Your Favorite Baja Bar

The few of you Nomads that like to down an adult beverage, must have a favorite establishment to share.

Here is one of mine. I bet there is a Nomad that might even know the customers here, and surely the bar.

Ken

(Pelican Reef Bar...Mulege)



[Edited on 2-7-2007 by tripledigitken]

Ricky's at KM 36 free road Rosarito-Ensenada.

Here's Ricky performing the "bang it on the table" Tequila shot.

[Edited on 2-10-2007 by The Gull]

capt mikes

FREE beer

Bars? Favorites? Been barred from one or two, tosed out of more than one, and bumped across several.

Miramar in San Felipe... NOT!
Used to be good place to get together with local gringos.
Last time there with friends from NC, they wanted to try some quality tequila. I ordered shots of a high end reposado- 5 bucks a shot. Scum-sucking thieves had refilled the bottle with some cheap (clear) crap. Luckily my friends didn't really know the difference, but I did. I hear it's been bought out and will become something else. Good riddance.

The last one I visited, I guess....

...However, ...Hussongs can be a blast when it's stuffed with locals and a Mariachi Band blaring in the background! A smile and a friendly 'hola' will earn you many new friends, there!

Celito Lindo's bar has been a great place over the years...their killer margaritas have helped set the mood for fun there! Haven't been there lately since the ownership's changed...so don't know if it's still the same.

I think we should try and talk Antonio of Baja Cactus in El Rosario to build a cantina. The 'Baja Cactus Bar' could become 'Baja Famous' as THE place to stop for a cool drink and a friendly chat to swap lies with fellow Baja travelers. It gets my vote.

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Originally posted by Oso Miramar in San Felipe... NOT! Used to be good place to get together with local gringos. Last time there with friends from NC, they wanted to try some quality tequila. I ordered shots of a high end reposado- 5 bucks a shot. Scum-sucking thieves had refilled the bottle with some cheap (clear) crap. Luckily my friends didn't really know the difference, but I did. I hear it's been bought out and will become something else. Good riddance.

Used to be fun, but like I said, don't want to go back. I read somewhere that it's going to be a strip club? I'm too old to do that silly pole dance anymore!

The Blue Fox........T.J., circa 1958- 1965. No complaints from any patrons.And great cheap beer. Wild and fun!!!!

Bajabass

Magana's in La Mision...................surprised that anyone here even knew of this quiet place filled with hard working Mexicans.....Great for some serious drinking. Then back along the cliff face to La Salina without getting on a highway.

Hussongs

used to be donamoe's balcony deck bar off the zocalo in mule e hey before the owners went wacko on the heathen rum.........

Sallysouth

No problem.....................I NEVER drink mixed drinks...........they hurt your head and upset your stomach.........Straight shots are good 'cause they make one mellow................up to a point that is!

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Originally posted by Crusoe The Blue Fox........T.J., circa 1958- 1965. No complaints from any patrons.And great cheap beer. Wild and fun!!!!

Definitely! Too bad it's gone.

T shirt from that era:

"Eat at the Blue Fox- Fine Mexican Cuisine- Tijuana, B.C."

Now you take me back to my youth. A typical friday night in the late 60's..............

Hotel Nelson (rum & coke), then a few doors to the Long Bar (beers), then off to New Mikes's bar (entertainment). By then we would be hungry.

(We allways thought that the Blue Fox was an urban myth, with it's Circus type entertainment.)

I remember the taco stand at the top of the stairs that lead to La Especial retaurant. The same block that the Woolworths occupied. Taco's with carrot and one green onion $.25 each.

How we crossed back over the border and got home safe countless times I ponder to this day.

[Edited on 2-8-2007 by tripledigitken]

tripledigitken & danaeb

We must have run into each other ! I was there too. Long Bar for cheap beer & then Hotel Nelson for shots to get the decale for the back windowas for '57 Chevy Stationwagon.

Grossmont High '67

akbear

They Are Doubles!

That's what the sign read at Bill Alvarados' bar in his hotel at P. Chivato and believe me , it was true .

There was nothing better than pulling in there years ago , after a long hot drive and surviving what was then definately a sixpack and a half washboard dirt road, that wound it's way from Palo Verde through the cardon forest, out towards SanMarcos Tierra and then southeast to Chivato.

Sitting in the bar in the afternoon, after a hard , hot day fishing (is that possible?) looking across the expanse of water at the mouth of conception or being there closing the place down playing liars dice with Pedro , Raul ,Chuy , Jesus and later Saul ( who now has the palapa in Mulege) it was a great place at a great time.

Thanks Bill

All gone now and built up and infested with all the sorts I thought I was avoiding when I went to Baja

Jungle Jim's in Mulege on a Thursday night (chile relleno night). Nice pour there too! Hah!
Bob H

My mom passed away without ever knowing of my TJ adventures.

Kearny High '66, SDSU '74

[Edited on 3-5-2007 by tripledigitken]

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Originally posted by Crusoe The Blue Fox........T.J., circa 1958- 1965. No complaints from any patrons.And great cheap beer. Wild and fun!!!!

Hmmm... Is this confession time?

The first bar I went into (legally) was the Club Bar Miramar in San Felipe... 1975 (age 18)... It was probably during the First Score Baja 1000.

The bar I got most blitzed in would be Cielito Lindo in April, 2001... trip with Amo Pescar... Again in June, 2001 for M's first BBBB party!

Between those two trips in '01, I think Bedman and/ or Mexray were seeing how much 'Baja' I could handle! Thanks guys!!!

Oh, and how about Desert Bull's gasoline blender tequila contest at BBBB-1? That was special!!!

Anyway, great memories were made... Not so much to the drinking, but much more to the wonderful friends I have met in Baja!!!

