The Tilted Stick

 

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jill p.

San Diego, CA

If you don't like this bar, than you are most likely some loser wanna be who no one wants there anyway.  
The Tilted Stick is the best dive bar to go to if you are single, drunk and hungry.

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Matt P.

San Diego, CA

I live about 1 minute away from this place. I've been there a bunch of times, nearly every time I've had some bad experience. Never with the bar tenders or the food or drinks, usually the patrons. It is a dive bar in the traditional sense but there's an air of superiority about the locals (of which I am one) that I don't appreciate. Every time I've tried to play pool there's been some guy hovering trying to get in on the game. Every time I've used the juke box someone has had something to say about what I pick. Sorry mate, if you can't hack a bit of Testament or Slayer, I don't even know what to tell you. Especially when your dirty ass is adorned with a spiky leather jacket and combat pants that look like they haven't been washed since Nam.

I realize that this isn't everybody's experience but I most certainly don't agree that if you don't like this place you must be some sort of 'loser wannabe'. If you have an easy time pushing aside the comments of the degenerate pricks (and don't get me wrong, I have nothing against degenerate pricks, until they interfere with me) that frequent the place you'll be fine. If you keep your head down and don't make eye contact you'll be Ok. but if you want to go somewhere and get involved, put some music on, do a little skankin', shoot a frame or two, probably go somewhere else.

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tim o.

San Francisco, CA

they had decent beer on tap and they had an awsome bowling videogame in the bar. and they had a back section to smoke at. probably one of the better bars in ob.

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Mike L.

San Diego, CA

Went in on a Monday night and the music was so loud for the amount of people in the place. The chips and salsa were good, so were the wings and service was ok.

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Bethany D.

San Diego, CA

I've ended many pub crawls and the Stick and have never been disappointed.  Great bar food, cool place out back to sit and smoke, and if you're lucky enough to get the pool table, it's free.  Plus, you can keep a tab open at the bar (which, now that I think about it, is actually quite dangerous for my liver).

Maybe it's the cornucopia of shots I drink before I get to this place, but I give it 5 stars!  Love it!!

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Elite '08

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Kelly P.

San Francisco, CA

My ex-boyfriend lived across the street from this place. Literally, we were 5 giant steps from his front door to the front door of the stick.

My favorite memories include, but are not limited to:

1. The build-your-own-bloody-mary bar that typically opened around 1 or 2pm on Sundays.

2. The fights between biker guys, biker girls, bitchy girls, 'roidy guys, cats and dogs, cats and cats, former Jerry Springer guests and OB gangs as viewed from the front yard on Saturday nights.

3. The paprika they dump on the crinkly fries. Spiiiiicy.

4. The time when my ex's alcoholic cokehead roommate went to the bar with her dog, got drunk, came home, and forgot what she did with the dog. (I pray it's found a better home by now else ran away to fend for itself.)

5. Despite the location, my will prevented me not becoming regular here. Thank god.

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Rocco B.

San Francisco, CA

My second visit to the stick--the one where I wasn't blacked out--was 8PM on 4/20.

There's a sign there that says "don't smoke weed out back, go around the fucking corner like everyone else".

And there was this chick that was so baked that she fell out of her chair.  At 8PM.

5 stars.

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Bart P.

San Diego, CA

I've done some epic partying here in the day.  I used to live around the corner and had a tab here.  One of the few places in town that I couldn't get kicked out of.  Once you befriended the owners and bartenders, life was pretty sweet here.  Great chicken wings and the buffalo chicken sandwich is pretty tasty too.  Also, one of the very few places that'll kick your ass on hot spice if you request it.  Naturally, this all leads to drinking more beer.  Actually all the food was great.

Crazy times.  I remember the day they got their full bar license.  Holy crap, was it out of control.

I haven't been down there in a while, but last time I was there they were doing a respectable job at serving some local beers.  AleSmith and I think Alpine Ale were on tap.  

I miss the place.  I'll have to go down and visit someday.

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Elite '08

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Starlight M.

San Diego, CA

The Stick is a dive bar. Totally. Partying becomes both epic and denigrated when the Stick is involved. THE BEST BAR FOOD, I would say - in OB. I've been too drunk to stay out, but stopped at the stick on the way home to hit up their AMAZING mahi tacos and get some kickass wings. Don't look in the kitchen. Just order and eat. Don't wonder when your feet stick to the floor. Sometimes dogs accompany their owners into the bar. Sometimes it's so hot in there that the small back patio is where you should go. The TV's are better than Lucy's so if it's football you're after, hit the stick. Ladies, the bathroom is RIGHT next to the jukebox - yeah,  you see? That tiny little door. That's it. Don't worry, it's probably the cleanest place in the bar. The bartenders are local and either love you or hate you. Taking it personally defies what the bar is actually all about - being a local drinking hole with great eats, football specials, pool table, a bloody mary bar worth visiting and adds the mysterious "how did I end up in the middle of the street at 3am in a drum circle" element to your drinking experience.

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Justin P.

San Diego, CA

This place is a great dive bar.  And trust me it is a dive bar.  The food at the place is surprisingly good.  And they have an excellent selection of well priced beers.  If you want to go slumming, but stay in OB this is the place to do it.  This is not a place I go all the time, but from my experience you can get to enjoy a fight outside after closing on maybe 1 out of 3 visits.  Enjoy!!!

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Elite '08

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Denise L.

San Diego, CA

dirty bar with moody bartenders.  one time the bartender kept turning up the music until it was deafening.

The food is good for a bar, but their kitchen is fucking disgusting.  Get the wings, get the chips and salsa.  Don't look in the kitchen.

Beer selection is good.

Oh yeah.. he is right about the bartenders.  I made friends with a few of them, and they'll give you free drinks.  

you can bring your dog here, your hairy, sick, itching, dirty dog.  There is a dog wash cross the street and dog beach is close, but again this place is pretty dirty.  So are the customers.  Maybe they should use the dog wash.

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Rishi T.

Berkeley, CA

Very divey.  Cheap drinks.  Chill bartenders.  They let us use the pool table for free every time we've been here.

I've noticed that the bartenders watch really random talk shows, rerun sitcoms and movies during the day.

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Daniel G.

San Diego, CA

thanks for having dogs & ur jukebox is dope!

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