One of the drawbacks to being new to an area is that you’re not always “in the know” about important little factoids. For example, local watering holes are much better to check out on certain nights of the week. During my days in Chapel Hill, the soccer team knew that Thursdays and Saturdays at Top of the Hill/Player’s were much more happening than Friday nights, which most of the college athlete population used as a recovery night.
Now that I’m a resident of La Jolla, I no longer have the luxury of being able to walk to four or five cool spots like I did when I lived at Icon in East Village downtown. Many of the places in LJ are overrun with cougars or creepy old men. The PB scene is too college-y for my taste, and it has been a bit of a challenge to find the hip young professional scene in the North PB/Birdrock/LJ area. Some places I’ve had success with include Turquoise Bar, Firehouse, La Jolla Brewhouse and Beaumont’s. Unfortunately, this Saturday night at Beaumont’s made me think it is much more of a Friday night bar.
Several weeks ago I spent a fun Friday night at Beaumont’s. Live music played and the bar was littered with late 20/early 30-year olds having a few cocktails and just kickin’ it. Overall I was impressed and glad to add a fun spot to check out just over a mile from the new casa. Unfortunately when Jen and I headed down to Beaumont’s for a cocktail this Saturday there was a completely different vibe. I guess it could be summarized as something like a 50-year old birthday party rockin’ out to Led Zeppelin and The Doors. The guitarist was actually pretty impressive, but the crowd was notably older (by an average of 25 years or so).
By the time we arrived, I think they had all already been over-served. I later learned Jen was highly distracted from our conversation by an older, and I mean mid-60s older, man giving her the eye. It was entertaining and overall quite a scene but I’m going to need to further research the trends at Beaumont’s. Is this a Friday night/Saturday night trend or just random?
