South Bay Legend Has Stood The Test Of Time (And Generations) It has survived the fun patrons from volleyball tournaments taking place right out its door, spirited flip cup games on his back patio, buzzed (and bad) pool players, a Hermosa Beach makeover that saw other dives replaced and weathered heavy winter storms that had ocean water rolling over the beach wall. And on … [Read more...]
Mickey McColigan’s Hermosa Beach Irish Bar Initial Review
Locals Exited About New South Bay Nightlife Option It's always great when a new bar opens in an area. First of all, it gives us patrons another place to go to and as any local will tell you, no matter how much fun you have in your local bars, you need to break out of your routine. Change things up a bit. And so it is now in Hermosa Beach with Mickey McColigan's, a NEW … [Read more...]
Wine Tasting In The South Bay Goes From Bottle Inn To Baleen To FishBar
A Tasting By The Beach, Half-Priced Wines By The Harbor And Reverse Happy Hour I went on a wine tasting tour recently in California. It was not in Napa Valley, Sonoma, Paso Robles, Santa Ynez Valley or even Monterey or Mendocino County. Instead, it was a tour of my own design and right here where I live, in the South Bay Beach Cities of Los Angeles. Inspired by a Tweet … [Read more...]
South And American Junkie Are Michigan Alumni Sports Bars In L.A.
Westwood Spots And Hermosa Beach Became Wolverine Territory When UM Plays American Junkie in Hermosa Beach and South in Westwood. These are the conquerors of the West for Michigan alumni on the West Coast, at least in the Los Angeles area. They are the places to watch the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship game against Louisville. There are tons of Michigan alumni in … [Read more...]
Even Without LA Kings Fever The North End Bar Is Rocking Hermosa Beach
South Bay's Neighborhood Bar Among The Best In The Beach Cities You know what makes a great bar? Well, several things, but in this case it's a bar just being itself. One that has not been tainted by publicity, does not think itself any better because it's been featured on TV, is not anything more today than it was before it achieved local fame. That place is the North … [Read more...]
American Junkie Hermosa Beach Extends Friday Happy Hour To 9 PM
South Bay Bar Deserves A Cheers For This Brilliant Move Here's some good news for South Bay bar junkies. American Junkie has extended its outstanding Happy Hour on Fridays until 9 p.m.! That makes it the latest Happy Hour in the Beach Cities. Patrick Molloy's goes until 8, from Monday thru Friday. Sharkeez goes until 7. Then again, Sharkeez owner Greg Newman is not one … [Read more...]
Where To Find Goose Island Chicago’s Craft Beer In South Bay Bars
Manhattan Beach and Hermosa Beach Bars Are Pouring These Good Brews Looking for a new craft beer to try in the South Bay? Then let me suggest Goose Island, the Chicago specialty brewery that is making a big splash nationally. Currently the bars serving it in the South Bay are: BrewCo and Shellback Tavern in Manhattan Beach and American Junkie in Hermosa Beach. At the … [Read more...]
Kegs A Good Beer Bar Alternative To Najas On The Redondo Beach Pier
Live Music And 25 Taps Provide Another South Ba Bike Ride Destination Finally! It's about time. For the past couple of years, I've been searching for a good beer bar alternative to Naja's on or even around the Redondo Beach Pier. I tried to like On the Rocks, but it's not been anywhere close to a happening place since it was Chiller's a few years ago. Kincaid's is great … [Read more...]
World’s Most Dangerous Canadian Starts The LA Beach Party
Watch Out South Bay Beach Cities He's Back In Town Bring it on. I'm ready. I've been bracing for this for a couple of weeks now, ever since my friend said he was coming to visit me in California. He's The World's Most Dangerous Canadian, and I say that with the utmost respect. And fear. He is a former bartender and is currently a manager of a high-end restaurant. And … [Read more...]
It’s A Full St. Patrick’s Day Party Weekend So Erin Go Bragh!
