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San Diego, California
Hillcrest dive bar pouring stiff drinks since 1972.
The Alibi is one of Hillcrest's oldest watering holes, a genuine dive that the Petrone family has run on the corner of University and Richmond since 1972, when Jerry Petrone took over the spot and later passed it to his son Joe Petrone Jr. Dark, divey, and unpretentious, it trades in cheap, strong drinks, a pool table, and a back patio, with none of the polish of the clubs up the street. It pulls a genuinely mixed crowd (longtime locals, off-duty bar staff, and a steady LGBTQ+ regulars base in the heart of gay Hillcrest), which is part of its charm. This is a sit-at-the-bar, talk-to-a-stranger kind of place, the reliable low-key option for when the rest of University Avenue feels like too much.
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