I miss the pbpub. I used to come here weekly and it was my favorite bar in town by far. I have been thrown out of this place more than dj jazzy Jeff  was thrown out of the house on fresh prince of bel air. There must be a picture of my drunk face behind the bar.Everytime I walk in someone just points to the door.  Ouch ! But after all these years....... I want back in. I am older and more mature now. I have considered a disquise or even plastic surgery like the Mexican drug cartels get just so I can go back to my favorite bar undetected by pbpub security. Please take me back! I love all your imperfections and I want you to love mine also. I always tipped well...... puulleeesssseee?!
Review Source:The four stars are for Stephanie, our lovely and patient bartender. She was great, I got rounds of booze for only $10. But then, my friend got booted out for some weird reason. I guess the locals didn't like him for some reason. It was clear, locals (even if they are mean and irrational) stay, tourists (tipsy but nice) get booted and yelled at on the way out. :P
Review Source:I like this place if either A) you want a chill night in a small bar with some of your friends without having to be bothered by drunken idiots or B) want to start your night off with cheaper drinks before you join your crowd elsewhere.
Went here last weekend around 9pm before going out in PB. There were people there playing pool hangin out. It is a small bar but not squished. The bartender was nice and the drinks are on the cheaper side compared to other PB bars. The music did get very loud at one point, but then went back to normal.
I figure it's not well known about since it's not on Garnet. It's on the corner of garnet & Gresham, but their literal address is on Gresham. Is small so it's easy to miss especially because there is this tree out front that kinda blocks the sign. It's next to a tattoo parlor if that helps.
It kinda reminds me of the silver fox but not as long & not as many old people.
I'll be returning to start my night off or just have a chill one.
If you want seedy dive bar, that is what you get when you walk through the doors of PB Pub. Â Personally, the divier, the better. Â PB Pub gives you that stale beer smell coupled with a pool table, low lighting, a jukebox and some tvs to watch sports on. Â The staff is fun if you aren't that douchy loser that likes to cause problems or doesn't know what s/he wants when the bartender is clearly busy and waiting. Â They used to be cash only, however, more recently that have added credit card machines which is amazing and saves you the surcharges from the ATM in the corner.
The drinks are cheaper than surrounding bars and you can socialize with your friends without having to worry about someone random and creepy hitting on you. Â It's a good location to belly up to the bar, have a strong cocktail and maybe watch a baseball or basketball game while having a good time with friends. Â There is plenty of street parking surrounding the bar and it isn't overly crowded all the time like other places. Â You can typically get in quickly and have drinks without any lag time.
Okay. This is a dive bar. It smells, it's quite dirty, it's filled with a large variety of people (some of which also smell and are quite dirty), but that's a dive bar for you. And for a dive bar, it's not bad. It's not a typical PB bar. The drinks are very cheap and there's a pool table, foosball, and a jukebox. The bartenders are friendly. Make sure you bring cash.
Review Source:So being what I would call a regular at PB Pub I usually love it here, the dude with the 7 seconds tattoo is rad and the blonde lady is super nice and always so helpful, actually just about the whole staff is really super. I had this incident though the other day(May 4th). Hanging out with a friend of mine, watching the Red Sox/Yankees game which we were there to watch. The female bartender with the tattoos who was working changed the game in the middle of us watching it. I politely asked to have the game changed back to the Red Sox game (being there is 5 TVs right there) and she rudely replied "Well we are all from San Diego, why would we want to watch the Red Sox game" Being originally from Boston LIKE 35% OF PB we wanted to watch that game. I said well I would like to and if she could turn any one of the TV's back it would be appreciated, she declined and walked of, so I told her I would take my business elsewhere which we did. Never have I had such a rude bartender in my 2 years in SD, it was about 7 o'clock, we were completely sober (we had each had one beer), the reaction and rudeness should not be tolerated. I will not return to this bar which is my most frequented bar in San Diego when this bartender is working and I will advise everyone I know as well the same, if you want to watch a game to go to Dave's Tavern or Longboards.
