Locals' City Guides San Diego Reader's fifth annual guide to San Diego Happy hours, walks, overnight bike rides, foulest air, free tours, places to drown, midnight food, horses, hamburgers Author By Jeannette Dewyze, Timothy Verdugo-Dunn, George Varga, Karl Keating, Jeff Spurrier, Richard Louv, Paul Krueger Publish Date Oct. 6, 1977 Happy hours Aspen Mine Co., Coo-coo Club, Victoria Station, Bratskeller, Reuben's, Frenchy Marseilles', Sunshine Co. 428 steps of La Mesa (Ian Dryden) Best walks Coronado, University Heights, Hillcrest's footbridges, La Mesa's hidden steps, Del Mar, Bird Rock, downtown San Diego Free tours Museums, TV stations, Union-Tribune, Mercy Hospital Coca Cola, tuna ship, Superior Mattress Best skateboarding Skateparks, Black Mountain Rd., Toenails, Charcoal Bowl, Community Concourse, Gator Bowl Mr. A's (Robert Burroughs) Restaurants with a view Mr. A's, Anthony's, Bali Hai, Top of the Cove, Marine Room, La Valencia, Chart House Arcade Music (Ian Dryden) Record stores Chameleon, Swap-a-Tape, Monty Rockers, Blue Meanie, Arcade, Scratching the Surface, Flipside, Folk Arts Overnight bike rides San Clemente, Lake Elsinore, Julian, Borrego, Tecate Miniature golf La Mesa, Kearny Mesa, Escondido, Del Mar, Pacific Beach, College area Flamingo Cafe, Chula Vista (Ian Dryden) Where to eat at midnight Sheldon's, Rudford's, Mission Valley Coffee, Nappy's, Keith's, Rustler's Roost, Jimmy Wong's Where to stay in L.A. Downtown, Hollywood, Westwood, Santa Monica Local horses Monte Vista, Pine Valley, Stallion Oaks, Del Mar Farms, Elfin Forest, Horseman's Park, Bright Valley Movers and shakers The heavy 50 Local gyms George Brown's, Cabrillo, Maylen's, Clark's, Stern's, Vic's Foul air Alpine the worst, then Kearny Mesa, Oceanside, El Cajon, Chula Vista Places likely to eject you University Club, Anthony's, Westgate Where you could drown Oceanside, Encinitas, Black's, Children's Pool, Sunset Cliffs, Imperial Beach, Goldfish Point Street entertainment Mimes, puppeteers, clowns, dancers, even a knife thrower Free health clinics Beaches, center city, North County, East Co., South Bay Best hamburgers Wendy's, Saska's, Marie Callender's, Cotton Patch Sponsored Sponsored