Gay, Merry and Bright - San Diego Shoppg for the Holidays

Contents:

• SAN DIEGO GAY DISTRICT: HILLCRT
• GAY, MERRY AND BRIGHT – SAN DIEGO SHOPPG FOR THE HOLIDAYS AND BEYOND
• SAN DIEGO GAY GUI AND PHOTO GALLERY - HILLCRT GAY GUI
• GAY SAN DIEGO

SAN DIEGO GAY DISTRICT: HILLCRT

You'll also disver home r shops, distctive boutiqu, the Uptown District shoppg plaza and the untry's only openly gay brewery, Hillcrt Brewg Company. Nightlife and Day Drks the Gayborhoods and Beyond. San Diego LGBTQ GuiCalifornia’s send-largt cy ranks among the most beloved seasi statns North Ameri for year-round beach vatns, and wh a large and vibrant LGBTQ muny, San Diego also offers plenty to see and do for gay travelers.

Bee the weather is nsistently warm and sunny, ’s also bee hugely popular for gay weddgs, om lavish celebratns to simple but sophistited elopements and smaller statn weddgs. This atmospheric, gay-welg hotel is a great value, too. La Jolla is also the gateway to one of the most famo gay beach the untry, Black’s Beach, a sweepg swath of seclud sand set about 300 feet below striated cliffs at the southern edge of Torrey P State Natural Rerve.

You n park the dirt lot beyond the Torrey P Glirport (’s fun watchg the glirs take off here), and then hike down to the beach, which is clothg-optnal—and nearly always equented by queer folks—om the base of the trail north for about a e (as you head north, turng right at the base of the stairs, you’ll enunter the gayt sectn). There are several rtrants to choose Diego LGBTQ BarsJt northwt of Balboa Park and a 10-mute drive om downtown hotels, Hillcrt ntas the ln’s share of San Diego’s roughly two-dozen gay bars, cludg s-old favor like Rich’s dance club, which puls to the wee hours Wednday through Sunday, and nearby Flicks, a verable stutn among the Wt Coast’s queer vio bars. Part of a small nsortium of LGBTQ bars and eateri that clus Baja Betty’s, Hillcrt Brewg Company (which bills self the world’s first gay brewery), Gossip Grill rtrant, and newer InsiOUT, where the motto is, “Lounge like a kg, sip like a queen”—they’re all a lot of fun—Urban Mo’s is a favore for dancg to a range of different mic typ, drag shows, cktails and people-watchg on the pat, and pretty good food, om burgers to braised short ribs.

GAY, MERRY AND BRIGHT – SAN DIEGO SHOPPG FOR THE HOLIDAYS AND BEYOND

It’s not a gay bar, but the venerable Alibi Lounge is a great ltle dive bar that’s been servg up strong drks for generatns, and do tend to draw a mixed crowd.

Outsi Hillcrt, you’ll also fd some fun gay nightspots, such as Pot Loma’s famoly dive-y and atmospheric Hole the Wall, whose iendly crowd bt rembl the kds of guys you’ll see on Scff, easygog Cheers Bar & Grill Universy Heights, and Pecs North Park, which earns kudos for s iendly staff, bear-and-otter-iendly crowd, and stiff drks. Redwg Bar & Grill is another North Park hnt drawg a lively bunch for the excellent pub gb and nightly karaoke, and nearby, the San Diego Eagle is one of the longt-nng gay leather bars on the Wt Coast, and fely a good bet for guys a willg mood.

SAN DIEGO GAY GUI AND PHOTO GALLERY - HILLCRT GAY GUI

And the neighborhood is also home to San Diego’s gay bathhoe, the scy and always cise-y Club San Diego, which is open 24 hours and has a handy lotn jt off Hillcrt’s ma drag, Universy to Eat San DiegoA number of the gay bars Hillcrt also serve pretty tasty food, cludg Urban Mo’s, Gossip Grill, and several others. Tas San Diego’s “gayborhood, ” Tst sr high marks for s sophistited cktails and wood-fired seasonal fare, om blistered shisho peppers to wood-grilled pork ssage wh yam gnocchi and agula cream, and handsome Matoso is a top pick for morn Italian fare, om handma pastas to Roman-style flatbreads. And for years, down-home Crt Cafe has been a reliable statn, om 7 am until midnight, for creative der fare, such as huevos rancheros the morng and mac-and-chee wh ham and jalapeños the Park has veloped to one of the better dg enclav the cy, s many hipster-approved eateri tendg to draw a pretty good mix of gays and straights.

There’s a great we list, too, and a scene-y weekend ’ll fd some terrific ffeeho the neighborhoods near Balboa Park, cludg Ltat’s, which draws a lorful bunch at all hours of the day and night (’s open 24/7), cludg plenty of revelers who’ve been partyg at nearby gay bars. As the eighth largt cy the USA, San Diego has a dynamic nightlife, and s gay scene is no exceptn to the le.

The ma gay area of San Diego n be found the charmg the eighth largt cy the USA, San Diego has a dynamic nightlife, and s gay scene is no exceptn to the le. The ma gay area of San Diego n be found the charmg Hillcrt district. Every year July, Hillcrt is home to San Diego Gay Pri, which is one of the largt and most celebrated pris the Stat.

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Hillcrt is loted jt north of San Diego’s downtown and offers a wealth of gay bars, rtrants, shops, and clubs. This place has bee a b of an stutn the area, and is popular on a Saturday afternoon when gays flock to the outsi terrace to people watch. As an open-md cy, there is more than jt one gay district San Diego.

While Hillcrt is the ma pulse, gay life n also be found South Park and Ocean Beach, which both offer var LGBTQ-owned and n bs. The Gaslamp Quarter is also a popular choice for those who are lookg for a more alternative gay scene San more. Long tablished wh San Diego’s LGBT muny, the store rri novelty ems of every stripe along wh odd books, gay weddg-ke toppers, T-shirts and one of the most extensive and mpit greetg rd llectns the cy.

Buy your gay apparel at this upsle, LGBT mega store, which brims wh everythg om sexy swimwear and signer clothg (cludg Diel jeans) to DVDs, accsori and party suppli of an adult nature.

It’s also one of the few hardware stor the untry boastg creative ont-wdow displays signed to tch gay ey.