Boar Cross'n

I've been coming here for a few years now each time hoping it will be better and never is. I'm surprised how packed it is but that's because cbad and oside are seriously lacking in good bars! First off no matter how hot you are you will pay a cover, don't get me wrong I don't mind but once you get in you'll want your money back. Music is so so, drinks are a bit overpriced and the crowd is full of tools. Also you can't vape inside which for non smokers is totally lame! Yes I would recommend it only because there's not much else to choose from unless you head to pb or the gas lamp but I'd rather just drink at a buddies and save my money.

At the corner of the bar was a dude in a plaid cap, turned 3/4 back... OMG! It's Scumbag Steve. And that, my friends sums up this intriguing and scary slice of mankind.

The good: Cheap beer out back before I believe 10, I think it was a friday night that I went and it was dollar beers on the back patio / smoking area. 4 Bars total, one bar in the back, one in the side room, and two in the main room. There was a lot of girls so my buddies were quite entertained dancing and mingling.

The bad: I was DD'ing the last time we were there, so I wasn't drinking, period. I had a handle on my friends who were drinking, a lot. One of my friends was pretty drunk and the bouncer started talking to him, I went over and said that I'm his DD tonight and I'll make sure that he's ok. Nope, he needed to be thrown out of the place at that instant for "stumbling" even though he was walking fine, he just had the dumb drunk person eyes going on. After he put up a verbal fight for a bit with me at his side, the manager approached us outside and offered him free admission next time, which was cool but brings me to my next point. Cover charge: no one likes to pay to go into a bar unless there is a PPV on. The drinks at the main bar are a bit pricey and the bartenders could give 2 craps about you IMO. The clientel here is a little "off" as well. It's a strange mix of hippie / marine / gangster kids / and skater kids, kinda blows my mind a little bit. Maybe there's less hippies when they don't have a reggae band there.. which actually wasn't half bad I'll admit.

The bottom line is that this place kind of makes you feel like a cattle, like you're in a huge night club in a city, but it's in Carlsbad, and it's a bar, be personable. I wouldn't go back on my own will, but if my friends want to go back...I'll deal.