Books and Records is a listening bar in Hillcrest, San Diego.
Editorially verified May 20, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: Reserve through the venue site for the jazz nights; the bar is walk-in. New Orleans style jazz brunch Saturday and Sunday from 10:00-14:00.
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Aero Club on India Street, established 1947, is the Middletown San Diego dive bar pouring from over 1,200 whiskeys, with an arcade, pool table and a food.
TipOpen weekdays 14:00, weekends from noon, to 02:00 daily. Cash and card; dog friendly. Happy hour 14:00-19:00 daily.
The Tipsy Crow on Fifth Avenue occupies the 1874 Spencer-Ogden building in San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter, three levels of bar, beer hall and basement dance.
TipDrink Exchange happy hour Monday to Saturday from open to 20:00 drops prices every five minutes. The Underground basement is the dance floor.
Tower 13 on South Coast Highway in Cardiff is the beach bar across from lifeguard tower 13 in North County San Diego, with 27 beers on tap and two oceanfront.
TipOpen 11:00 to late daily; happy hour weekdays 15:00-18:00. The west-facing patio empties slowly at sunset.
Til-Two Club on El Cajon Boulevard is the City Heights and Talmadge dive bar in San Diego booking rock, punk and karaoke seven nights a week from 16:00-02:00.
TipHappy hour 16:00-19:00 with $4 wells, $5 drafts and $3 shots. Live bands, DJs and karaoke rotate nightly.
Coin-Op Game Room on 30th Street in North Park is the San Diego arcade bar with classic cabinets, pinball, craft beer on tap and a full cocktail program open.
TipOpen from 17:00 weeknights, 14:00 weekends. 21+ all hours. Tokens for the cabinets bought at the bar; Mario Kart and Big Buck Hunter draw the queue.
Parq Nightclub on Broadway is the Gaslamp Quarter megaclub in San Diego, an open-format weekend room booking hip-hop, Latin and electronic headliners.
TipOpen Friday and Saturday 22:00-02:00. Reserve a table through Discotech for guaranteed entry; line wraps the corner of Broadway after 23:00.