Rafas

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Originally posted by Bajalero That's what the sign read at Bill Alvarados' bar in his hotel at P. Chivato and believe me , it was true . There was nothing better than pulling in there years ago , after a long hot drive and surviving what was then definately a sixpack and a half washboard dirt road, that wound it's way from Palo Verde through the cardon forest, out towards SanMarcos Tierra and then southeast to Chivato. Sitting in the bar in the afternoon, after a hard , hot day fishing (is that possible?) looking across the expanse of water at the mouth of conception or being there closing the place down playing liars dice with Pedro , Raul ,Chuy , Jesus and later Saul ( who now has the palapa in Mulege) it was a great place at a great time. Thanks Bill All gone now and built up and infested with all the sorts I thought I was avoiding when I went to Baja

Lero - you are so right on the money here, i love all those guys - how did they put up with that drive daily to work there?? flying in to chivato since 1981 has been one of my highlights of baja. now it is frickin ruined only because the new owner is a jerk stuck up italian who don't like usa peoples or mexicanos.

How's this for "old time"?:

Chuy's beach bar in Cabo - 1975.
He owned the hotspring where Hotel Hacienda is now. All us freaks camped around the spring, sat in the "hot tub" and he would serve us bucket beer (Carta Blancas, I think), buckets of boiled camarones & roll fatties for us all!!! Cost maybe $10 / day for everything

He also had a beach palapa in the sand if you wanted to bake. The visiting yachties would come ashore & party, too.

Those were the days, My Friend ...

Ahhhhhh! Punta Chivato Hotel circa late 80's

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Originally posted by capt. mike Quote: Originally posted by Bajalero That's what the sign read at Bill Alvarados' bar in his hotel at P. Chivato and believe me , it was true . There was nothing better than pulling in there years ago , after a long hot drive and surviving what was then definately a sixpack and a half washboard dirt road, that wound it's way from Palo Verde through the cardon forest, out towards SanMarcos Tierra and then southeast to Chivato. Sitting in the bar in the afternoon, after a hard , hot day fishing (is that possible?) looking across the expanse of water at the mouth of conception or being there closing the place down playing liars dice with Pedro , Raul ,Chuy , Jesus and later Saul ( who now has the palapa in Mulege) it was a great place at a great time. Thanks Bill All gone now and built up and infested with all the sorts I thought I was avoiding when I went to Baja Lero - you are so right on the money here, i love all those guys - how did they put up with that drive daily to work there?? flying in to chivato since 1981 has been one of my highlights of baja. now it is frickin ruined only because the new owner is a jerk stuck up italian who don't like usa peoples or mexicanos.

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Originally posted by tripledigitken Quote: Originally posted by capt. mike Quote: Originally posted by Bajalero That's what the sign read at Bill Alvarados' bar in his hotel at P. Chivato and believe me , it was true . There was nothing better than pulling in there years ago , after a long hot drive and surviving what was then definately a sixpack and a half washboard dirt road, that wound it's way from Palo Verde through the cardon forest, out towards SanMarcos Tierra and then southeast to Chivato. Sitting in the bar in the afternoon, after a hard , hot day fishing (is that possible?) looking across the expanse of water at the mouth of conception or being there closing the place down playing liars dice with Pedro , Raul ,Chuy , Jesus and later Saul ( who now has the palapa in Mulege) it was a great place at a great time. Thanks Bill All gone now and built up and infested with all the sorts I thought I was avoiding when I went to Baja Lero - you are so right on the money here, i love all those guys - how did they put up with that drive daily to work there?? flying in to chivato since 1981 has been one of my highlights of baja. now it is frickin ruined only because the new owner is a jerk stuck up italian who don't like usa peoples or mexicanos. I did not have a picture of Bill's piece of heaven otherwise I would have chosen it also. I agree with you both of course. My first exposure to the Mulege area was camping up the beach from the hotel. Drinks around the pool watching the sunset, a perfect moment. Do you guys remember the manx cat that was a regular there back in those days? I still have one of Bill's tee-shirts. Very sad what it has become. The locals don't even go there now, as the owners don't make them welcome.

Mike ; That bad road is part of what made it a great place but it was/ is murder on vehicles . But you got to know everyone working out there because you always had to stop and help someone broke down and needing a ride to town or a tow. Hope they never pave it . Hell the neuvo riche in their shacks on shell beach can't wait to pave it and b-tch about it all the time . I've gotten to where I just speed up and dust em instead of stopping to help and have to listen to the incessant whineing about the condition of the road and no electricity. The way some of them act it's as if someone dropped them off in the middle of nowhere and said you have to build a house here. I think 95% of them have done so simply because their friends did so., not because they really appreciate the(somewhat) remoteness and primativeness of the area. Hell , some out there are even starting HOA b.s. Can you believe that! Can't wait! Ye Hah! yippee- ky- yay bring it on p i n c h e grringos!

anyway, end of that rant

Re: the hotel , you ought to be there sometime when the Sicilianitas show up. Just don't leave the duct tape at home


TDKen ; Yep , Bill loved his cats. I had fun going out with the guys and road hunting liebres with a 22 to feed the darn things. With the winds of change knocking at the door in just about every nook and cranny in Baja, I don't think that ambiance that was created there is possible anymore . I mean , can you really relax now? The time when you found a favorite place and could go back to it again, pretty much as it was, is over.

Had a good time hanging out at the Giggling Marlin in Cabo San Lucas. Another bar had a rooster on clean-up detail.

Also.......Early 60's- The Long Bar in T.J.. Unbelvable on a Sunday afternoon after the bull fights. Lucky for alot of folks there was no D.U.I. laws that were enforced that heavily in those days.