Review Source:I heard you fuckers are trying to class the place up... Basically what it comes down to is no matter how many nick-nacks you pick up from the Kathy Ireland Home Collection...you will never be able to mask the jizz-stained pirate hookers that have graced that bar.. You guys are definitely worthy of a douche-roll DDDDDDDDDDDDOUCHE!
P.S. I can't believe you took down the Lobster...HAVE YOU NO HEART?!?!?
***update***
so the pb pub is trying to undergo a trasformation from local dive bar to upper class pb hangout. Â they took the huge lobsters down and put lighting in that looks so out of place in this hole in the wall pub. Â "HEY PB PUB - YOU'RE STILL A HOOKER UNDERNEATH ALL YOUR UPGRADES!!!"
Great bartenders and awesome music. By far my favorite dive bar in PB. It gets a little crowded, but everyone there is down for a good time and it's easy to make fast friends in such a close environment. Definitely not your typical PB bar, but that's why its so great. Make sure you go to Josh at the bar. He makes amazing drinks and is a super cool guy.
One downfall: They don't accept credit or debit cards, so you have to use their ATM. Make sure to bring cash!!
I used to go to this place every Thursday night back when I could handle mid-week drinking. Â It' s gritty. Â It's grimy. Â It reeks and everyone in the bar is just waiting for a chance to punch someone in the face. Â And those characteristics are precisely why it is a great dive bar.
Review Source:This was the last stop on our pub crawl. Â I was driving, so I did not drink here, just played some of those bar games. Â Everyone in our group was pretty toasted. Â I felt like everyone in this bar was way young, not underage, just people in their 20's, so for me it was kind of a 20's dive bar. Â Usually dive bars are reserved for the older folks, but PB apparently has a bar for many different types.
Review Source:I consider this a decent place to have a drink, with really pleasant staff and a friendly group of regulars. Â Surprisingly, I have no tattoo's or body piercings, but maybe people have been nice because I'm bald and freakishly tall, who knows. Â Outside of the regulars, I generally don't come here on a Fri-Sat night, as I the crowd is bit younger than the rest of the week. Â As to cleanliness, I guess I have been in some crap holes, at least the men's room door locks.
 They always have some drinks on special, and generally have a beer special (especially during the summer).  For you bargain shoppers, get a pitcher after 9 pm on Sun-Tue.  For the cocktail drinkers, they are served STIFF!!!!, and the shot's are served in large shot glasses.  I have seen plastic cups, but that is only late at night or during rushes, at least as far as I have noticed.
The pool tables are decent, the jukebox is the PB standard digital jukebox that is present everywhere. Â Also, if you don't care for the music, try the "Play Next" function. Â You pay more, but you will hear your song in less than 3 hours. Â And after 3 hours, will you really hear your song anymore?
What a craptastic place. Â
Wife and I were recently married. Â When you go to get your name changed and your license updated you get hole punched in your current ID and a little paperwork with it. Â She did not have her corresponding paperwork, so they would not let her, and thus us, in. Â
Fine. OK. Â Whatever. Â
So our group of seven is out front of the place discussing where we should go next. Â The bouncer emerges from this hell hole to tell us our presence is no longer required. Â To his credit, he snidely added please. Â Wife tells the guy there is no need to exert his power over us. Â He calls my wife a bitch. Â I step up and say do not call my wife a bitch and he shoved me to the ground. Â I have not been in a physical altercation since age 12. Â
Unbelievable. Â Avoid like the plague.
This place is so disgusting it doesn't even deserve one star. Filled with either old shakey drunks by day and east county-esque tweakers/desert people who listen to angry music by night. If you aren't covered in tattoos or have your face peirced nearly shut and have stretched out earlobes from your uber cool plugs, well then you just aren't gonna get that warm welcomed feeling that most people who aren't just looking to be "seen" want from a neighborhood bar. To illustrate the class level of this shit-pit when I was there the doorman was so drunk that he passed out on the hood of a customer's car parked in front of the bar right in the middle of his shift. If you value your health and disease free status stay away.
