48 San Diego Reader April 6, 2017
As high-priced real estate and overcrowd- BY IAN ANDERSON
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ALPINE
Mediterraneo: Monday-Saturday, 4-6:30pm: $3 domestic draft beer, $5 house wine. Sunday, 2-9:30pm: $3 domestic draft beer, $5 house wine.
BARRIO LOGAN
MishMash: Monday-Friday, 3-6pm: $4 craft beer, $5 wine. Sunday, 9-1pm: Open for brunch with $4 mimosas.
BONITA
La Luz Ultra Lounge: Tuesday- Friday, 5-7pm: Half off all drinks.
Romesco: Tuesday-Saturday, 3-6pm: $5 tortilla espanola, $6 salmon carpaccio, christorra, champinones al aJillo, $8 tuna sashimi, $13 cazuelita cachete. Bar only. Sunday, 11am-8pm: $5 tortilla espanola, $6 salmon carpac- cio, christorra, champinones al aJillo, $8 tuna sashimi, $13 cazuelita cachete. Bar only.
CARMEL MOUNTAIN
Conway’s Irish Pub: Daily, 10am- 8pm: $2.75 domestic drafts and bottles, wells, $8.50 domestic pitchers.
Fish District: Daily, 2-5pm: $1 off beer and wine.
Oggi’s Pizza & Brewing Co.: Monday-Friday, 3-6pm: $1 off pints, wells, and house wines, $12 house pitchers. Sunday, 11am-9pm: $1 off pints, wells, and house wines, $12 house pitchers.
CITY HEIGHTS
The Hideout: Daily, 5-7pm: $3 wells, $3-$5 drafts.
Nate’s Garden Grill: Tuesday- Friday, 4-6pm: $5 beers, $20 bottles of wine, $1 off all wine glasses and wine cocktails. .
Til-Two: Daily, 4-7pm: $1 off wells, drafts, and specialty drinks.
CORONADO
Costa Azul: Monday-Friday, 3:30pm-6:30pm: $3.25 domestic beer, $3.95 draft beer, house wines, $4.50 sangria, $7.95 signature drinks, $23 beer buckets (6 bottles). Sunday, All day happy hour: $3.25 domestic beer, $3.95 draft beer, house wines, $4.50
When life hands you Lemon Grove, make beer Out of 18 incorporated cities in San Diego County, only two do not have a craſt brewery or tasting room in the works. One of them is trying to change that. The City of Lemon Grove
wants craſt beer and the city of about 26,000 has been making moves designed to attract small businesses to its downtown vil- lage area. “Lemon Grove is a throwback
to the 1930s, and we’re trying to give it new life,” says city manager Lydia Romero. “Mix- ing some of the kitschy unique- ness of Lemon Grove with some urban fl avor.”
sangria, $7.95 signature drinks, $23 beer buckets (6 bottles).
Village Pizzeria: Daily, 3-6pm, 9-10pm: $5 beer and house wine. $2.50 pizza slices, half off appetizers.
Yummy Sushi: Monday-Friday, 2:30-5pm: $3 select draft beers, wine, small sake. All food menu items 25% off.
DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO
Analog: Thursday, 5-7pm: $5 drafts, wells, house red & white wine. 5pm- 2am: $5 tall cans. Friday, 5-7pm: $5 drafts, wells, house red & white wine. 5pm-2am: $5 pinnacle flavor shots. Saturday, 5-7pm: $5 drafts, wells, house red & white wine. Sunday, 3-7pm: $5 drafts, wells, house red & white wine.
Asti Ristorante: Daily, 3-6pm: $3.50 domestic beers, $5 imported beers, $6 house wine, martinis, cocktails.
Bice: Monday-Saturday, 5-7pm: $12-15 specialty cocktails. $5 select appetizers. Sunday, 5-10pm: $12-15 specialty cocktails. $5 select appetizers.
Gaslamp Tavern: Monday-Friday, 4-7pm: $4 wells and select drafts. $2 off wine and specialty cocktails.
House of Blues: Tuesday-Sunday, 4-6pm: $3 domestic beer, $4 wine by the glass, $5 well drinks, $6 glass of sangria, $16 pitcher of sangria.
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ing has pushed home buyers east the past few years, Lemon Grove’s population has grown and experienced a demographic shiſt toward younger residents. In the meantime, it’s also seen a change of leadership. Romero’s been city manager for a year, and a new mayor was elected in November. T ree of its fi ve city council seats have changed hands since 2014. “T ere is a consensus,” Romero says of the new
government. “T ey want economic devolvement that meets the needs of residents, and they’ve been hearing the residents want these nice brew- pubs…as well as a variety of restaurants to come in that’s not fast food.” Lemon Grove’s director of development ser-
vices, David DeVries, points out that roughly 400 new homes have been built in Lemon Grove over the past six years, including an 84-apart- ment development about to be completed at city center, beside one of its two trolley stops. “People are moving to Lemon Grove because they see the possibilities that are here,” he says, citing aff ordability, large lot sizes, walkability, and a convenient location ten minutes by freeway or trolley to downtown San Diego. As far as breweries and brewpubs are con-
Quad Alehouse: Monday-Friday, 4-7pm: $2 off select beer, $2 whiskeys, $8 specialty cocktails, $3 off appetizers.