Saturday's Parades Followed With Partying Die-Hards Out On Sunday Green beer, parades, Irish bars and Erin Go Bragh. It's St. Patrick's Day and the Irish luck is smiling on all of us this year because we get not one, but two days to celebrate. St. Patrick's Day in on a Sunday, and that's actually a bonus day. The parades in major places – Boston, Chicago, New York and my … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach City Council Approves Smackfest Beach Volleyball Event
Costume Tournament Passes By A 4-1 Vote Smackfest will be allowed to turn 20. The creative, whacky and harmless fun beach volleyball tournament that has been the summer highlight of the area's weekend amateur players, has been approved by the Hermosa Beach City Council. It was a 4-1 vote and while some restrictions apply – there were fears of it becoming "another 6-man" – … [Read more...]
Miss Long Beach Grand Prix Event At American Junkie Hermosa Beach
Girls To Be Judged In After-5 Dresses And Swimwear In Preliminary Round Miss Grand Prix contestants will be in bikins for the Hermosa Beach prelim. Nice-looking girls are nothing new to American Junkie in Hermosa Beach, CA. But how many of them get the chance to go on to be the next Miss Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach? But on Thursday, March 14, four of them will get … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach City Council Needs To Approve Smackfest
Council Members To Vote On Future Of Popular Beach Volleyball Event Smackfest, the whacky and fun dress-up beach volleyball tournament held each July, is in danger of becoming extinct. The Hermosa Beach City Council is discussing its future in its weekly meeting on Tuesday, March 12. This takes place at the Council's chambers at City Hall on Valley Drive, just south of … [Read more...]
American Junkie Best Addition To Newport Beach Bars Since Sharkeez
What's Been Good For Hermosa Beach Will Be Great For Balboa Peninsula Nightlife I can think of one word to describe American Junkie taking over the space next to Woody's Wharf in Newport Beach's Balboa Peninsula: Finally. Finally, a place is going in that location that has the right idea and will be around for a while. Finally, a place is going in that location that fits … [Read more...]
My Favorite Margarita Party Drinking Experience
After A While There Was No Booze In The Blender, Just Tequila It's National Margarita Day as I write this, and just thinking about that great drink that makes us do wild and crazy things is bringing to mind all kinds of great memories involving it. Perhaps my favorite story involves a house party I ran into on sunny Southern California day. And stumbled (quite … [Read more...]
Stepping Out Of The South Bay Nightlife Bubble Of Hermosa Beach
The Tale Of A Trip Out Of The Beach Cities To Hear Shari Puorto Band At LA's Sagebrush Cantina I love live music and hearing bands, so when the opportunity came up to roll up to LA's famous Sagebrush Cantina to do just that, I jumped at the chance. And jumped in the car with the band leader, Shari "El" Puorto of the Shari Puorto Band. But to do so meant that I had to get … [Read more...]
2013 Super Bowl Sunday Ranks Among Top Party Days
From The Redondo Beach 10K To The South Bay Bars To A House Party, It Was A Long And Fun Day We were laughing it up in a cut-loose dive bar with no plan for the future, just living in the moment. The day was Super Bowl Sunday and the location was the VFW bar in Redondo Beach, CA. I was on my fifth or sixth beer, I had already run six miles and spent two hours in a … [Read more...]
Back To The Drawing Board For Sale Of Hermosa Beach Dive Bar Mermaid
Bar And Restaurant On The South Bay Strand To Remain Open On Weekends It was a mixed marriage to begin with, a long-standing dive bar being sold to a big-time developer. Perhaps the Party Gods decided it wasn't the right time or place. So for now The Mermaid remains, well, The Mermaid. "The escrow agreement between investment group One Pier Avenue LLC and Mermaid owner … [Read more...]
NFL Playoffs Good Business For Sports Teams Bars
Fans Of Patriots, Ravens, 49ers And Falcons Bring The Party When the New England Patriots defeated the Houston Texans 41-28 on Sunday to advance to the AFC Championship, Sonny McLean's and Fat Face Fenner's were also winners. These are two Los Angeles sports bars with Boston backgrounds that attract Patriots fans. In fact, legendary Patriots (and former USC) … [Read more...]
