The Australian Pub 1014 Grand Avenue, Pacific Beach 858-273-9921 Aussie diggers surround you here, downing pints of Fosters Lager faster'n a kookaburra can swallow a fish. Quicker'n a 'roo can bust yer nose. Lagers cost …
December 27, 2001
Pacific Beach News & Stories
Best of 2001: Best Place For Vegemite Sandwiches
Best of 2001: Best Way To Generate Your Own Electricity
Solar Electric Inc. 5555 Santa Fe Street, Suite D, Pacific Beach 858-581-0051 www.solarelectricinc.com or contact: Utility Consumer Action Network (UCAN) 1717 Kettner Boulevard, Little Italy 619-696-6966 www.ucan.org What's a desperate SDG&E addict to do? The …
December 27, 2001
Best of 2001: Best Monthly Party
Fred's Mexican Café 1165 Garnet Avenue, Pacific Beach 858-483-8226 also at 535 Fifth Avenue, Downtown 619-232-8226 By the fifth, if the rent is paid and you've still got a little cash left over to party, …
December 27, 2001
Best of 2001: Best (Only) Bar In PB To Grab A Beer And Not Get Puked On
Latitude 32 5019 Cass Street, Pacific Beach 858-273-0501 Latitude: 32 degrees north. Longitude: 117 degrees west. Drinks on bar: 92 feet above sea level. Attitude: zero. Two things distinguish this bar from the rest of …
December 27, 2001
Best of 2001: Best Beach Bar Patio
Lahaina Beach Club 710 Oliver Avenue, Pacific Beach 858-270-3888 You don't have to leave the waterfront to get an ice-cold beer or a gin and tonic. This beach bar, between Reed Street and Grand Avenue, …
December 27, 2001
Best of 2001: Best Used Telephone Guy
B&C Company 1135 Garnet Avenue, Pacific Beach 619-222-3334 or 858-490-4376 Bob Nourani collects used but perfectly good, common telephones, reconditions them and sells them at about half what your new systems would cost -- and …
December 27, 2001
Best of 2001: Best Bygone Bicycles
Rusty Spokes Vintage Bicycles 1344 Garnet Avenue, Pacific Beach 858-581-1931 Rusty Spokes' owner Dave enjoys showing off his collection of rare wheels almost as much as he loves selling them. "I've been doing this for …
December 27, 2001
Best of 2001: Best Smoking Supplies
The High Road 6166 El Cajon Boulevard, College Area 619-265-1410 1463 Garnet Avenue, Pacific Beach 858-273-7501 Everybody smokes those Marlboro reds and GPC longs, but you want to stand out from the smoky clouds surrounding …
December 27, 2001
Best of 2001: Best Shady Dealer
Sunglass City 1478 Garnet Avenue, Pacific Beach 858-272-6041 7007 Friars Road, Mission Valley 619-325-2565 Corporate Office: Sunglass City Incorporated 4414 Dale Avenue, La Mesa 619-668-6952; 888-218-6952; 800-925-GLASS www.sunglasscityonline.com Daily shipments provide a selection from manufacturers …
December 27, 2001
Best of 2001: Best Place To Learn How To Surf
Tourmaline Surf Park West end of Tourmaline Street (just north of the junction of Mission Boulevard and La Jolla Boulevard), Pacific Beach You can park just above this stretch of beach, bounded by Crystal Pier …
December 27, 2001
No Place for a Beer Party
A proposal to impose a 24-hour alcohol ban on San Diego beaches hit a temporary snag on January 24 when the city's Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee postponed action until early April. Although the …
February 1, 2001
Best of 2000: Best Tortas
La Torta 4864 Cass Street, Pacific Beach (858) 272-2077 8350 La Mesa Boulevard, La Mesa (619) 466-3953 You take Mexican mainstays such as carne asada, machaca, chicken mole, refried beans, chiles relleno, and chorizo. But …
December 28, 2000
Best of 2000: Best Mandarin Pork
China Inn 877 Hornblend Street, Pacific Beach (858) 483-6680 The secret to the excellence of the mandarin pork at China Inn is that Andy Kam, the owner, uses pork loin. This is a boneless piece, …
December 28, 2000
Best of 2000: Best Place To Get The Blues
Blind Melons 710 Garnet Avenue, Pacific Beach (858) 483-7844 This beachfront bar has supplanted Croce's as the city's premier showcase for local blues talent and superstar national and international acts. Guitarist Walter Trout, nearly a …
December 28, 2000
Best of 2000: Best Temporary Tattoos
Hot Topic Plaza Bonita, 3030 Plaza Bonita Road, National City (619) 472-8772 Mastodon 4638 Mission Boulevard, Pacific Beach (858) 272-1188 You want it but you don't. Or at least you want to see how it …
December 28, 2000
Best of 2000: Best Swim School For Babies
Murray Callan Swim School 1012 Law Street, Pacific Beach (858) 273-7946 It's not just "toss 'em in the water and see what happens" at Murray Callan Swim School in P.B. These young men and women …
December 28, 2000
Best of 2000: Best Place To Sleep Over The Ocean
Crystal Pier Hotel & Cottages 4500 Ocean Boulevard, Pacific Beach (858) 483-6983 You can't afford the cruise? No worries! Listen to the waves below your pillow! Feel the sway! You feel as if you're at …
December 28, 2000
Best of 2000: Best Place To Be Pierced
Mastodon 4638 Mission Boulevard, Pacific Beach (858) 272-1188 Unlike tattoo parlors that do piercing as a sideline, this shop specializes in poking holes in places where God did not think holes necessary. The individual stations …
December 28, 2000
Best of 2000: Best Counterculture Shop
High Road Psychedelic Shop 1465 Garnet Avenue, Pacific Beach (858) 273-7501 Many '70s survivors find it comforting that High Times magazine, Zig-Zag rolling papers, bongs, and glass pipes are available at head shops, while the …
December 28, 2000
Best of 2000: Best Sushi
Sushi Ota 4529 Mission Bay Drive, Pacific Beach (858) 270-5670 Begin with the shrimp and vegetable tempura. Both the shape of the items -- a long, symmetrical oval of carrot -- and the close, clinging …
December 28, 2000