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...]
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...]
FishBar Manhattan Beach Has Late-Night Happy Hour Drink Specials
Popular South Bay Restaurant And Bar Serves Up Discounted Weeknight And Saturday Cocktails When FishBar moved into the original Sharkeez location in Manhattan Beach, it's owner wanted to welcome in the neighborhood. So he brought in a great chef, Jessica, put together a delicious menu consisting primary of seafood, and priced it ridiculously cheap considering the quality … [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...]
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...]
Heidi Klum Tells Jay Leno She Prefers Men In Their 40s
Here's An Open Invitation For Her To Join Me In Manhattan Beach Studly young guys in your 20s with popping pecs and tattoos on the arms (and elsewhere), step aside. You may rule the pool parties in Vegas, but you have no chance with Heidi Klum. The sexy Victoria’s Secret and Sports Illustrated model is not interested in you. She prefers guys more like, well, me. At least … [Read more...]
A Very Pleasant Experience at Mangiamo’s Happy Hour Manhattan Beach
Downtown MB Restaurant Is A Great Place To Enjoy Wine With A View One of the most pleasant places to spend Happy Hour in the South Bay is at Mangiamo's, the quaint Italian restaurant just up from the Manhattan Beach Pier. That's because it's a soothing sensation, a relaxing reward at the end of the day, like slipping into a Jacuzzi. Looking at the downtown activity along … [Read more...]
OB’s Manhattan Beach The South Bay 49ers Bar For NFC Championship
Casual Sports Bar Hosting Los Angeles-Area San Francisco Fans Bay Area transplants in Southern California's South Bay Beach Cities are gathering at OB's in Manhattan Beach to watch Sunday's 49ers-Falcons game for the NFC Championship. The winner goes on to play the New England-Baltimore winner in Super Bowl XLVII on Feb. 3. And if you want to party with Patriots fans, … [Read more...]
Manhattan Beach Holiday Fireworks One Of Top Beach Cities Events
Annual Celebration A Perfect Mix Of Party Revelers And Families Getting in the holiday spirit can be difficult at Southern California's beaches. The weather is warm and instead of going to malls and shopping people do what they do at all times of the year, and that is go surfing, running, rollerblading and then partying at night. But there's one event that brings in the … [Read more...]
Manhattan Beach’s Centennial Happy Birthday Singing A Disappointment
There Were More People In The Downtown Bars Than On The Pier For City's 100th Celebration It had the promise of a party. Certainly a celebration. Manhattan Beach was singing "Happy Birthday" to itself on the evening of the city's official 100th birthday. Dec. 7, 2012. Local bar owner and crooner Lou Giovannetti was leading the singing, which took place on the … [Read more...]
Zazou in Redondo Beach’s Riviera Village Earns This Customer’s Loyalty
Sangria Brings About A Happy Hour Attitude From The Friendly Riviera Village Bar Manager Here's a way to win over customers. And to build customer loyalty. And that is to treat customers like guests in your house and to make them leave wanting to return. That's exactly what happened at Zazou in Redondo Beach. I had assembled a group of friends there to meet before the … [Read more...]
Beer Garden Again Highlight of Manhattan Beach Hometown Fair
Photos And a Review Of This Top South Bay Beach Cities Annual Event Here's to the beers and cheers. I would like to host my 16-ounce cup of Longboard Lager to the beer garden, the signature event of the annual Old Hometown Fair in Manhattan Beach, CA. It's what makes Hometown Fair one of the most fun times of the entire year in a town that's pretty fun most of the … [Read more...]
Another Manhattan Beach Hometown Fair 10K Finished With Shellback
Reviewing the 2012 Run Under The Sun I'm not sure how many years I've done the Old Hometown Fair 10K in Manhattan Beach, CA, but another one was completed in 2012. The weather was great; a bit warm for running, perhaps, but no one was complaining about the near cloudless sunny skies. There have been 35 of them and I've done at least a dozen. They are great events, a fun … [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...]
Manhattan Beach 6-Man Should Move To Dockweiler Like The Gillis
Crazy Dress-Up Volleyball Tournament's Best Chance For Its Future Is On This Adjacent Beach The Manhattan Beach 6-Man dress-up crazy costumed beach volleyball tournament has gotten out of control. It's gone too far, and if something isn't done about it the entire event could forever disappear. I speak not of the event itself, mind you, but of the Manhattan Beach City … [Read more...]
