(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); North Park, one of San Diego's "craftiest" neighborhoods, is having a celebration of its craft breweries and restaurants. The Taste of North Park 2023 is taking place in October and here is the date, details, restaurants and breweries, ticket prices and full event information. The date is Saturday, Oct. 7, between 11 … [Read more...]
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Glass Box San Diego September Monthly Dinner Pairing Feature’s Oregon Wines
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); As wine harvest season approaches, Glass Box in San Diego's Del Mar is celebrating wines for its monthly dinner pairing. The September dinner pairing features wines from Oregon, specifically from Argyle Willamette Valley Wines. It wll be Monday, Sept. 18, starting at 6 pm. The cost is $95 per for a six-course culinary … [Read more...]
San Diego Spirits Festival 2023 Dates, Location, Tickets & All You Need To Know
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The spirit(s) are in the air for the 14th annual San Diego Spirits Festival. Here are the 2023 dates, location, tickets, spirit providers and all you need to know about this event. This upscale tasting is set for Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 7-8, at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (MCASD) in La Jolla (formerly the … [Read more...]
San Diego North Park’s Louisiana Purchase Restaurant Hosting Tuesday Charity Nights
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); In Southern Calfornia, the second day of the week usually means Taco Tuesday with bars and restaurants all up and down the coast having some type of special for tacos, margaritas and cervezas. But San Diego's Louisiana Purchase restaurant in the city's North Park neighborhood is tossing some Cajun spice on Tuesdays. It is … [Read more...]
San Diego Jimmy Buffett Margaritaville Bar Now Open – Early Review
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger Boy, am I in trouble. The Jimmy Buffett Margaritaville bar – its real name the LandShark Bar & Grill – is now open in San Diego. In the Gaslamp Quarter. A mere 10-minute walk/stumble (walk there, stumble home) from PubClub.com's World Headquarters. Located at 6th … [Read more...]
Karl Strauss Releases German-Style Märzen Lager For Oktoberfest
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); It's a tradition almost as rich as the event itself. In San Diego, anyway. Karl Strauss has once again released a German-Style beer, Märzen Lager, for Oktoberfest. It's the 35th consecutive year the San Diego craft brewery has created a seasonal Oktoberfest beer. Brewmaster Paul Segura made the announcement. “In a world … [Read more...]
Second Chance Beer Company To Host A Wine/Beer Pairing For Its 8th Anniversary Party
San Diego craft brewery Second Chance Beer Company has gotten crafty for its eighth anniversary party. Not only is it introducing a new IPA, it is hosting a beer and wine pairing. A what!? That is correct, a beer and wine pairing. It is Sept. 9 in collaboration with O'Brien's Pub of the Convoy District and Mia Marie Vineyards of Escondido and features a three-course meal … [Read more...]
Glass Box Restaurant Del Mar Is Hosting A Beer Pairing Dinner In August
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The creative team at Glass Box restaurant in Del Mar, CA, continues its monthly dinner series with a beer pairing this August. Set for Monday, Aug. 21, it features San Diego craft brewery Abnormal Beer Co. This is a six-course pairing featuring selections of Abnormal's local crafted beer alongside special creations from San … [Read more...]
San Diego’s Havana 1920 Celebrating National Rum Day With Rum Tastings & Music
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); San Diego's Havana 1920 is saying "sauld" to National Rum Day by hosting a special event featuring live music, cigar rollers and run tastings. National Rum Day is August 16 – yes, there really is such a thing – and the Gaslamp Quarter restaurant and bar is celebrating it because rum is an essential part of the Cuban … [Read more...]
Tiki Oasis Is A Ticket To Paradise In San Diego: World’s Biggest Tiki Festival Review
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger Thank God the tiki bar is openThank God the tiki torch still shinesThank God the tiki bar is openCome on in and open up your mind – Jimmy Buffett, The Tiki Bar Is Open I have found tiki heaven, and it is Tiki Oasis San Diego. There are few better places to "get … [Read more...]
San Diego’s Mezé Greek Fusion Adds New Mediterranean-Inspired Cocktails
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Yamas! That's the Greek word for "cheers" and at Meze Greek Fusion in San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter, there's a reason to raise a glass for a toast. The restaurant and bar has added three Greek Islands-inspired cocktails to its drink menu. The creations of GBOD Hospitality Group Beverage Director Ryan Andrews, they are Una … [Read more...]