Review Source:I loved this bar and it would probably get 5 if they wouldn't have taken out the juke box and had Pumpy McJudge as the bouncer-when the place itself would keep the wrong crowd out. Oh, fuck it! Actually the loss of the old jukebox and buck hunter gets it three.
As with any place in PB there is a scene here too, just not the obnoxious tribal, look how much my fucking sunglasses cost crowd. Instead you'll get the tattoo arm sleeves are cool and Hot Topic is non conforming are you sure YOU belong here crowd  But the drinks are stiff, bartenders are as chill as they get, and unlike other "dive" bars that aren't and charge cover (I am pissing in your direction Bub's) they never charge cover.
Hell, I talked myself into the 4th star. The 5th when the old jukebox is back, the softball trophy case, buckhunter, and Moneyshot plays there again.
It's a dive bar. The beer is cold, the drinks are strong, and the douchebag ratio is the lowest I've seen in PB in 2 years I've lived here. Maybe it's the eclectic music selection (Yusuf Islam followed by 1998 Offspring?) that keeps them at bay. Whatever it is, I'll be back.
And don't believe the hype: in true dive bar fashion this is a cash only bar. You'll get so hammered that you'd leave your tab open anyway; they'd rather avoid that for both our sakes. These guys are pros...
Ya know, from reading the other reviews I would be scared to venture in here. As a 30 something without nare a tat, I would be scared....however I have known about  "the Pub" since I was a teen. Back then it was one of the only places that took my "Hawaii" ID. ( I was the first Mclovin) Now it seems a tad more legit.
Bartenders have all been great. I go here for the good eccentric conversation w/o having to travel to North Park to get it. Sometimes I will chill on a tues. at 4pm and the crowd tends to be older, hard core Lokes. As the evening turns to night the aforementioned tat / skater / MMA crowd begins to show up. I have yet to leave here sober. Even if I am there for 2 Vodka/sodas. The drinks are good and strong, and the bartenders have never given me 'tude. ~shrug~
I also was shocked to read about the bathroom...admitedly the first time I used it I looked for signs of tweekers and whatnot, but it was clean and smelled great, so maybe I got it on a good day?! I give "the pub" 4 stars. It is not someplace I will take an out of town friend, but it is somewhere I will go to escape the typical PB dude-fest/Impant orgy.
Dear PB Pub,
Where have you been all my life?! Yar drinks be stiff, the price is right, and  the dick to vag ratio is ideal. I have a sneaking suspicion that I am going to be back....often.
PS. Thank you for letting me and my friends play speed quarters all night, and for not complaining when we broke four of your shot glasses. Â OOPS!
Warm Regards,
LL
This place is a shit pipe if ever there was one. I think most of the other negative reviews summed up the general feel of this place so I'm not going to waste your time.
Two points:
1) You can cut the attitude in here with a knife. Not the kind of attitude that's easy to deflect like that of a trendy wine bar, but the kind of 'in your face' attitude that makes you actually want to fight someone. If you're impressed with the novelty of the tattoo/ piercing aspect of this place, so be it. Radical political beliefs? You must mean the one where you don't actually have a clue what is going on in politics, but you do have a cool 'Exploited' patch.
2) You can't even have a game of pool, which is about the only thing this place has to offer, without the 'locals' harassing you, especially if you're with girls. Oh you're local are you? How long have you lived in PB? 5 minutes? That's what I thought mate. Leave it out, go drink your fucking Popov in a park somewhere with a pack of bums and take your punx attitude with you.
I've been here a handful of times and the experience is always the same. So at least they're consistent. I think the only way I could appreciate this place is if I lived next to a crack house, and the fumes were leaking in from the vents and windows, and I turned up high every time I went.
PB Pub, you have a very special place in my heart.
