South Coast Wahines 4500 Ocean Boulevard, Pacific Beach 858-273-7600 Flip-flops, zorries, thongs for the feet...South Coast Wahines, directly adjacent to Crystal Pier, offers approximately 30 styles in pastel and primary colors, leather, canvas, rubber, metal-studded, …
Camp Diego 2926 Garnet Avenue Pacific Beach 619-224-2267 None of the canines are caged. Small ones can choose between sunbathing outdoors or curling up in an indoor room where doggy classics such as Lady and …
Once or twice a year, I try to walk all of Garnet Avenue between Mission Boulevard and Ingraham. I like to do it on the Saturday in early May when the PB Block Party is …
Travelers from San Diego to Los Angeles had to drive west around Mt. Soledad, through Pacific Beach and La Jolla. On December 13, 1930, the Rose Canyon Highway opened: a five-mile shortcut on the east slope of Soledad.
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …