Bullpen Tavern

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  Small dive bar most people in I.B don't know about.
  
  If you down on your luck, hard day at work or your wife just left you....this is the place to get shit faced fo cheap. Drinks are strong.

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  Posted on 03.21.13 Tyrell H.

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  At first I was scare to go to The Bullpen but after a friend of mine tricked me into going  I truly fell in love with this gem of a bar . I'm a big fan of day drinking here not only do they have daily beer specials but you can shoot pool and BS with the regulars ,

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  Posted on 01.30.13 Portia K.

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  It's been a long time since I've stepped foot in the Pen, but this is still my bar of choice in IB.

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  Posted on 11.30.11 Janna M.

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  Great local blue collar bar close to the RV Park that my lovely wife and I were staying at. Cheap drinks, better than expected draft beer list, friendly bartenders and crowd. We were treated like locals right from the get go. Will come back next rime in town.

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  Posted on 07.04.11 Thomas M.

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  small dirty and digusting. stay clear!

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  Posted on 06.30.09 Mike L.

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  Hometown bar
  Beat up and beat down but isn't that how it's supposed to be????
  Good 'tenders and tunes machine
  Parking is easy
  Liquor store in same lot
  Yummy mexican food right across the street
  CVS within walking distance
  Handful of other IB drunkfests within walking distance

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  Posted on 05.03.09 Renea H.

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  Its a "Dive Bar", and those of us who searched the world over for Dive Bars can appreciate the unique quality in all. BTW, my highest rated "Dive Bar" in the world so far is the Rudder Room in Oxnard, CA, stop by if your ever in the area.
  
  I have to say I like the crowd at Bullpen. My friends and I were there only 10 mins and one local was buying a round for all of us. It is full of locals, and I consider myself one now since I escaped the onslaught of rich zonies and tourists taking over Coronado to now call IB my home. The bartender Tracy is great, and somehow remembered our names after one stop over. So if you like Dive bars you will like Bullpen. Really cool laid back people. BTW I resent the comment over 30......isn't 30 the new 20? So if you need to have 50 taps made from every microbrew from here to Portland, and drink your Beer with your pinkie out, you should stay far away, that bar stool is reserved for me.

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  Posted on 10.21.08 Curtis M.

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  This place is scary. My friends thought it would be fun to check out this bar last night. I question their judgment. We strolled in to a cloud of awkwardness. This tiny bar was 90% regulars who all seemed to be bombed already. I'm good with being tanked by 8pm, but this was too much. The bar was small and had a stumble through layout. Nice to see pool tables, darts, jukebox and a couple touchscreen systems. However, I was so out of my element here that I didn't leave my bar stool. The beer was cheap. I observed some pretty stiff cocktails being served. The crowed was predominately country. The jukebox continued with country anthems, one after another. I knew it was time to bail when my buddy thought it would be funny to spend his jukebox play on Ice Cube's Greatest Hits. We promptly paid and left.
  
  One last thing I just had to mention. This place was so seedy that at one point, a female patron swigged her drink and then lit her cigarette in the bar. This seemed to bother no one there.

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  Posted on 10.05.08 Nathan H.

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