – as we call it on PubClub.com – has been set. And it's a little different than in traditional years. It is July 17, which is on a Saturday. Now as just about everyone in San Diego … [Read more...]
Rising San Diego Gas Prices Make Getting Around On A Bike Even Better
Pedaling Is A Lot Easier Than Paying These High Prices At The Pump By Kevin Wilkerson, San Diego Blogger I saw in the Union-Tribune the other day that San Diego gas prices have risen back to pre-pandemic levels. According to the paper, the average price per gallon is a whopping $3.43. Normally, this would send me into one of my "danged rip-off oil companies" … [Read more...]
Be Ready For Lines When San Diego Restaurants Reopen This Weekend
Tips For Getting An Outdoor Dining Table San Diego restaurants re-opening, purple tier By Kevin Wilkerson, San Diego Blogger The good – make that great – news is that San Diego restaurants are able to re-open this weekned. The bad news is that many potential customers may not be able to take advantage of it. Here's why that is the case. The ruling by … [Read more...]
Dog Beach Coronado Is Open And Is A Beautiful Play Area For Owners & Pets
All You Need To Know About This Pooch Park By The Ocean Dog Beach Coronado, dog parks, San Diego, dog lovers By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger The dog's life in San Diego is pretty good. At least when the owners take them to Dog Beach on Coronado. Dog Beach is just that – a public beach open for dogs to roam, run into the water and socialize … [Read more...]
Great Scenic Coastal Bike Trails In San Diego County
San Diego bike trails, biking, bicycles, locals guide By Kevin Wilkerson, San Diego Blogger In an area with scenic views that can boggle the mind with their beauty, there are bike trails that get you right up to seaside cliffs, along an expansive bay and by beaches. Here are three great coastal bike trails with scenic views in San Diego County. All of these rides … [Read more...]
Escondido’s Yoshinoya Japanese Kitchen Giving Away Free Rice Bowl For Anniversary
San Diego Restaurant Offering Buy One, Get One Free Meal Thru January Yoshinoya Japanese Kitchen, San Diego restaurants It's been a tough year but somehow Escondido's Yoshinoya Japanese Kitchen has made it to 2021 and in celebration is giving away a free regular rice bowl to customers who purchase one regular bowl. This buy-one, get-one-free offer is good … [Read more...]
San Diego Experiencing Santa Ana Winds And Warm Weather This Weekend
Temperatures To Reach The 80s Along The Coast San Diego weather, Santa Ana winds Posted Jan. 14 By Kevin Wilkerson, San Diego Blogger This IS January, right? In San Diego it's more like August this weekend as Santa Ana winds are bringing very warm temperatures to the area. How warm? It's 80 along the coast and almost 90 inland. All this while the eastern … [Read more...]
5 Fun Things To Do In San Diego During The Stay-Home Order
Sunsets, Picnics Beaches & Bike Rides things to do, San Diego stay-home order By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger Tired of sitting a home, flipping channels on the TV remote, running out of Netflix shows to watch and having nothing new and exciting to post on your social media channels? Yes, Gov. Newsom's stay-home orders are a nuisance … [Read more...]
UPDATED: San Diego Restaurants Are Back Open – And Have The Strip Clubs To Thank
County Will Not Enforce California Gov. Gavin Newsome's Stay-Home Order By Kevin Wilkerson, San Diego Blogger Posted Dec. 17, 2020 UPDATE (Dec. 18) – An appeals court has reversed this decision until it can take the time to evaluate it. Upon hearing the news a restaurant owner broke down crying on KUSI-TV News. A San Diego Superior Court judge has opened the … [Read more...]
Scenes Of The San Diego Shutdown During California’s Stay-Home Order
Once-Lively Gaslamp & Waterfront Now Resembles A Ghost Town By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger Was that a tumbleweed I saw? Perhaps. Perhaps not. Maybe it was just some loose debris from one of the disassembled outdoor dining areas blowing in the breeze. With the California-mandated stay-home order in effect, once-vibrant San Diego is now … [Read more...]
Take A Look At The Sad Scene Of The San Diego Gaslamp Sports Bars
COVID-19 Restrictions & Outdoor Dining Only Keeping Loyal Fans Home By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Nightlife Blogger Sunday mornings and afternoons during fall football season are normally buzzing in San Diego's Gaslamp. Fans wearing team jerseys and shirts gather with other transplants at specific venues and there is a buzz one can just feel by … [Read more...]
San Diego Holiday Gift Guide – Cool Gifts Unique To America’s Greatest City
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger You can go on-line and you can go the mall or a shop (tho it's hard to keep up with the changing COVID-19 rules) to do your holiday shopping. There are cool gadgets and other really neat things for sale but I like to be unique in my gift giving. And since we live in such an awesome city with so many cool things to see and … [Read more...]
How San Diego Gaslamp Quarter Restaurants Are Adapting To The Purple Tier
More Outdoor Seating And Heat Lamps Are Critical For Survival By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger The sound of construction is echoing through the San Diego Gaslamp Quarter. It is not, however, coming from hotels, apartments and condos being built. Instead, it is on streets and sidewalks in front of the restaurants, as those businesses are … [Read more...]
San Diego Moves Into Purple Tier Despite A Decline In Positive Rate
Restaurants & Businesses Must Suffer The Consequences Of An Unfair State System By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Editor Despite a drop in the positivity rate, San Diego has fallen into the state's dreaded COVID-19 purple tier, putting even more pressure on restaurants & local businesses to stay in business. According to numbers presented by the … [Read more...]
San Diego Party Events Flashback: The SD Bay Wine & Food Festival
Rewinding Moments & Memories As 2020 Festival Is Canceled By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Editor Many places have a kind of anchor event that defines a particular time of year or the season. In Munich, Oktoberfest means the fall October fall harvest season has arrived. In San Francisco, the imminent arrival of summer is signaled with the wild and … [Read more...]