Holiday Pub Crawls Set The Party Spirit(s) For the Christmas Season
Special Events Make December A Festive Time For Bar Owners Perhaps they should change – or at least adapt – the lyrics of "Let It Snow" for single adults to this: "Oh the weather outside is frightful, "But the bars are so delightful." Because the bars are where a lot of single adults spend the Holiday season. Whether its having a few while shopping, at office parties … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Game Changers Scores With Weekend Champagne Brunch
Sports Bar's Great Breakfast And Hour Of Free Mimosas Is A Winner It's the move of a champion, and is to be celebrated. Game Changers joins Sharkeez and Cafe Boogaloo as Hermosa Beach sports bars (well, Boogaloo is a music bar but shows sports before it turns to the tunes) that have weekend champagne brunches. This is a great deal for anyone who wants to start their weekend … [Read more...]
Top Hermosa Beach Nightlife Singles Advice For Men
When A Wild Girl Says She 'Wants To Go To the Pier,' Do Not Follow Her To The Pier A funny thing happened to a visiting friend recently. And it's a lesson to be learned about being single in the South Bay Los Angeles Beach Cities of Hermosa Beach and Manhattan Beach. He's been in the area plenty of times previously – and will eagerly come again and again – but got caught … [Read more...]
A Tribute To A Fallen South Bay Beach Cities Party Friend
Here's Cheers To A Bar Buddy Who Kept An Entire Area Entertained I don't remember the first time I ever met Joe Anderson – that's a pretty common thing among the single people in the Los Angeles Beach Cities of Hermosa Beach and Manhattan Beach – but I most definitely remember the first time I partied with him. It was during the Manhattan Open, a local event that is … [Read more...]
On The Rocks Redondo Beach Has Big South Bay Sports Bar Potential
Here's A Few Tips For Making The Former Chiller's A Beach Cities Hotspot Again As much fun as it is to go to the bars on the Hermosa Beach Pier to watch sports, sometimes it's good to go someplace different. Break up the routine. Keep things fresh. So on a sunny Saturday afternoon, wanting to maximize my time on the Strand and being in the great outdoors, I rode my beach … [Read more...]
Smackfest 2012 Surpasses 6-Man As South Bay’s Top Event
Whacky Beach Volleyball Tournament Replaces 6-Man As Top Beach Party Event in Hermosa and Manhattan Beach There's been a passing of the party torch in the South Bay. Smackfest, the 19-year-old beach volleyball tournament, is now King of the Beach Cities when it comes to fun and entertaining events. The once-untouchable Manhattan Beach Surfest and its 6-man tournament is … [Read more...]
Ironman Gets 4th of July in Hermosa Beach Off To A Rockin’ Start
Annual Event Where Competitors Run a Mile, Paddle a Mile and Chug a 6-Pack Starts the Beach Party The 4th of July in Hermosa Beach, CA, got off to its usually silly start in 2012 with the annual Ironman "athletic" competition, on the sand in front of 28th Street. Though it involves three disciplines, this is not your typical Ironman. It consists of running a mile, padding … [Read more...]
Get Your Tickets Now for the Trump National Wine & Beer Festival
Fun 4th Annual Event is Aug. 26 And Will Sell Out in Advance The setting is spectacular – high on a cliff in Palos Verdes, CA at an exclusive golf club – and the event itself surpasses even its surroundings. So it's little wonder that in just four years, the Trump National Wine & Beer Festival has become one of the top social events of the South Bay Beach Cities. It … [Read more...]
LA Kings Celebration at Hermosa Beach’s North End Bar
Party Goes Into the Night At the Players' Hometown Bar After Kings Win The Stanley Cup The hometown bar of the players was the place to be in Los Angeles as local sports history was made on an overcast Monday night on June 11, 2012. Fans – true hockey fans and and several people who just wanted to savor the celebration – were out partying as the LA Kings won the Stanley … [Read more...]
