Mulligan's Sports Bar

Today, I visited Mulligan's here in San Clemente.  Mulligan's is a great little casual "dive" bar for locals in an industrial area a bit off El Camino Real, not far from Pico.  

As this basic smaller sized sports bar likely won't ever be a candidate for Architectural Digest, you will never forget you are in what I guess today would be termed a "dive" bar.   However, as the visual "skin" of Mulligan's  was looked beyond today, very happily,  I got very friendly & attentive service. I had a tasty cheeseburger with great french fries.  There wasn't a real feeling like I was an oddball for my first time at Mulligan's.  In fact, the locals were friendly; I even got invited to a game of pool by an obvious local while he was waiting for a friend to come and play pool with.    I thought I was very outclassed by noticing this nice man's high-end looking cue and case. luckily, right after the break, his friend showed up; I bowed out diplomatically and resumed practicing my pool shots.

There are five pool tables in fair to good shape.  Some felt is torn along the edges, but the tables seem to perform alright, plus, the pool leagues (APA) play there regularly as well, so they must be alright for them to play on.  They have a foosball table as well.

You sure can't go wrong here if you're not looking for the more foo foo pool places.  Here, only here I"ve found, you get .75 cent pool games....everywhere else, I've found is at least $1.  Plus, they have super reasonable food specials (I think) everyday, and their drinks are reasonable---I can't miss!

Although Mulligan's Sports Bar is not at all a fancy place, here, you can eat, drink, and just plain have fun & chill in this place's ultra-casualness offering possibly the most reasonable prices anywhere here in O.C.!

awesome dive bar! they allow dogs. although last time we went, we were told that only 1 dog is allowed in the bar.  they still have awesome deals throughout the week.

Awesome food, great beer selection, stiff drinks and pool tables!!!!!