San Diego's dives start with the state's oldest bar on the waterfront and roll through model-airplane whiskey dens and windowless Hillcrest time capsules. Cheap pours, killer jukeboxes, and beach-town soul.
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San Diego's oldest bar (Liquor License No. 1, est. 1933), a beloved Little Italy tavern where dockworkers, bikers, and locals crowd the horseshoe bar. Stiff cheap pours, fish tacos, and decades of character.
Dive bars are one chapter of Pip's Lifestyle — find the whiskey bars, lounges, steakhouses and the Domino Club below.