Los Angeles Sports Fans Getting Behind LA Kings
Sports Bars, Particularly in Hermosa and Manhattan Beach, Are Feeling The Rush From Stanley Cup Excitement Something's happening in Los Angeles. There's a wave rolling in, and it's not the surf in El Porto. It's a wave of emotion, something not felt for 19 years. It's the LA Kings and the Stanley Cup Final. Back in 1993, the Kings were king for a day (well, actually a … [Read more...]
Hear The Bar Blogger on Internet Radio
Party Report on Static Beach Radio in Hermosa Beach You read the words, so now hear the voice. I'm on the air, coming to you via the Internet each week on Static Beach Radio – staticbeach.com– a fun Internet radio station based in Hermosa Beach, CA. Once a week, I'm doing the PubClub.com Party Report. It focuses on happenings and my observations on the party and nightlife … [Read more...]
Jeremy Buck & Bang Back at the Lighthouse Hermosa Beach
South Bay Band Back At This Legendary Live Music Venue For Several Shows Yes, you can go home again. Jeremy Buck and the Bang is doing it, returning to its original live music venue, the Lighthouse Cafe in Hermosa Beach, CA. The Bang is not the house band there anymore – it's doing tours across the country these days – but rather is back for a free show on … [Read more...]
St. Patrick’s Day Parade Hermosa Beach Photos
Images From the Party On the Pier, Plus Video of the Famous Budweiser Hand Truck Team Hermosa Beach holds a St. Patrick's Day parade on the Saturday before St. Paddy's Day. Here are photos of the parade, which goes from 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Its route consisted of Pier Ave., from Valley Ardmore the Pier, then south to 8th Street on Hermosa Ave. There's also a video of The … [Read more...]
Sharkeez Party Bus Hermosa to Newport and Long Beach
A Sharkeez-to-Sharkeez Pub Crawl After the Hermosa St. Patrick's Day Parade Every wonder what it's like in those other Sharkeez locations, if any are as popular as the one in Hermosa Beach? Want to check one – or a few of them – out but can't find some friend to stay sober to drive to Newport Beach, Huntington Beach and the Panama Joe's in Long Beach's Belmont … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Nightlife Is Not As Party Wild As City Council Claims
There Are Not Too Many Bars On The Pier And Placing Restrictions on Nightlife Is Foolish If you're someone who likes to party, who gets wide-eyed at the prospect of a Spring Break-type atmosphere, and listen to the Hermosa Beach City Council, then you would dream of bolting to the bars on and around the Pier. If you're the parent of, say, someone who's just out of … [Read more...]
Where To Watch Alabama-LSU in Los Angeles Bars
Crimson Tide Fans to Party at the Varsity in Santa Monica and Sharkeez in Hermosa Beach It's the Game of the Century. Until the next Game of the Century, of course. Even with all the uber-hype, the countdown on ESPN that started the previous week and all of college football analysts' eyes pointing to the date for weeks, the Alabama-LSU game has BIG written all over … [Read more...]
Halloween Photos Portofino Party Redondo Beach
The South Bay Rocks it Again at the Wild, Crazy And Fun and Here are Images of the 2011 Bash Packed. Crazy. Fun. The annual Halloween Portofino Party once again delivered big-time to party people in the South Bay Beach Cities of Hermosa, Manhattan and Redondo Beach. The event was put on my Max Entertainment and Berry Bly. Are you here in the PubClub.com photos!? For … [Read more...]
