Best of 2000: Best Gay Bar For Heterosexuals

The Alibi
1403 University Avenue, Hillcrest
(619) 295-0881

"If this wasn't Hillcrest, you'd never think this is a gay bar," says one bartender (name withheld by request) at the Alibi. "A lot of business people who work nearby come here for lunch or when they get off because it's the one place in the neighborhood where they can drink and not be automatically pegged for their sexual preference." The decor is Naugahyde and wormwood and on weekends the crowd is mixed between men and women with a few "either/or." "We have every kind of customer. Nobody is hitting on each other so nobody really knows. That's why it's the Alibi."