Cazadores Cocktail Class At Understory In San Diego
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); You've got a good bottle of tequila. Music is playing, friends are over but then bam! What do you do with that bottle to make an awesome drink that will impress everyone? Would it not be nice to have a bartender show you? Well you can in San Diego at the Understory Cazadores Cocktail Making Class, which is taking place … [Read more...]
San Diego Weekend Nightlife & Party Guide & Events For July 21-23: Comic-Con, Del Mar Opening Day
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Nightlife Blogger What a one-two combo we have in San Diego this weekend. It's like Manny Machado and Fernando Tatís, Jr., hitting back-to-back in the fun times lineup. With that in mind, here is a complete rundown of the biggest and most fun party events in San Diego … [Read more...]
In Search Of The Perfect San Diego Craft Brewery & Brewpub
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Nightlife Blogger I have set out on a quest to find the perfect San Diego craft brewery or brewpub. That is a daunting task in this city; with more than 150 craft breweries in San Diego County, it has more than any other county in the United States. Surely there's several good … [Read more...]
Gaslamp Quarter Bars Going All Out During Comic-Con San Diego
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Comic-Con 2024 is in San Diego the weekend of July 25-28. It's at the San Diego Convention Center and spills out into the Gaslamp Quarter with fans in costumes, themed pop-up places seemingly in every inch of available space and buildings serving as huge billboards for the studios and their shows. The fans are in the … [Read more...]
San Diego Weekend Nightlife & Party Guide Events & Happenings For July 14-16
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Nightlife Blogger The weather is warm and the happenings are hot. This is a rundown of nightlife, party-related events and fun things to do in San Diego for the weekend of July 14-16. Plus some more cool info on bars and upcoming events. Opening Of The Lafayette Hotel Here's a hot … [Read more...]
San Diego Tiki Bars That Are Not Speakeasies
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); By Kevin Wilkerson, San Diego Nightlife Blogger San Diego loves its speakeasies. That's especially the case when it comes to tiki bars. The most notable ones (in other words, the ones that get the most attention from the other local blogs because they are cool and hip!) are in fact speakeasies. The most known ones are the … [Read more...]
How These San Diego Bars Are Celebrating The Fourth of July
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Several San Diego bars are celebrating the Fourth of July with food and drinks. Here is a rundown of what several San Diego bars are offering on 4th of July Weekend in the Gaslamp Quarter, Pacific Beach and Mission Beach. The Gaslamp’s barleymash is serving Chef Rose's BBQ Rib Sandwich on an onion roll with potato salad and … [Read more...]
San Diego Home Brewers Tap Several Medals At National Homebrew Competition
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); San Diego home brewers were able to "tap" into several medals – including five Golds – at the National Homebrew Competition, held June 24. Three brewers took home Silver medals and one won Bronze during the 45th annual event, which took place on home turf, the Town and Country Resort in Mission Valley. A total of 120 medals … [Read more...]
13 San Diego Restaurants Named In 2023 Wine Spectator Restaurant Awards
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); A total of 13 San Diego restaurants have been named in the 2023 Wine Spectator Restaurant Awards. They are: Addison in the Fairmont Grand Del Mar,Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steakhouse, Island Prime, Mister A's, Avant, Eddie V's Prime Seafood, Fogo de Chão, Juniper and Ivy, Morton's Steakhouse, STK San Diego, Solare … [Read more...]
Tiki Oasis Returns To San Diego; Here Are The 2023 Dates & Details And Tickets Information
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger It's tiki time in San Diego again. Or, more importantly, it Tiki Oasis time. The annual event returns to American's Finest City for 2023 and here are the dates, details, location, events and everything you need to know about it. The dates for Tiki Oasis 2023 in San … [Read more...]
San Diego Gaslamp Margaritaville Resort Update; Rooftop Bar Is Open
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger For those wanting to waste away the summer in San Diego, there are plenty of places do to it but only one will transport you to the mythical destination of Margaritaville. It's the 5 O'Clock Somewhere Bar on the rooftop of the Margaritaville Resort on the corner of 6th … [Read more...]
Finally Bonding With Ocean Beach In San Diego
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger If I did not know better, I would think my parents were of the hippie generation. Listening to the Grateful Dead and Janis Joplin, hanging out in San Francisco's Haigh-Ashbury neighborhood and attending Woodstock. But that is not my parents, who are great-value folks … [Read more...]
San Diego Speakeasy Prohibition Hosting A Whistle Pig Whiskey Cocktail Class
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); San Diego Speakeasy Prohibition is letting customers get behind the bar during a cocktail class featuring drinks from Whistle Pig whiskey. The event is Wednesday, June 28, from 6:30-8 p.m. WhistlePig representative Summer Benjamin will lead guests through an interactive tasting experience while teaching people about the … [Read more...]
