Chickeeboom8 - 07/25/2008

Friendy bar

   Kirby4jeep - 07/01/2008

I go in afternoons everybody is friendy bartenters nice get the grilled cheese sandwich.

Crowded

   OmuntO - 06/20/2008

Long waits for drinks and overcrowded. No one is rude, it's just that their way way to busy. The popcorn is a nice treat but burgers are way overrated. I'm sure its great in the day but Friday/Saturday night... forget about it.

Fun, Fun, Fun

   xbrwcrw - 03/22/2000

The oldest continous bar in San Diego, actually is located to once there was a waterfront. Now situated behind San Diego's new trolley system, this place is still the place to have an early morning breakfast before you head off to the Embarcadero, Seaworld, etc. The food is not great, but its good. The bar is long and the drinks cheap. Sit by the opened air windows on Kettner and enjoy the sounds of jets landing at nearby Lindberg Field. The interior shows the days of the fisherman with some very interesting photos when San Diego was the home to Tuna Fishing on the Pacific coast. And the Waterfront was their place to go. Bands on weekend nights, so it can get very loud in close confines. Highly recommended.

Home At Last!

   hedilaw - 02/16/2000

The perfect any-time-at-all bar, you can go weekend cruising here, dance with your girlfriends, bring your Mom to brunch, watch the game, feed yourself, or just hang out, and be very happy doing it. The bartenders are great, no-nonsense guys that watch out for ladies, take care of business, and look like they don't mind being behind the bar - they're having fun, too. The kitchen flips great burgers late into the night here, and there are daily lunch specials, as well as perfect breakfasts (keep in mind for a hangover!) and weekend Mexican brunch plates that satisfy like nothing else. There are almost too many good beers on draft to choose from and a remarkable array of liquors and exotica for such a downhome place. The weekend nights rock when a small area is cleared for local bands and dancing -- pure neighborhood fun, no posing, no glitter, no shame, and if you're willing to talk to strangers, they talk back like old pals. There's one, popular pool table and a popcorn machine, and windows on the world to lean in and out of. Everyone is welcome, and depending on what time of day or night you're there, the ever-changing crowd is comfortable to be around. Lunchtime brings the working crowd, game day is your neighbor's living room, and the nights fill it up with babes, regular guys, couples, and a wide, healthy age range of people not as young as those in the Gaslamp throngs. I like places with reasonable drink prices, friendly bartenders, enough places to sit or park your glass, and music loud enough to dance to but not too loud to talk over in the back. Nibbles are a plus. Cover charges offend me - what if I don't like the place? Too many barely legal kids is obnoxious, and those are the places that are overcrowded. Keep your poseurs, they're rude, and if the management is rude, I'll go out of my way to tell everyone I know. Overly-expensive drinks tell me they think I'm an idiot. And please - please - monitor the ladies room through the busy nights.