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Baja Bernie
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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.
My smidgen of a claim to fame is that I have had so many really good friends. By Bernie Swaim December 2007
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Sallysouth
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Cantilles is pretty fun, always filled with characters, and great Margis! La Salina is ok, but the Magis kinda suck...sorry Bernie.When in Ensenada we
love Rincon del Sol, upstairs above the hotdog stand across the street from El Rey Sol.Tell Junior we sent you!!
[Edited on 2-8-2007 by Sallysouth]
Happiness is just a Baja memory away...
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rogerj1
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Hussongs
I had a great night in Hussongs my last trip to Ensenada. I met Roberto and Moises that night. Moises owns a gift shop nearby. Moises was buying
Mariachi songs all night, he couldn't stop himself! What a buzz it is having a Mariachi band playing right in front of you. Arriba!
Toro Bravo in Cabo? Ha!
[Edited on 2-8-2007 by rogerj1]
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dean miller
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My vote would go to Hussongs of old--
When Walter was alive and a small trio played Viennese waltzes, maggies were huge served from the blender and very few tourist.
But that was another time in another century,
sdm
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capt. mike
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used to be donamoe's balcony deck bar off the zocalo in mule e hey before the owners went wacko on the heathen rum.........
formerly Ordained in Rev. Ewing\'s Church by Mail - busted on tax fraud.......
Now joined L. Ron Hoover\'s church of Appliantology
\"Remember there is a big difference between kneeling down and bending over....\"
www.facebook.com/michael.l.goering |
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Baja Bernie
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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!
My smidgen of a claim to fame is that I have had so many really good friends. By Bernie Swaim December 2007
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Oso
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| Quote: | 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."
All my childhood I wanted to be older. Now I\'m older and this chitn sucks.
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tripledigitken
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| Quote: | Originally posted by danaeb
Hotel Nelson and the Long Bar, Tijuana, ca 1966 |
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]
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akbear
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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  
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danaeb
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akbear:
Point Loma High '67. It wasn't until I was 40 that I confessed to my parents that we would sneak out at night and go down to TJ to party.
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Bajalero
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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 
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Hook
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How could I forget the bar at Chivato? Still the best view of any bar I've been to in Baja.
I remember the doubles were HUGE and 3.00, before the ejido sold out. And it didnt matter what tequila you wanted; it was still 3.00. I think I fell
in love with Hornitos in that bar.
THAT was my favorite Baja bar of all time.
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Bob H
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Jungle Jim's in Mulege on a Thursday night (chile relleno night). Nice pour there too! Hah!
Bob H
The SAME boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you are made of NOT the circumstance.
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tripledigitken
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| Quote: | Originally posted by danaeb
akbear:
Point Loma High '67. It wasn't until I was 40 that I confessed to my parents that we would sneak out at night and go down to TJ to party.
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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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bajabass
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Bernie, how are you getting back now that the road is shut? I live in the ejido in La Mision and they won't let us use the toll road exit to get in.
Have to exit at La Fonda and take the old road around. Can you get thru on the dirt road all the way to La Salina? Quicker to launch "Mi Sancha" at
the marina. All the building in front of the ejido is a real pain.I think I may sell my lot and look further south. I have plenty of snotty
millionaire neighbors here in O.C. !!! I will look you up the next time I am in La Salina on a Friday night with all my friends in the ejido. I am
sure you know a few of them.
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The Gull
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Crusoe
The Blue Fox........T.J., circa 1958- 1965. No complaints from any patrons.And great cheap beer. Wild and fun!!!! |
The ACT moved to the Chicago Club for a short bit. The bumper sticker everyone wanted said, "Eat Out" "The Blue Fox" "Tijuana"
�I won\'t insult your intelligence by suggesting that you really believe what you just said.� William F. Buckley, Jr.
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tim40
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Finally, a question I am positive that I have the correct answer for...
All of them are my favorite!
When searching for the end of your rainbow you only have until dusk....
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BornFisher
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Bahia Cantiles, espically when that fine gentleman and expert fisherman (some guy named Bill), brings in his fresh caught yellowtail!! Senor Bill will
ask Nick for a beer to settle his hands, then from his cooler produce the filet of Yellowtail. With hands settled, he takes his knife, thin slices the
fish, puts some soy and wasabi on a paper plate, and passes it on to JC!!! Once JC aproves, the fish is passed around the bar for all to enjoy! So if
you go into BC, and see a guy named Bill, buy him a beer!!!!
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David K
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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!!!
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Von
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Anybody ever go to La Barca Bar in the 70s and 80s south of Renes in Rosarito?
READY SET.....................
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