Del Mar’s Glass Box Sushi and Marufuku Ramen Hosting SOTO Sake Dinner
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); A SOTO Sake dinner is being held at Glass Box Sushi and Marufuku Ramen at the Sky Deck in Del Mar, CA. It is July 19 at 5:30 p.m. SOTO sake is a super-premium sake with a clean, smooth taste that captures rice's natural sweetness and is being presented in a special pairing by Marufuku – known for its Hakata-style Tonkatsu … [Read more...]
A New Update On The San Diego-Ensenada Ferry
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger Here is an update on the San Diego-to-Ensenada ferry, which was originally slated to begin service in June 2024. It is still in the works and officals now say it will begin in April 2025. If is to be operated by Azteca Ferries. A full update is available here, including with the ferry schedules. Last summer, we … [Read more...]
Longball Hard Lemon Iced Tea Golf Tournament Coming To San Diego This July
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); For those who like the long ball, Longball Hard Iced Tea is hosting its inaugural golf tournament this July in San Diego. The event is Saturday, July 19 at Steele Canyon Golf Club in Jamul. Proceeds from the tournament, silent action and raffle will go to the local hunger-relief and food rescue non-profit Feeding San … [Read more...]
San Diego Craft Beer Store Bottlecraft Hosts Weekly Dog Adoption Fundraisers
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); In San Diego, dogs and craft beers are as common a sight at tourists walking along the Embarcadero. Knowing this, Bottlecraft has teamed up with The Animal Pad to host weekly “TAP-py Hour” fundraisers all the summer at its Little Italy location. In the program, which runs every Tuesday from 4-7 p.m., 10% of all draft beer … [Read more...]
Free Champagne In San Diego – Sky Deck and Understory Celebrate 2-Year Anniversary
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Sky Deck and Understory in Del Mar are celebrating their 2-year anniversary by offering free champagne. Veuve Clicquot, is the main sponsor for the night and will have a champagne toast on Friday, June 16, starting at 8 p.m. In addition to the bubbles, Special Desserts are also being served. Sky Deck and Understory's 2-year … [Read more...]
San Diego’s Original 40 Brewing Company Releases New West Coast IPA
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); In the ever-competitive San Diego craft beer market, it is important to keep innovating. Knowing this, North Park's San Diego's Original 40 Brewing Company has released a West Coast IPA called Can We Kick It? Other than making for weird punctuation issues for bloggers, Can We Kick It?, is double dry hopped with Strata, … [Read more...]
San Diego Bars Father’s Day Food & Drink Specials
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Father's Day is June 18 and in recognition, several San Diego restaurants and bars throughout the city are having food and drink specials. Here's a rundown of San Diego bars and restaurants having Father's Day specials in the Gaslamp, Little Italy, Point Loma, Mission Beach, Pacific Beach, Hillcrest, Lemon Grove and … [Read more...]
Glassbox Elevated Sushi Restaurant In Del Mar Hosting Sake Dinner This June
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Glassbox, the elevated sushi restaurant in Del Mar, CA, is hosting a sake dinner on June 5. It is a 5-course pairing featuring premium selections of sake hosted by Mio Okura alongside special creations from San Diego’s award-winning chef Ethan Yang. The cost is $75 per person. Okura is a Sake Specialist/Certified Sake … [Read more...]
Maverick’s Owners Taking Over Bub’s At The Beach With Bar Ella In Pacific Beach
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); By Kevin Wilkerson, San Diego Nightlife Blogger Bub's at the Beach, the long-running Pacific Beach bar that is now closed, will become Bar Ella. Backed by The Verant Group, which owns Mavericks and Sandbar in PB, as well as the well-run and popular barleymash in San Diego's Gaslamp, it will be owned by former Bub's … [Read more...]
Beeside Balcony La Jolla Restaurant Review: Creating A Buzz Of Excitement
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger Beeside Balcony in La Jolla is buzzing. The Del Mar restaurant has expanded to the Jewel of San Diego, located on the upper level above The Spot on Prospect between Girard and Herschel streets, right in the heart of La Jolla Village. And it did not take long for locals to … [Read more...]
Bencotto Italian Kitchen In San Diego’s Little Italy Happy Hour Menu & Specials
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Bencotto Italian Kitchen In San Diego's Little Italy has a new Happy Hour menu. Here are the food and drink choices along with the menu. Happy Hour is Monday-Friday from 3-5:30 p.m. The selection of appetizers includes parmigiano Reggiano, aged for 24 and 40 months and served with balsamic glaze and caramelized figs; … [Read more...]
