Jimmy'z

A shout out to Ariel for the compliment! That means the world to me! Thank you!
Trace the bartender

Very rude bouncer at the end of the night. Yelled at everyone to leave, acting like he owned the place. Never going on a Sunday. I recommend Mondays and Tuesday. The bartender is much nicer too.

If Jimmy'z wasn't connected to a bowling alley, it would be considered a typical dive bar.  Now you're probably asking yourself...doesn't that make it more the reason to classify it as a dive bar?  Well my logic is the fact that the bowling kind of makes the area more of a family atmosphere so the dive bar status has to get knocked down just a notch. Bummer....cause I tend to like a good dive bar. That definitely does not take anything away from Jimmy's!

Was next door on a Saturday night bowling with friends and walked in to get a pitcher and some cocktails.  The bartender (I don't remember her name) was very friendly and attentive and provided us with what we needed immediately.  Granted, this was around 8:30 at night and there were basically 6 people in the bar area, so I would have been surprised had the service not been there.

Once our friends and us completed our bowling, we dediced to finish off our night at Jimmy'z.  As I indicated before, there were like 6 people in the entire bar when we intitally got to the bowling area.  When we went back in, there was standing room only and it was karaoke night in Poway.  I am not sure what it is about putting a mic in front someone but just because you do, it doesn't mean they can sing.  Yes, there were a few diamonds (ok...rubies) in the rough but the majority were ummm....entertaining to say the least.  At least they had the balls to get up and sing where as I tended to be the voyer and just watch.  I know my place in life.

When people weren't singing, there was mixed music being played and people out on the dance floor...mostly the ladies.  This one individual was a cross between Molly Shannon from SNL and Elaine from Seinfield.  Definitely entertaining to say the least and I wasn't sure if were were to tip or not?

Who knew that this was the place to be in Poway?  The crowd varied from 20 somethings to 70 somethings so it is easy to find an age demographic that suits your needs.

The bar consists of a couple of pool tables, a smaller dance floor, a corner DJ booth and a mechanical bull.  Unfortunately the night we were there the mechanical bull wasn't running however it did appear that it was ready to be fired up.

Is Jimmy'z really a 4 star?  Probably not but I had a great time and plenty of laughs.  If something or someone can give me those type of laughs...yeah, I'm a fan.