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SFandH
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The Beach Ball too!! Wow! I got laid off in the mid-70s recession and spent a lot of my unemployment checks in those two bars. Body surfing the wedge,
fishing the pier.
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Gypsy Jan
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Woody's Wharf Was Sold in the 90's
To Chuck Norris ("Texas Ranger") and his wife.
Woody still used to hang around the bar, get s-faced, and then they would call a taxi to take him home.
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“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness.”
—Mark Twain
\"La vida es dura, el corazon es puro, y cantamos hasta la madrugada.” (Life is hard, the heart is pure and we sing until dawn.)
—Kirsty MacColl, Mambo de la Luna
\"Alea iacta est.\"
—Julius Caesar
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Hook
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I didnt start going to the Blue Beet until the nineties. It was still cool.
But Woody's was always my favorite bar in that area. Love bars with courtesy docks. Intimate little dance floor that they moved a few tables off of at
about 8pm, or so. Always seemed like a good band was there.
Good strong drinks at Woody's and the food was really good for bar food, too.
I'm sure many of you remember Bruce McCoy (I think that was his last name) at the Beach Ball. He was an institution there in the late 70s and 80s. I
had him as a student in college and we did a couple TV shows from there for cable TV.
Also enjoyed Josh Slocums way back.
Is Mione's Pizza still on the Island?
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Gypsy Jan
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Going to Woody's on Sunday
Was something of a ritual with my friends.
I'll never forget the afternoon that a fifty-foot-plus yacht plowed into the dock and all the bikini-bedecked lovelies fell off the railing into the
nasty dirty bay water.
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“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness.”
—Mark Twain
\"La vida es dura, el corazon es puro, y cantamos hasta la madrugada.” (Life is hard, the heart is pure and we sing until dawn.)
—Kirsty MacColl, Mambo de la Luna
\"Alea iacta est.\"
—Julius Caesar
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tripledigitken
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question for you Newport locals
Can anyone of you Newport locals help me remember the name of a Pizza joint on the peninsular? Just as you enter the peninsular off of highway 1 it
was on the right side.
We use to meet up with friends there when going up to the Golden Bear in Huntington Beach. Several times going back over the years I have not seen
it.
just saw Hook's post, I don't think it was Mione's.
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Hook
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No, Mione's was on the island. You crossed on the bridge side and it was about a block and a half ahead on the right.
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It's Great Fun
Playing "I recall" with you guys!
Dennis, I knew of Alley West, but never visited. Yes, the Ritz was originally located there, then moved to Fashion Island (Bren bucks persuasion)
Now, more fun memories - Dillman's, Socrates Prison, the XXX Pussycat Theater and the breakfast diner next to the Balboa Main St. Post Office the name
of which I can't remember (the owner's husband was a fisherman), also the extremely dive bar near the ferry landing.
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“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness.”
—Mark Twain
\"La vida es dura, el corazon es puro, y cantamos hasta la madrugada.” (Life is hard, the heart is pure and we sing until dawn.)
—Kirsty MacColl, Mambo de la Luna
\"Alea iacta est.\"
—Julius Caesar
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nbacc
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I did go to Horace Ensign, What year did you graduate from HS?
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| Quote: | Originally posted by nbacc
I did go to Horace Ensign, What year did you graduate from HS? |
1959.......then on to OCC. Then the army.
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nbacc
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You don't have to answer that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ha nancy
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Fred
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Great thread. Heading down to Long Beach this week-end for a wedding on the 7th, but I will have 4 or 5 days to down a few cold ones as some of these
places I used to hang out at. I grew up in Long Beach (Joe Jost's) and plan to hit that place also.
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Once again, thanks for the memories.....I had forgotten a lot of the places names over time. Didn't live in the area.....was in the Eagle Rock,
Pasadena area at the time but visited friends a lot in the 60s and 70s. Also, one of the great spots is the American Legion Post on the water. Jim
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mulegejim
Also, one of the great spots is the American Legion Post on the water. Jim |
Still great, as far as I know, and a real money saver. It's on 15th street.
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Gypsy Jan
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John Wayne and Dillman's
So very glad you are enjoying this thread,
As many of you know, John Wayne loved Mexico and Baja especially.
I remember the night that he was at Dillman's exotic meats dinner (lion, tiger, rhinoceros, etc. and by the way - YUCK) and a Newport Beach pollice
escort was waiting for him outside.
One officer to take him home and the other to drive his car.
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness.”
—Mark Twain
\"La vida es dura, el corazon es puro, y cantamos hasta la madrugada.” (Life is hard, the heart is pure and we sing until dawn.)
—Kirsty MacColl, Mambo de la Luna
\"Alea iacta est.\"
—Julius Caesar
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Fred
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Another of John Wayne's "fav" was Gulliver's. Seems he never had to wait for a table. Go figure.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Fred
Another of John Wayne's "fav" was Gulliver's. Seems he never had to wait for a table. Go figure. |
OK....some places came in after I left. Where's Gulliver's, Fred?
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Barry Goldwater had a place years ago at Balboa Bay Club and could be seen often in the Harbor on his Yacht. Joey Bishop- Rat Pack lived on Lido Isle
until his death a few years back. Nick Cage sold his fantastic home here several years ago to Terrible Herbst family (Las Vegas slot machines, gas
stations, etc). They have recently sold it for $28 million and new owners are doing a total remodel.
Another fun resident years ago was Dennis Rodman who owned a place on the ocean front. After run in's with police while driving he purchased a black
limo with flames. He was in town a few months ago, looked great.
Shorehouse cafe was located on Main Street and Balboa Blvd near Balboa Pier. It closed a year or so ago.
The Fun Zone is mostly gone. A Museum has taken over several of the buildings. The ferris wheel is still there, the Merry Go Round and bumper cars are
gone.
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Any fishing memories? I grew up 40 miles from Newport, and we did a one week family vacation in Newport each year. There are 2 Piers, Newport at 21st
Street and Balboa at Main Street. Newport Pier had live bait for sale when I was a kid. I would purchase tickets and each one was good for one
anchovy. Had lots of fun! Still open 5AM - midnight every day, but no more live bait. Newport Pier has a restaurant and Balboa Pier has Ruby's diner -
burgers and shakes, etc.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by sd
good for one anchovy |
Remember those Anchovy? They were the size of Trout.
When I was a kid, I learned about fishing around the Pavillion docks. Used a hand-line and caught small Perch. They wouldn't let us fish in the Bait
Tanks. 
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| Quote: | Originally posted by sd
Barry Goldwater had a place years ago at Balboa Bay Club and could be seen often in the Harbor on his Yacht. |
I bumped into him in one of the Coast Highway boatyards once. I walked around the corner of a building and he was walking in the opposite direction
and we banged right into each other.
I'm 5'-11" and he was maybe no more than 5' tall. Short, for such a large man.
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