San Diego Craft Breweries Win 3 Gold Medals And 12 Total At 2023 World Beer Cup
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The Capital of Craft, San Diego, took home three Gold Medals – and 12 overall – in the 2023 World Beer Cup. Winning Gold Medals were AleSmith Brewing of Miramar, BattleMage Brewing of Vista, and North Park Beer Co. Local breweries also won two Silver Medals and seven Bronze Medals. Pizza Port and Eppig Brewing were the only … [Read more...]
San Diego’s Snapdragon Stadium Fails First Concert Test, Jimmy Buffett
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger Apparently, more people go to a Jimmy Buffett concert than San Diego State football games. This was obvious to anyone who went to the inaugural concert at San Diego's new Snapdragon Stadium, Jimmy Buffett. Put quite simply, the crowd overwhelmed the facility. There was a … [Read more...]
This May Be The Best Entertainment Deal In The San Diego Gaslamp Quarter
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger Not everything is expensive these days. Here is something that might just be the best entertainment and nightlife deal in San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter. It's the all-year ticket from Mad House Comedy Club. The cost of a single show is $15 and $30 and for that same $30 … [Read more...]
Second Chance Beer Company Hosting 3rd Annual Pupapalooza Dog Festival In San Diego
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Dog owners and beer lovers, two things that often go together as naturally as grain and hops, have a combined event in San Diego this May. The third annual Pupapalooza Dog Festival is taking place Saturday May 20 from 2-6 p.m. Hosted by Second Chance Beer Company, the award-winning “Seize a Pint, Save a Pup” brewery, it … [Read more...]
Russia-Ukraine War Forces San Diego’s Pushkin Restaurant To Change To A Hookah Lounge
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger Russia's war in Ukraine has caused one San Diego restaurant to change its concept. Pushkin Russian Restaurant in the Gaslamp Quarter is changing to Pushkin Lounge & Bar effective in May. This is due to backlash, threats and "don't go there" social media posts that has … [Read more...]
San Diego Raman Restaurant RakiRaki Expands To Rancho Penasquitos
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); San Diego’s award-winning ramen restaurant RakiRaki Ramen has opened a new location in Rancho Penasquitos. Located in the lively Plaza Rancho Penasquitos shopping plaza, the new RakiRaki Ramen restaurant has a range of authentic Japanese ramen dishes, appetizers and drinks. From the Tonkotsu Ramen to the Vegan Ramen, to the … [Read more...]
San Diego Gaslamp Getting Smokin’ J’s BBQ Restaurant
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger "Where's There's Smoke, There's Flavor." That is the slogan on the Smokin' J's BBQ website. And soon, those of us in San Diego's Gaslamp will know whether that is true or they are just blowing smoke up our, well, neighborhood. Founded in Poway with a second location in … [Read more...]
A San Diego-Ensenada Ferry Could Be Coming This Summer
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger Is this for real? A ferry between San Diego and Ensenada? Apparently and, unlike an expanded trolley line or a train to run through Baja that has been rumored for decades and may never actually materialize, this one may be happening soon. As in this summer. "We hope that by June we would be starting the Ensenada to San … [Read more...]
Second Annual SD Beer Weekend Sets 2023 Dates
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); San Diego and craft beer go together like Pacific Beach and bars, and fortunately there are ways to try a lot of those beers with special events. One of those is the second annual SD Beer Weekend presented by the San Diego Brewers Guild. It takes place Friday, June 9-Sunday, June 11 in 2023. “With National Beer Day on … [Read more...]
Del Mar’s Beeside Balcony Open In La Jolla With The Hive Speakeasy Coming Soon
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The Beeside Balcony of Del Mar, CA, has expanded with a location in La Jolla. And soon, a speakeasy called The Hive will really have the place buzzing with excitement. Located on Prospect Street between Girad and Herschel – right above La Jolla Cove – Beeside Balcony serves Mediterranean dishes, among them Fjord Salmon, … [Read more...]
Eleven San Diego Craft Breweries Win 13 Gold Medals At The 2023 Brewers Cup of California
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Eleven San Diego County craft breweries won 13 Gold Medals at the 2023 Brewers Cup of California, a statewide brewing competition in Sacramento that has been held every other year since 2019. Sorrento Valley’s Gravity Heights and Kearny Mesa’s Kilowatt Brewing both won a San Diego-best two Gold Medals. Kilowatt Brewing and … [Read more...]
