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Sand and Deliver
Punk-loving pageant winner finds her niche bartending in Mission BeachDuring her recent tenure as “Miss Emerson,” the Old Mission Beach Athletic Club’s (OMBAC’s) community spokes-model, Stephanie Woods fell in love with the tight-knit community of Mission Beach—so much so that she found herself a gig slinging drinks at the neighborhood’s Sandbar Sports Grill.
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Out For A Spin
Scooter and Lavelle deliver their "2X4" set at Guest House“I play the instrumentals of songs, and Scooter laces the instrumentals with loops and vocals—the icing on the cake.”
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Ready, Set, Go-Go!
Getting to the bottom of San Diego's most amazing behindsStatuesque bodies may be commonplace in San Diego’s summer clubbing scene, but it takes an extra measure of sweat, discipline and fine-tuning to ascend to the go-go pedestal…
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Fun Night Stands
Shedding light on what San Diegans do after darkA blues singer, a rhino trainer and a magician walk into a bar. It’s not a joke. It’s a peek into the night-lives of 11 cool San Diegans and their hot evening itineraries.
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Science Fare
Bartender Mike Yen performs cocktail sorcery in Bankers HillWhile AVENUE 5 Restaurant and Bar is well known for its haute cuisine and comfort food, what the average diner nibbling on truffle fries may not see is the Frankensteinian process of mad mixologist, Mike Yen.
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The Night Stuff
San Diego's nightlife visionaries reveal their next big thingsOn any given night, tens of thousands of San Diegans flock to the city’s swanky night clubs and restaurants—marveling at light displays, killer DJs, gorgeous go-gos and other flourishes. What club-goers usually don’t see is the extensive planning and foresight that go into designing, building and running a top-tier nightspot.
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Vintage Spirits
Through phases and crazes, veteran bartenders keep pouring the classicsWith 60 years of liquid psychiatry between these seasoned sixty-somethings, patrons are drinking in a little knowledge between sips.
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Dive In
Weathered neighborhood watering holes get by on quirky, retro charmFrom the black-light glow of Pacific Shores in Ocean Beach to the Art Deco spire of the Tower Bar in City Heights, San Diego’s dive bars wear their frayed edges and garish motifs like a badge of honor.
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Mary Me
Fall in love with a cocktail you can sink your teeth intoUniversity Heights’ unassuming rock ‘n’ roll tavern is giving the graveyard shift a reason to roll out of bed before 2 p.m. on weekends—the Bloody Mary Superior.
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Getting Lucky
A romp to the end of the rainbowLoren and Oliver meet at Dublin Square and take a seat by the fireplace before doublin’ up on shots. Does whiskey
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Well Drinked
Tatted tender wears her art on her sleevesAlexis Piotrowski, who slings drinks at North Park’s U-31 four nights a week, sees it all the time. On at least one occasion, she’s had to toss patrons out for sexing it up in the club’s memory-making contraption.
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Smoking Room Only
Relive the excesses of Mid-Century America with a 'Mad Men' dinner partyHad your fill of veganism, smoke-free clubs and carbon footprint consciousness? Transport your dinner guests to the heady, high stakes world of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce, the ad agency portrayed in AMC’s hit series, Mad Men.
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Old’s Cool
Turquoise Room schools parched young'uns on the classicsPoring over the cocktail menu at La Mesa’s Turquoise Room is like liquid archaeology—an exploration marked by progressive sips, proving just how cool our grandparents could be.
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Accidental Purist
Falling in love with a San Diego homebrewSan Diegans love their San Diego beer. So do out-of-towners, and no discussion of SD suds is complete without mention of the brew that started the nation’s love affair with America’s Finest City—Stone Brewing Co.’s Arrogant Bastard Ale.
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Full of Schmidt
The perfect pour from one of San Diego's top 'tendersOn November 30, eight of our Finest City’s finest bartenders converged on one of San Diego’s most respected cocktail destinations, downtown’s El Dorado, to determine, once and for all, who is the pourest of the pour.
