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Tom Arnold's Old Places: Pacific Shores Cocktail Lounge
Dive bar less divey than it used to be, but still underwater
Under the sea/Under the sea/Don't overthink dear/Just come and drink here/Out in OB!
The idea of writing about old places in San Diego County has been something I’ve been mulling around for years – but I kept putting it off because coming up with the parameters was a lot harder than I imagined. In the end, I decided to focus on businesses and restaurants that have been in the same place, with the same name and line of business, for at least 50 years.
Another dive bar that has been resurrected as a hotspot for Millennial (and older Gen Z) hipsters, the Pacific Shores Cocktail Lounge opened on December 6, 1941, the day before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. In 1952, it was purchased by tuna-fisherman brothers Ray and Ollie Medina, and has been in the Medina family ever since. According to the San Diego Union-Tribune, the current proprietor, Ray’s daughter Kariann, took over in 2009. The dimly lit bar is known for its jukebox — which plays everything from old Marty Robbins and Patsy Cline hits to more modern rock anthems — and its glow-in-the-dark paintings depicting colorful underwater sea scenes, part of an extensive remodel that reportedly was done in the '70s. Those scenes were in place when I starting visiting in the '80s, but the place was much “divier” than it is today, and the crowd consisted mostly of sketchy OB old-timers. It was a different sort of cool than what's pulling in the crowds today. Sometimes, you have to adapt to survive. But sometimes, you have to stay the same.
Editor's note: Old Tom stumped us on this one!
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Tom Arnold's Old Places: Pacific Shores Cocktail Lounge
Dive bar less divey than it used to be, but still underwater
Tom Arnold's Old Places: Pacific Shores Cocktail Lounge
Dive bar less divey than it used to be, but still underwater
Under the sea/Under the sea/Don't overthink dear/Just come and drink here/Out in OB!
The idea of writing about old places in San Diego County has been something I’ve been mulling around for years – but I kept putting it off because coming up with the parameters was a lot harder than I imagined. In the end, I decided to focus on businesses and restaurants that have been in the same place, with the same name and line of business, for at least 50 years.
Another dive bar that has been resurrected as a hotspot for Millennial (and older Gen Z) hipsters, the Pacific Shores Cocktail Lounge opened on December 6, 1941, the day before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. In 1952, it was purchased by tuna-fisherman brothers Ray and Ollie Medina, and has been in the Medina family ever since. According to the San Diego Union-Tribune, the current proprietor, Ray’s daughter Kariann, took over in 2009. The dimly lit bar is known for its jukebox — which plays everything from old Marty Robbins and Patsy Cline hits to more modern rock anthems — and its glow-in-the-dark paintings depicting colorful underwater sea scenes, part of an extensive remodel that reportedly was done in the '70s. Those scenes were in place when I starting visiting in the '80s, but the place was much “divier” than it is today, and the crowd consisted mostly of sketchy OB old-timers. It was a different sort of cool than what's pulling in the crowds today. Sometimes, you have to adapt to survive. But sometimes, you have to stay the same.
Editor's note: Old Tom stumped us on this one!
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