These San Diego Bars Offering Padres Opening Day, Season Drink & Food Specials
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); What's the hottest thing in San Diego right now? The San Diego Padres. After beating the hated rival Dodgers in the playoffs last year, an event that set off a celebration rarely seen in this city – anticipation is at an all-time high for the 2023 season. And the bars are smart enough to take advantage of this enthusiasm. … [Read more...]
St. Patrick’s Day Events At Backyard Kitchen & Tap In Pacific Beach CA
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Backyard Kitchen & Tap in San Diego's Pacific Beach has several events before and on St Patrick's Day for 2023. Here is its St. Paddy's Day events calendar. Saturday, March 11 Pet Me, I’m Irish dog adoption event with The Animal Pad rescue from 2 – 5 p.m. Bring a new/unused dog toy or supplies for Toys 4 Pups and … [Read more...]
New Craft Beers Pay Homage To San Diego’s North Park Neighborhood
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); San Diego's Original 40 Brewing Company has created two new craft beers that are a cheers to the city's North Park community. Six-time Great American Beer Festival medal winner Head Brewer Zack Kaplan has crafted University Ave Kölsch and University Ave Raspberry Kölsch for the brewery, which is located at 3117 University … [Read more...]
Margaritaville Resort Opening In San Diego Gaslamp’s Hotel Solamar
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Just a few months after Jimmy Buffett performs at San Diego's Snapdragon Stadium on May 6, the King of Somewhere Hot will have a presence in the Gaslamp Quarter. Scheduled to open this summer is Margaritaville Resort in current location of Hotel Solamar. Currently that hotel is undergoing a $31 million renovation. The … [Read more...]
Is San Diego A Party City?
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Yes, San Diego is very much a party city. It is in Southern California, has beaches, tourists and more than 300 days of sunshine a year. There are beach bars, clubs, sports bars, craft beer bars, live music bars, restaurant-bars karaoke bars, pickup bars and hang-out bars. There are three main party districts, Pacific … [Read more...]
Boots on the Beach Party Coming To San Diego’s Imperial Beach
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); For those who survive St. Patrick's Day and are looking for more fun, there's a "Boots On The Beach" party taking place the next day in Imperial Beach. It's on March 18 at SEA180° Coastal Tavern and it will have cocktails, appetizers, country music and line dancing, starting at 6 p.m. It is important to note that the 18th … [Read more...]
Breeder’s Cup Returning To San Diego’s Del Mar For 2024
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The hoofs meet the dirt again in November where the "turf meets the surf" as the Breeder's Cup returns to San Diego's famous horse racing track for 2024. The event is scheduled for Nov. 1-2. It will be the third time Del Mar, founded by singer Bing Crosby in 1937, will have hosted the event, which is a series of 14 races to … [Read more...]
The Snapdragon Stadium Experience For A San Diego Legions Rugby Match
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger I saw a scrum the other day. No, it was not a bar fight or one of our urban campers pushing a shopping cart through downtown. It was at a rugby match, the San Diego Legions, at the spectacular new Snapdragon Stadium. Now I know about as much about rugby as congress … [Read more...]
What Part Of San Diego Has The Best Nightlife? A Day To Night Guide
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); This article is not AI-generated content By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger San Diego has the nickname of "America's Finest City" but it is also one of American's most fun cities when it comes to bars and nightlife. There are several areas of the city which has nightlife but three stand out more than … [Read more...]
Why San Diego Needs To Move Forward With Midway District Redevelopment & Other Projects
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); This article is not AI-generated content By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger San Diego, it seems to me, is a city less of “can dos” and more one of “what can go wrongs.” Right now, as I type, there’s a redevelopment project in the Midway District that is stuck in neutral like a car with a bad clutch. … [Read more...]
What’s Missing In San Diego Gaslamp’s Nightlife? A Rocking Happy Hour Bar!
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger Of all the great bars and the incredible weekend nightlife scene where every Friday and Saturday night is like New Year's Eve, there is something missing in San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter when it comes to all-out fun. It's not as missing as, say, a Comic Con without Super … [Read more...]
San Diego Wave Signs NOVA As Official Hard Kombucha For The Team
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 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 … [Read more...]
Jimmy’s Buffet Is A Fun San Diego Jimmy Buffett Tribute Band
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 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 … [Read more...]
San Diego’s Sugar Factory, Nick Jonas’ Villa One Tequila & Nick Cannon’s Wild & Out Closed
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 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, … [Read more...]
