Located at 860 Garnet Ave., you will find PB Bar and Grill. During football season, PB Bar and Grill opens it’s doors to college alumni from all over the nation that have relocated to the San Diego area. The most prevalent university alums who show up on Saturday are those from the University of Washington, University of Georgia, University of Tennessee, Kansas State University and the University of Michigan. In the event of early kickoffs, breakfast is served earlier than usual. I asked myself, “With so many different alumni groups from different universities coming to PB Bar and Grill to watch their school play football on Saturday, how does the bar decide what game should air on the television and what happens if their school is not being shown on the local stations?” There was real concern and confusion in my voice when I asked this, because I would hate to think that it was based on a color wheel or who has the best fight song or something like that. I needn’t have been so concerned. The folks there informed my that all games can be shown and easily viewed because PB Bar and Grill is home to more than 125 flat-screen televisions, and that everybody who wants to watch their favorite college team can do so, because the tavern also subscribes to ESPN Game Day, which airs college games being played all across America. I felt better knowing that. To think I thought that some predetermined cosmic solution decided what games would be viewed by patrons … how ridiculous. In addition to college football, PB Bar and Grill is also a great place to see NFL football on Sundays. Locals know if they want to see the New England Patriots play football on Sundays, PB Bar and Grill is the place to be. I was also informed that not only is it a good place to watch Patriots games on Sundays, but an even better place to watch Chargers football. “I come here from East County to watch Chargers games on Sunday,” said patron Jim Erhardt. So why do so many people travel such long distances — from La Mesa, for example — to watch football here? It’s simple, actually. The weekend football specials are amazing. On Saturdays and Sundays, PB Bar and Grill offers an all-you-can-eat breakfast. Not some crazy casino buffet where you get a scoop of lumpy, cold eggs on your plate and fight to put some toast into a toaster, but actual made-to-order items that are so fresh and hot they give you the fuel you need to root on your favorite college or pro team during the weekend. To accompany the great food, PB Bar and Grill has 32 draft beer towers pouring perhaps the coldest beer in town. They feature local brewers like Stone, Karl Strauss and Ballast Point in addition to national brands from Anheuser-Busch and Coors. Perhaps you’re not a big breakfast beer person. Well how about this? On Sundays, PB Bar and Grill offers bottomless mimosas or bloody Mary’s until 1 p.m. I almost forgot to mention the best part of PB Bar and Grill! Not only can you watch football inside its bar area, but how about viewing football while eating a delicious breakfast and having a bottomless bloody Mary while enjoying the San Diego sunshine outside on one of the largest patio sections I have ever seen in my life? It is so big they have a what I have dubbed “The Miniature Trevi Fountain,” where you can throw three coins into the fountain and make a wish. I wished to hit the Superlotto, but you can make a wish for your favorite team to be victorious. PB Bar and Grill in Pacific Beach opens at 9:30 a.m. on Saturdays and Sundays, and gives both college football and professional football fans a place where they can tailgate before the game or watch the game and enjoy postgame celebrations without leaving their table. If you have never been to PB Bar and Grill during a football game, you really are missing a true football haven. For more information, call (858) 272-4745, or visit www.pbbarandgrill.com. — Walter Ruskin is a member of the San Diego Community Newspaper Group’s “Ugly News Team.” Catch his videos and interviews at www.sdnews.com.