PB Pub was perhaps the last place I expected to wander into on a Friday night, but I already love it. Â My friends and I were dancing at nearby Tropicoso when we decided that the beer and wine license was not cutting it and we needed a tequila shot or two to help us along with the samba. Â A bouncer at another nearby beer-and-wine-only bar told us to check out PB Pub tucked away on a side street, away from any of the lines and ridiculousness of the rest of PB.
Showing up outside PB Pub, we were definitely both underdressed and overdressed simultaneously in our low-cut tops and tight pants, but we got treated the same as everyone else -- really well. Â I may not be tattooed or wear punk band t-shirts, but I still felt comfortable in this dive. Â We quickly moved up to the bar and got two back-to-back shots of Patron from the friendly, awesome bartenders. Â $6 shots of Patron, where else in SD does that happen?!
A little while later, I was happily dancing when I realized my wallet was missing, so I retraced my steps back to PB Pub -- where the bouncer let me right back in, the other patrons helped me look where I'd been standing, until one bartender asked another and -- woohoo!!!!! -- someone had found my wallet and turned it in. Â My already great night continued its course, and I even got to excitedly hug a punk rocker.
Point is, the people at PB Pub are cool and we've now decided to always stop in for a few shots before dancing a couple blocks away.
OH the PB Pub . great late night dive bar , like someone also reviewed not many people even know this place exists . No lines good music , pool tables (hard to play it gets crowded ) mostly locals if you like the Pb bar and grill vibe  this is not the place for you . Josh the bartender makes super strong drinks ( 2 drinks and you will be feeling good ) also they are cheap .
Classic dive bar , only thing about this place i don't like is no patio area and its really small.
"Not even most people who live in PB have heard of PB Pub," our intrepid hero was told by one of the regulars here.
This hidden gem serves an eclectic crowd of mostly 25-35 year olds who usually sport piercings, tattoos, radical political beliefs, or a combination thereof. Â Upon our hero's arrival and until his departure, he was bombarded by a guy telling him to vote for Ron Paul in the upcoming election. Â The decor looked like something from the mind of Captain Morgan on an acid trip. Â Our hero managed to engage in some stimulating political discussion with the PB locals while his friend was hit on by a (fairly attractive) cougar.
Nevertheless, this place sold cheap pitchers and had almost no line ups. Â Two thumbs up for those points.
PROS:
- Friendly staff and crowd
- Next to no line ups
CONS:
- Dirtiest washrooms ever seen in a dive bar
gah-rrrross. Â
The only semi-cool part is the huge dead lobsters on the wall, but if dead, creepy crustaceans are the only things a bar has got going for it, do you really want go there? Â
It would have been alright if it wasn't dark and stuffy-as-shit (at like 4pm). Â The patrons consisted of roughly half a dozen wobbly old men (one of which hollered "come back soon" upon our leave, no thanks buddy), some anti-types who roll their eyes at anyone who isn't sporting the punk aesthetic, and some stumbling drunk post-sdsu sorority chicks who whisper about you as you walk in. Â Friendliest place in PB. Â I didn't dare go into the bathroom.
Oh, and props for an original name.
It's punk kids meeting the older old timers from PB crowd-wise. Â
Divey of the dives but yet always a great freakin' time. Â Pool table, jukebox I think, and some other games. Â Cheap drinks, lots of shots and rarely ever packed nuts to butts. Â
Bartenders know my BF by name and drink. Â They know me as Brian's girlfriend, but they are always buying me shots. Â
That said, I always have fun here even if sometimes, I'm the most overdressed person in the room.
I went to this place on NYE and it sucked a donkey c*ck. I am not a bar snob by any measure, in fact, I love divey bars, but this place suffers from the condition that it thinks its more than a dive bar and the staff acts like you're trying to get into g*ddamn Studio 54.
The bouncer was a total tool and gave me shit coming and going, the bar tender was nice enough, but even she copped an attitude.
The clientelle was OK. Your typical SoCal tats and flat brimmed caps crowd. Punky skater mix.
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