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Kimpton Hotel's alleyway of Mexican primo spirits

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Reckless Brewing slaughters sacred cows

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Cache — Hillcrest's proto-Parisian salon

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There’s always a full moon over the Caliph

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Kimpton Hotel's alleyway of Mexican primo spirits

“Curadero” may not mean much outside of the downtown San Diego Kimpton, but within its lobby-side, mural-strewn walls, the neologism signifies top-quality Cali-Baja cuisine, inspired cocktails, choice drafts, 80+ premium …

Here's the Deal Miramar

Reckless Brewing slaughters sacred cows

A metal ball rolls down a ramp, launching an RC car into a series of homemade 2˝x4˝ dominoes. Clack, clack, slam! A stuffed bunny hangs from a noose, a baseball …

Here's the Deal Hillcrest

Cache — Hillcrest's proto-Parisian salon

A trip to modern speakeasy cache is a trip through time. From the moment you discover its entrance disguised as a walk-in freezer by the bathrooms of not-for-profit Tacos Libertad …

Here's the Deal Hillcrest

There’s always a full moon over the Caliph

Place Caliph 3100 Fifth Avenue, San Diego One day in 1957, Philadelphia disc jockey Hy Lit fell asleep listening to a stack of new releases. The last single played repeatedly …

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Here's the Deal Point Loma

Banzai! Dollar Bud drafts when the Pads win

Cousins Chad Cline and Jason “Rocky” Nichols come from a long lineage of dives. Their great-grandfather purchased the Waterfront Bar (whose liquor license dates back to the end of Prohibition) around the late ‘60s. While …

June 7, 2017

Here's the Deal North Park

This way to the Donkey Show in North Park

Everyone knows that gringos going gaga for Cinco de Mayo is stupid, but new North Park neighbor Tamarindo takes it in stride, cheekily dubbing the day’s drink special “The Donkey Show.” It’s a nod to …

May 31, 2017

Here's the Deal South Park

May 17, 2017

Hangin' with Mom at South Park Abbey

The locale on the corner of Grape and Fern was built in the late ‘40s as a laundromat and went on to operate as a thrift store, a lighting store, and a “Cuban restaurant with …

Downtown San Diego Here's the Deal

April 19, 2017

There she is: Star Bar

It’s hard to believe that any dive worth its weight in spilt Schlitz has survived the past few decades of redevelopment in the Gaslamp with any semblance of integrity left intact, yet there she is: …

Here's the Deal Linda Vista

March 22, 2017

Clutch Bar’s Bar Monster requests you stay off your phone

Were it not for the name and the salvaged “CUSTOM SERVICE” sign overlooking the pool table, you might not guess that the Clutch was once an auto shop before becoming a neighborhood bar in the …

Here's the Deal Tijuana

March 8, 2017

Sip pulque, wait for wings to sprout from back

Long before Tecate roja and caguamas of Indio dominated Mexican bartops, Aztec priests, warriors, and sacrificial victims sipped a milky agave wine called pulque. Fabled among its acolytes as a wellspring of fertility and divine …

Here's the Deal Pacific Beach

February 22, 2017

Lap up the Dog's Brew

When 22-year-old college student Brett Miller and partner Dean Marchant bought the bar at 4479 Everts Street in 1989, it was hemorrhaging money due to poor and often absent management. While pursuing his degree to …

Here's the Deal Old Town

February 1, 2017

Home & Away surpasses Old Town average

If ever there were a compelling reason for San Diegans to hang out in Old Town, it’s Home & Away at the former location of Kelly’s Pub. For about two years now, locals and tourists …

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Here's the Deal Normal Heights

Classic Emerald Isle pub in the middle of Normal Heights

“God invented whiskey to keep the Irish from ruling the world,” as Ed McMahon once said, but that hasn’t stopped them from exerting a considerable influence over Normal Heights nightlife. A Guinness-branded butcher board along …

January 27, 2017

Here's the Deal Mission Hills

Lapping it up with Christina Ricci and Blondie

At the unruly age of 16, the former Bar Dynamite bleached its mop and jutted its chin as Blonde Bar. Open since August, Blonde channels a ’70s CBGB into modern day through the punk-rock patchwork …

December 21, 2016

Fallbrook Here's the Deal

November 23, 2016

Mutt and meat in Fallbrook

Like most of the county, Fallbrook has been plagued by fire throughout its history. Most recently, over 200 structures were destroyed in the 2007 “Rice Fire,” which found the region’s resources spread thin for a …

Golden Hill Here's the Deal

October 26, 2016

Get an early start on tomorrow's happiness at Krakatoa

Over at Here’s the Deal we often revel in the local nightlife, but what about you day-drinkers out there? Krakatoa is the kind of place that allows one to feel validated — nay, vindicated! — …

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Here's the Deal

Kimpton Hotel's alleyway of Mexican primo spirits

Reckless Brewing slaughters sacred cows

Cache — Hillcrest's proto-Parisian salon

There’s always a full moon over the Caliph

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