Prince Street Pizza Brings New York Style – And New York Crust – To San Diego’s Gaslamp Quarter
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 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 … [Read more...]
The Flower Fields at Carlsbad Ranch 2023 Dates & Tickets
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 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 … [Read more...]
SEA180° Coastal Tavern Celebrates 40th Anniversary Of Cohn Restaurant Group With These Food & Drink Specials
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 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 … [Read more...]
Jimmy Buffett San Diego Snapdragon Concert Rescheduled For May
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 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 … [Read more...]
San Diego New Year’s Day Brunch Bars & Restaurants
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 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 … [Read more...]
Craft Beer Capitol San Diego To Host Homebrew Con in 2023
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 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 … [Read more...]
San Diego’s Newest Craft Beer Is Dog Beach Beer From Second Chance & Coronado Brewing
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 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 … [Read more...]
San Diego’s Bottlecraft Beer Shop Has These Holiday Beer Recommendations
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 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. … [Read more...]
The Schizophonics, San Diego’s Super High-Energy Band, Is Non-Stop Fun
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 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 … [Read more...]
SEA180° Coastal Tavern Christmas Dinner
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 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 … [Read more...]
San Diego Gaslamp Bar barleymash Having Cool Giveaways In December
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 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 … [Read more...]
San Diego’s Bleu Bohème Restaurant Christmas Eve Dinner
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 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 … [Read more...]
The Holding Company In San Diego’s Ocean Beach Has These Holiday Cocktails
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 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 … [Read more...]
ReBru Spirits Brings A Funky Party Scene To San Diego’s Barrio Logan
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 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 … [Read more...]
San Diego’s Parq Nightclub Has Holiday Spirt With Santa’s Lair Pop-Up Bar
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 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 … [Read more...]
Brazilian-Style Beer Novo Brazil Brewing Company Now In Imperial Beach
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 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 … [Read more...]
Thanksgiving Dinner Locations For Singles In San Diego
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 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 … [Read more...]
San Diego Wine & Food Festival Grand Decant 2022 Photos & Videos
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 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. … [Read more...]
San Diego Wine & Food Festival Grand Tasting 2022 Photos & Videos
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 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 … [Read more...]
San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival Events 2022 Review
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 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 … [Read more...]
Inside Kansas City Barbeque, San Diego’s Famous ‘Top Gun’ Bar
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 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 … [Read more...]
San Diego Thanksgiving Dinner At SEA180° Coastal Tavern Imperial Beach
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 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 … [Read more...]
San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival 2022 List Of All Events
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 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. … [Read more...]
San Diego Tiki Bars That Are Not Speakeasies And Don’t Require A Reservation
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 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 … [Read more...]
You & Yours Distillery Serves Up Coffee Cocktails In San Diego’s East Village
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 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 … [Read more...]
Where To Find A Pumpkin-Spiced Cocktail In San Diego For Halloween
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 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 … [Read more...]
SEA180° In Imperial Beach Holding Pre-Halloween Día de Los Muertos Party
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 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 … [Read more...]
Padres Beat LA And San Diego Celebrates As If It Won The World Series
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 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 … [Read more...]
These San Diego Breweries Win 15 Medals at Great American Beer Festival
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 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 … [Read more...]
The Padres Are NOT Attempting To Keep Dodgers Fans From Taking Over Petco Park
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 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 … [Read more...]
Nick Jonas-Owned Villa One Tequila Bar Now Open In San Diego’s Gaslamp
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 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 … [Read more...]
Now That It’s Football Season, These San Diego Bars Host College Football & NFL Fans
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 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, … [Read more...]
Single In San Diego: Surviving A Rainy Weekend Short On Nightlife
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 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 … [Read more...]
14th Annual San Diego Beer Week 2022 Dates, Tickets & Breweries
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 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 … [Read more...]
Cevasco’s Del Mar Has One Of San Diego’s Best Happy Hours
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 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 … [Read more...]
Inside The Shell San Diego’s Spectacular Waterfront Concert Venue
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 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 … [Read more...]
San Diego’s Street Vendors Have Gotten Out Of Control
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 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 … [Read more...]
Sammy Hagar’s Beach Bar Cocktail Co. & Surfrider Foundation Hosting Beach Cleanup In Pacific Beach
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 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 … [Read more...]
Oceanside In North San Diego Is A California Beach Destination Well Worth Visiting
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 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 … [Read more...]
Juan Soto Trade Creates World Series Atmosphere For Padres Fans
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 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 … [Read more...]