Jose Cuervo/Bud Light Lime Hermosa Open 2011 Review & Photos
Pro Beach Volleyball's Return to Hermosa Beach is a Return to Local Culture At least we have pro beach volleyball! It's not the AVP and its in September instead of June, July or August, and the top players are elsewhere, but we'll take it. Southern California culture is revived and survived with the Jose Cuervo/Bud Light Lime Hermosa Beach Open at the Hermosa Beach Pier … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach College Football Teams Sports Watching Bars
Where to Watch USC, UCLA, U-Dub, Michigan, Michigan State, Penn State, South Carolina, Notre Dame and Nebraska Games in the South Bay The spirit and passion of college football soars in the South Bay Beach Cities each fall like kickoffs in the air. Alumni from throughout the West Coast and especially the Midwest descend on the bars on and around the Hermosa Beach Pier … [Read more...]
Silvio’s is The Chicago Sports Bar Hermosa Beach in Los Angeles
When the Bears and Blackhawks Play, This Restaurant/Bar on the Hermosa Pier Goes Absolutely WACCO There are so many transplanted Midwesterners in Los Angeles – many of whom live in the South Bay Beach Cities – that one of them started a group so he and like-minded sports fans could cheer on their beloved teams together. That group is called WACCO, the West Coast … [Read more...]
Game Changers Sports Bar Caters to Steelers Fans in Hermosa Beach
Pittsburgh Game-Watching Bar Has Changed From Shark's Cove But Retains Pool Tables and Terrible Towels Steelers fans, worry not, for your Hermosa Beach game-watching bar is still your game-watching bar. Game Changers, the new sports bar on Hermosa Ave., is open for business and that means Steelers fans are in business. It will be showing Pittsburgh games this fall, and … [Read more...]
Free Sunday Concerts A Summer Highlight in Hermosa Beach California
Live Bands on the Pier Are the Draw But the Main Attraction is the Picnic and the People One of the coolest things about living in LA's South Bay Beach Cities are the Summer Concert Series in Hermosa Beach. It's a weekend highlight, an outdoor social gathering, a modern-day Beach Blanket Bingo. We have a group of at least a dozen that meets up, sits on blankets … [Read more...]
Smackfest 2011 Party Scene Images & Photos
Annual Hermosa Beach Costume Volleyball Tournament is, Once Again, A Smashing Success When one hears the words "beach party," this probably does not come immediately to mind. One likely imagines some type of college Spring Break scene or, for those fortunate enough to have experienced it, the wild scene of Paradise Beach in Mykonos. But this is California. Southern … [Read more...]
Smackfest: Another Reason To Love Living in the L.A. South Bay
Hermosa Beach and Manhattan Beach Are Full Of Things Like This Party-First Volleyball Tournament If ever there were a fun place to live, it has to be the South Bay Beach Cities of Hermosa and Manhattan Beach, a pair of party places within Los Angeles. For it is here that the young and social go out to bars, fill places for cultural happenings like the weekly Taco Tuesday … [Read more...]
Pro Beach Volleyball Returns For Manhattan Open & Hermosa
NBA's Kevin Love Joins Pros Back at the Beach in August and September, Though It's Not the AVP Beach volleyball, as much a part of the culture of the South Bay as surfing and Taco Tuesday, is back for 2011. It's not the Association of Volleyball Professionals (AVP) but a new three-tour series that starts with the Manhattan Open the end of August and hits Hermosa Beach in … [Read more...]
Best Places to Party For The Fourth Of July Beaches & Lakes Are Top Destinations
It's red, white and blue time, and Americans are ready to show their true party colors for the Fourth of July in 2019. And the best places to party, according to PubClub.com, are at America's beaches and lakes. That's right. Wet and wild is the way to go this (and every) 4th of July. This is where the fireworks happen all day and night. Lake Travis, Texas. Geist … [Read more...]
Manhattan & Hermosa Beach Bars Events Party Blog Report
South Bay Beach Cities Nightlife Information, Hot Happenings & Specials The bar scene in the South Bay Beach Cities of Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach and Redondo Beach is dynamic, and while it pretty much remains the same it also has subtle changes, like the Pacific Ocean surf, from week to week. So this blog exists to provide updates on what the bars are doing, … [Read more...]