The Silver Fox Lounge
Cash only dive bar three blocks from the Pacific Beach boardwalk. Order a beer, sit at the wood bar, watch regulars who've been coming here since the seventies. This is what the neighborhood was before the Instagram crowd showed up.
Beer and a whiskey back. No craft cocktails, no pretense. Come thirsty, leave happy.
- Address
- 1833 Garnet Ave, San Diego, CA 92109, USA
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