Sally’s Fish House & Bar: Daily, 2:30-5:30pm: $6 drafts, select wines, wells. Half-off all appetizers.
Tin Roof San Diego: Monday- Friday, 3-7pm: Half-off all drinks and appetizers.
Werewolf American Pub: Mon- day-Friday, 3-6pm: $4 drafts, house wines, and wells. 50% off appetizers.
Whiskey Girl: Monday, 3-7pm: $4 well drinks, drafts, house wine. $5 select appetizers. Tuesday-Friday, 3-7pm: $3 well drinks, drafts, house wine. $5 select appetizers.
GOLDEN HILL
Kafe Sobaka: Daily, 4-6pm: $5 beer. $3 any appetizer.
Krakatoa: Daily, 3-6pm: $1 off spe- cialty sandwiches, beer, and cocktails. GRANTVILLE
Benchmark Brewing Co.: Wednesday, 3-9pm: $2 beer of the day. Sunday, 10am-8pm: $5 16-oz. pint of Benchmark’s core beers.
Camel’s Breath Inn: Daily, 10am- 8pm: 50-cents off all drinks.
JT’s Clubhouse Pub & Grill: Daily, 11am-7pm: $1 off beer and wells.
Kawaii Sushi: Daily, 3-7pm: $1 small sake, $2 beers.
Longhorn Bar and Grll: Monday- Friday, 4-7pm: $3.50 Budweiser and Bud Light drafts, well drinks.
Tio Leo’s: Monday, 3-6:30pm:$4 Dos Equis amber, $7 flavored mar- garita. Tuesday, 3-6:30pm: $4 domestic beers. Wednesday, 3-6:30pm:$5 house margaritas. Thursday, 3-6:30pm: $7 pina coladas. Friday, 3-6:30pm: $7 Long Island iced tea. Saturday, 3-6:30pm: $5 house margaritas. Sun- day, 3-6:30pm: $6 bloody mary.
HILLCREST
7th Ave Pub: Daily, 5-8pm: $2 off beers ($6 or more), $1 off wines.
Baja Betty’s: Daily, 2-6pm, 10pm- 1am: $4.25 draft beer, house wine, wells, margaritas, sangria.
process as smooth and easy as possible,” she says, adding, “Our processing times are fast and our processing fees are the lowest in the county.” Lemon Grove eliminated its planning commit-
tee two years ago, removing a time-consuming step in its permitting process. With businesses only having to address the city council to acquire a conditional use permit, DeVries estimates a
Pardon My French Bar & Kitchen: Daily, 4-6pm: Half price on house wines, cocktails and draft beer. Daily specials on bar food.
IMPERIAL BEACH
SEA180 Coastal Tavern: Daily, 2:30-5pm: $6 tap beers, sangria, wines by the glass, $8 infusions, $6-10 select starters.
The Salty Frog: Monday-Saturday, 2-7pm: $2 domestics, $3.50 wells. Sun- day, 1pm-2am: $5 build-your-own Bloody Mary bar.
JAMUL
Brody’s Burgers & Beer: Mon- day-Friday, 3-6pm, $2 off select drafts. KEARNY MESA
94th Aero Squadron: Monday- Friday, 3:30-7pm: $4-6 wells, beers, house wine.
Hinotez: Daily, 5:30-7pm, 11pm- 1am: $3 16-oz. Sapporo or Kirin, $4 hot sake, $16 cold bottles of sake.
Pampas Argentine Grill: Tues- day-Saturday, 4:30-7pm: $4 wells, $4-5.50 beers, $5 wine glasses, vinoc- ola, $5 ($15 pitcher) sangria, margarita, $6 ($17 pitcher) clericot, mojitos, $6.50 house martini.
Proud Mary’s Southern Bar & Grill at the Ramada: Daily, 4-6pm: $4 select drafts, $4 bour- bon slushies, $5 premium wells. $5 appetizers.
KENSINGTON
Bleu Bohème: Daily, 5-6pm: Half- off au pichet (quarter- or half-liter) wines, martinis, bottled beer, well liquors. $10.95 all appetizers.
Clem’s Tap House: Monday- Friday, 4-6pm: $2-off beer, house wine.
Kensington Café: Monday-Fri- day, 4-6pm: $2 off all drinks. $2 off all starters.
Village Vino: Daily, 4-6pm: $6 off- menu glass of the day (red, white, or pink), $25 prefixed menu: choice of salad, choice of flatbread, two glasses of wine.
LA JOLLA
Beaumont’s: Daily, 11:30am- 6:30pm: $1-off micro craft drafts, $4
cerned, both Romero and DeVries outline another set of benefi ts for small businesses wish- ing to move into the city. “We want to make the
brewery coming to town could be ready to start the building process in as few as three months. It would also encounter low prices, under a dollar per square foot in some cases, and two dollars per foot in prime, corner locations. “The advantage to a brewery or retailer coming into the city now,” he says, “is they get in while the prices are low.” With only three craſt brew-
“Lemon Grove is a throwback to the 1930s, and we’re trying to give it new life,” says city manager Lydia Romero.
eries within a fi ve mile radius, and primarily residential neigh- borhoods to the east and south, Lemon Grove hopes an infl ux of craft-oriented businesses will seed economic growth in its commercial zones, as it has in Vista. And not just breweries.
