Mama Testa: Tacos that beat Bobby Flay in a cook-off. Huapangos: Mexican food fit for the hacienda. Hash House: Giant down-home plates and a long wait to get in. Further dining in Hillcrest, see also:ĭbar Desserts: Food Network star's dessert-and-savory hangout.īread & Cie: Cafe culture for sophisticates.Įmpire House: Gourmet street food and a front patio. Come here for tuna casserole, meatloaf, strong cocktails and patio dining.
Owned by former “Top Chef” contestant Rich Sweeney, who once bartended at Pecs. Sleepy piano bar that usually gets a quieter crowd.ġ807 Fifth Ave. Guys and gals get loose in this multi-room double-bar and dance space.ģ100 Fifth Ave. And Furball on Friday (bear alert!).Ĥ612 Park Blvd. Ride the elevator up for martinis and the Laugh Out Proud comedy show Friday Judy Tenuta on Saturday and Sunday! The “Love Goddess” is looking great.īearded bears find their way to this bar-it's on the outskirts of the main Pride action.ģ040 North Park Way. Old-school bar, with ‘80s vibe and neighborhood people. With the cheapest well drinks in America on Wednesdays ($2), its other claim to fame is being a small neighborhood video bar. The Deborah Cox performances are selling out! (619) 269-3336 or Ī nightclub-lounge-and-restaurant compound where everyone’s welcome. A good perch for people watching off the main parade route.ġ202 University Ave. Saturday, and this little dive-y spot will have four bartenders slanging away. (619) 295-2195 or įor a giant nightclub dance-all-night-without-a-shirt experience. This cupcakery has a bar, and gets crazy on the front patio during Pride. The granddaddy of Hillcrest’s gay bars, has sidewalk seating, hard-wood dance floor, and stiff drinks.ģ766 Fifth Ave. There's a piano bar performance later that evening. On the day of the Pride Parade, you pop in and out of here for happy hour drinks and barbecue, from 11 a.m. On a hotel rooftop, you’ve found your lounge scene and your killer night view of San Diego.
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A free shuttle will take you to Baja Betty’s, Mo’s, Gossip Grill and here: they share the same owners. But it also brews up originals like their Scotch ale with a banana-flavored finish, the Banana Hammock.
With beer tanks indoors and lots of patio seating, this newly opened spot squeezes guest beer from its tap (Stone, Karl Strauss, Lost Abbey, Ballast Point, Manzanita). (619) 269-4323 or īilled as the first and only gay-owned brewery in the WORLD. The Saturday buffet opens at 9 a.m.Ī scene from last year's Pride Parade (note the Bourbon Street T-shirt, buy one at the University Heights bar).ġ440 University Ave. It’s gringo Mexican food, with strong drinks, in a mature-but-fun setting. If you were looking for a weekend spot to regularly meetup with your pals, a la “Sex and the City,” you’d come here. Look for the thatched roof, the wild crowd dangling through the open windows, doing body shots and chomping nachos.ġ421 University Ave. This place is so casual and vacation-minded, it’s like going to a rainbow-colored Margaritaville. with an $8.95 mini-breakfast buffet.ġ42 University Ave. Morgan is fantastic! And she was robbed on RuPaul’s “Drag Race.") Friday starts at noon with DJ sets. Because every available gay male in town is in this raucous, 400-person capacity, hotspot! (On Wednesday there’s the Dream Girls Revue: Catch it. Your Grindr app will explode as soon as you pass the security guard. 1 place to squeeze in during Pride weekend. Want to join the good time? Some restaurant and bar stopovers, for when you’re not parading through the streets or house partying.ģ08 University Ave. And the DJs will be playing 100 remixes of Heather Small’s “Proud.” So a lot of people will be in really good spirits for the San Diego Pride Festival & Parade.