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Balboa Park
All things Balboa Park! Find bars/restaurants/places to go, upcoming events/music/things to do, neighborhood photos, and articles about Balboa Park.
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Bars, restaurants, and places to go:
- The Prado Restaurant 1549 El Prado
Restaurants
- Galileo's Café 1875 El Prado
- Japanese Tea Pavilion 2215 Pan American Way
- The Prado Restaurant 1549 El Prado
- Tobey's 19th Hole Cafe at Balboa Park Golf Course 2600 Golf Course Drive
- Balboa Park Activity Center 2145 Park Boulevard
- Balboa Park Club 2150 Pan American Road West
- Balboa Park - Hall of Nations 2191 West Pan American Road
- Casa del Prado 1800 El Prado
- Centro Cultural de la Raza 2125 Park Boulevard
- War Memorial Building 3325 Zoo Drive
Community Centers
Galleries | Art Spaces
- Art Studios @ Spanish Village 1770 Village Place
- Gallery 21 in Spanish Village Art Center 1770 Village Place
- Gallery 23 in Spanish Village 1770 Village Place
- San Diego Art Institute: Museum of the Living Artist 1439 El Prado
- Spanish Village Art Center 1770 Village Place
Movie Theaters
- Museum of Photographic Arts 1649 El Prado
- Reuben H. Fleet Science Center 1875 El Prado
- San Diego Natural History Museum 1788 El Prado
Museums and Public Art
- Centro Cultural de la Raza 2125 Park Boulevard
- Hall of Nations Presidents Way at Pan American Road
- House of Pacific Relations 2125 Park Boulevard
- Japanese Friendship Garden Pan American Road
- Mingei International Museum 1439 El Prado
- Museum of Photographic Arts 1649 El Prado
- Reuben H. Fleet Science Center 1875 El Prado
- San Diego Air and Space Museum 2001 Pan American Plaza
- San Diego Automotive Museum 2080 Pan American Plaza
- San Diego Hall of Champions 2131 Pan American Plaza
- San Diego History Center 1649 El Prado
- San Diego Model Railroad Museum 1649 El Prado
- San Diego Museum of Art 1450 El Prado
- San Diego Museum of Man 1350 El Prado
- San Diego Natural History Museum 1788 El Prado
- Timken Museum of Art 1500 El Prado
- Veterans' Museum and Memorial Center 2115 Park Boulevard
Parks | Outdoor Spaces
- Balboa Park Trail Gateway Upas Street and Sixth Avenue
- Botanical Building El Prado
- California Native Plant Demonstration Garden II 2201 Morley Field Drive
- Inez Grant Parker Memorial Rose Garden 2525 Park Boulevard
- Japanese Friendship Garden Pan American Road
- Marston Point Laurel Street at Sixth Avenue
- Nate's Point Dog Park 2500 Balboa Drive
- Pepper Grove Park Boulevard, just south of Reuben H. Fleet Science Center
- San Diego Zoo 2920 Zoo Drive
- Spreckels Organ Pavilion 1549 El Prado
- Zoro Garden 1649 El Prado
Sports | Fitness
- Balboa Park municipal gymnasium 2111 Pan American Plaza
- Balboa Tennis Club 2221 Morley Field Drive
- Leash Your Fitness 2274 Upas Street
- Morley Field Sports Complex 2221 Morley Field Drive
- San Diego Velodrome 2221 Morley Field Drive
Theaters
- Casa del Prado Theatre 1650 El Prado, Suite 208
- Centro Cultural de la Raza 2125 Park Boulevard
- Fern Street Circus PO Box 621004
- The Old Globe Theatre 1363 Old Globe Way
- San Diego Junior Theatre 1650 El Prado, Suite 208
- Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre 1363 Old Globe Way
- Starlight Musical Theatre 2005 South Pan American Plaza
- WorldBeat Cultural Center 2100 Park Boulevard
Balboa Park Photos
Elephant San Diego Zoo You can ...
San Diego Zoo 2013
All I can say is Amazing. ...
www.ABLphotography.com
Balboa Park Events
Buzz Aldrin Book SigningSan Diego Air and Space Museum |
Wednesday, May 22, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. |
Other Desert CitiesThe Old Globe Theatre |
Wednesday, May 22, 7 p.m. |
Be a Good Little WidowSheryl and Harvey White Theatre |
Wednesday, May 22, 7 p.m. |
POP ThursdayMuseum of Photographic Arts |
Thursday, May 23, 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. |
ArtStop: Peter HurdSan Diego Museum of Art |
Thursday, May 23, noon to 12:15 p.m. |
Total number of events in Balboa Park: 59
Balboa Park Articles
Just another manic Sunday in Balboa Park
Belly dancers and nuke protesters
Strollers in Balboa Park on Sunday, April 19, were treated to a colorful and exotic treat as Sabrina Fox and her belly-dance students put on a show near the large fountain in front of the ...
Piranesi’s hoard of haunted spaces
The Arts of Piranesi, on view at the San Diego Museum of Art until July 7. 1450 El Prado, Balboa Park, 619-232-7931; sdmart.org You can’t always get what you want, and you can’t always determine ...
Squirrelik the Red
Dad thought I was kidding when I warned him that I wouldn’t be able to restrain myself if he lured that squirrel any closer. “David says I have a Snow White complex, but he doesn’t ...
Old Globe maps Other Desert Cities
"Families are terrorized by their weakest member,” says a character in Jon Robin Baitz’s Other Desert Cities. The line’s got that yowza zing to it, as if a fire-spewing profundity. But give it some thought ...
Will Barton thought he was dead
Will Barton was walking home late one night in October 2012 when Philip Martin Hernandez, on a crime rampage with his young wife (Cindy Altamirano Garcia), shot him a few times and left him for dead. As he struggles to heal, health insurance companies create barriers.