6-Man Manhattan Beach Is Still About the Volleyball
Focus on The Party Atmosphere Takes Attention Away From The Players Despite the controversy, the change from a weekend to the middle of the week and the Manhattan Beach Police's SWAT team approach to the event, the 6-man tournament is still all about the volleyball. And it always has been about the volleyball, even with the one-day party of the past. That's been … [Read more...]
Shellback Tavern Now the South Bay’s Most Happening Bar
Manhattan Beach Casual Hangout Is Crowded Day and Night On Weekends If you're looking for a lively place to party in the Los Angeles SouthBay Beach Cities, then crank it up Shellback Tavern. That's because it's cranking. In the summer of 2012, Shellback Tavern at the Manhattan Beach Pier is the South Bay's most happening bar. It's been going off both day and night on … [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...]
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...]
Hanging Out With My New Aussie Mate Miss Indy Australia
Showing First-Time Visitor to America Kirsten Dee Around Manhattan Beach and Hermosa Beach, CA By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger First, I received a text. Then a knock on the door. And suddenly, she was here, Miss Indy Australia, new "mate" Kirsten Dee, taking me up on my offer to crash at Casa de PubClub in Manhattan Beach while she was … [Read more...]
Surfest/6-Man Manhattan Beach Signup Deadline Extended
Beach Volleyball Party Gets Deflated By Tuesday-Wednesday Schedule This is what happens when you take a popular weekend event and move it to the middle of the week. You lose people. And, as a result, you lose revenue. In this case, it's a whacky event called Surfest, but known locally as the 6-man. It's a combination of Halloween and beach volleyball, an ideal marriage of … [Read more...]
Hometown Fair Beer Garden 2011 Photos Manhattan Beach
Images of the Annual Fun Festival in the Los Angeles South Bay Beach City Gorgeous weather brings out gorgeous people and, it seems, the beer flows just a bit faster. Though with more than 300 kegs consumed in two days, the beer always flows pretty darned fast at the annual Manhattan Beach Old Hometown Fair Beer Garden. In 2011, the temperature was in the upper 70s and … [Read more...]
Manhattan Beach 10K 2011 Photos Hometown Fair
Images From A Beautiful Day at the Annual Downtown Run With Bands and Celebration The annual Manhattan Beach Hometown Fair 10K was run under perfect conditions on Saturday, Oct. 1, 2011. The sun was shining, the pier was glistening and it was a postcard day for the city and the runners. There were bands along the route – the steel drums on Valley-Ardmore, up one of … [Read more...]
From Oktoberfest to Halloween October is a Top Party Month
Oktoberfest, Pirates in California, Beer Festivals in Baltimore and LA Plus Fantasy Fest, The World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party and Halloween October is more like Rocktober with all the party events happening in the month. It starts out with four big events and finishes with three more. What could be better, and what other month is this jam-packed with … [Read more...]
Manhattan Beach 6-Man Sangria Players Post Party Photos
The Annual Event, Hosted by Bud Light and Team Magnum P.I., Proves Volleyball Players Can Bring The Heat to The Partying Scene Volleyball players really know how to party. And the time they do it best is after tournaments. One of the great highlights of living in the LA South Bay Beach Cities of Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach and Redondo Beach are the Sunday … [Read more...]
Manhattan Beach 2011 6-Man Party Scene Report Images Alcohol Crackdown
The Annual Volleyball Tournament and Beach Bash Has Security, Crowds, Too Many Barricades, House Parties, and Hulk Hogan I saw Hulk Hogan. Well, he's not really Hulk Hogan. His name is Tall Paul," and he dresses up like Hulk Hogan (looking remarkably like the wresting star), each year for Manhattan Beach, CA's annual zany beach volleyball tournament. Some … [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...]
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...]
The Crazy Things Men Do For A Beer
In Pursuit of a Beer Garden; Sometimes It's the Journey That's The Story and Not The Destination By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Beer Blogger Sometimes, despite good training and life preparation from my loving parents, I do things that prove that boys will still be boys. "Mom would not approve," I kept telling myself in this particular instance. The … [Read more...]