“We’d love to see a taphouse. We’d love to see craſt brewers here, craſt coff ee houses,” says Romero. “Or spirits,” she adds. “T ere’s a small industry in the county, and I’d love to tap into that.”
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bottled beer, $5.25 wells, $6 house wine, margaritas, mojitos, mules, $8 specialty cocktails.
Duke’s La Jolla: Daily, 3-6pm: $5 beers, $7 glasses of wine, $8 cocktails, $14 wine carafes.
Wheat & Water: Monday-Friday, 3-6pm: $5 featured brewery pints, $6 wines, $7 craft cocktails; $8 cioppino mussels; $9 mushroom duxelle pizza.
Whisknladle: Daily, 3-6pm: $5.95 cocktails, red and white wine, beer, glasses of sangria, $25 sangría pitchers. $5.95 Mediterranean inspired tapas.
LA MESA
Bolt Brewing: Monday-Friday, 11am-6pm $1 off drafts.
Casa de Pico: Monday-Friday, 3-7pm: $5.25 margaritas, $1 off beer.
Hoffer’s Cigar Bar: Monday- Saturday, 11am-7pm: $1 off all draft beers, house wine. Sunday, 1-7pm: $1 off all draft beers, house wine.
West Coast Barbecue and Brew: Tuesday-Thursday, 11:30am- 3pm, 8-10pm: $1 off all pints. Friday, 11:30am-3pm, 8-11pm: $1 off all pints. Saturday, 8-11pm: $1 off all pints.
LITTLE ITALY
Pizza e Birra: Daily, 2:30-6:19pm: $1 off beer, house wine.
Puerto la Boca: Monday-Saturday, 4:30-7:30pm: $3.50 house wine, $4 wells, drafts, $7 house martini. 30% off appetizers. Bar only. Sunday, 4:30- 7:30pm: $3.50 house wine, $4 wells, drafts, $7 house martinis. 30% off appetizers. Bar only.
LOGAN HEIGHTS
Chiquibaby’s Bar: Tuesday- Wednesday, 4:30-6pm: $4 two domes- tic beers, $6 two imported beers.
MIRA MESA
Callahan’s Pub & Brewery: Monday-Friday, 4-7pm: $3.75 select drafts, well drinks, house wine. $1 off appetizers.
MISSION HILLS
The Aero Club: Daily, 2-7pm: $.50 off beers, wells, call drinks.
Brooklyn Girl: Sunday, 4-6pm: 25% off bottle of bubbly; happy hour oysters all night (or till we run out).
Cafe Bleu: Daily, 3-6pm: $4 bottled beer, $6 draft beer, select wine by the glass.
Toma Sol Tavern: Monday-Friday, 4-6 pm: $4 drafts, $1 off wine by the glass. $6 all appetizers.
MISSION VALLEY
Bully’s East: Monday-Friday, 4-6:30pm: $3.50 bottled beer, $4 draft beer, $5 wine, $6 cocktails, martinis, margaritas, mules.
Islands Restaurant: Monday-Fri- day, 4-7pm: $2.99 coors light, $4.29 house wine, $4.69 stone IPA, mai tais, mojitos, $4.89 margaritas, $5.85 big island iced tea.
Joe’s Crab Shack: Monday-Fri- day, 9pm-12am: $3 draft beers, house margaritas, hurricanes, $5 patron margaritas.
NORMAL HEIGHTS
DiMille’s: Daily, 4-7pm: $1 off drafts, cocktails, and house wines, $2 off all appetizers.
The Ould Sod: Monday-Friday, 2-7pm: $3.50 Fireball shots, $4.50 all 16-oz drafts.
Triple Crown Pub: Monday- Friday, 3-7pm: $1 off select pints and bottles. Saturday-Sunday, Noon-5pm: $1 off select pints and bottles.
NORTH PARK
The Air Conditioned Lounge: Monday-Friday, 4-7pm: $5 wells, call cocktails, draft beers. 7-9pm: $2-off all draft beer, mules. Saturday-Sunday, 7-8pm: $5 wells, call cocktails, draft beers.
Bar Pink: Monday-Friday, 4-7pm: $1 off drafts and calls. 12-8pm: $3 wells, $2 PBR, $2 Tecates. Saturday-Sunday, 12-8pm: $3 wells, $2 PBR, $2 Tecates.
Barn Brewery: Monday-Friday, 3-6pm: $1 off house drafts.
Bluefoot Bar and Lounge: Monday-Friday, 11am-7:30pm: $1 off everything. Saturday-Sunday, 11am- 7:30pm: $1 off liquor
Crazee Burger: Monday, 11am- 9pm: $3.99 all drafts, all wine by the glass. Tuesday-Thursday, Sunday, 2:23-
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