Most of the drinking establishments I've been to so far in California have been pretty...high brow? upscale? you pick it - people tend to wander in wearing flip flops every now and then, but generally speaking (particularly downtown), the crowds have been pretty yuppie. However, this past Tuesday, I got a taste of the other side of Del Mar.
In Cincinnati, my friends had organized a group called DOMC - Dive of the Month Club. It was a competition held to see which Cincinnatian could find the most divey bar. Given the tenure of many of the DOMC'rs in Cincinnati, there was some pretty stiff competition. It was a hoot and a great change of pace from the typical Mt. Adams/Hyde Park scene.
Surf & Saddle in Del Mar would be a very strong candidate for the SD equivalent of DOMC. Perhaps I'll start my own chapter and lead things off with Surf & Saddle. In addition to the drunk old yocals enjoying Bud Light bottles, Surf & Saddle had one of the most entertaining sporting events I've ever witnessed - real live goldfish racing.
You can purchase a goldfish and then enter the tournament. The brackets are set and then the goldfish race in side by side troughs (set up on several bar stools, of course), urged on by the water coming from spray bottles of their jockeys. It was an absolute riot - some goldfish seemed as though they had been diligently training for the races for weeks; others chose to swim around in circles or hide in the corner; and some would swim 3/4 of the way to the finish line, and for no apparent reason, turn around and start swimming upstream. It was a nice change of pace and provided some high quality entertainment.
No comments:
Post a Comment