Pacific Beach

A simple stroll down Garnet Avenue at any time of day will put you in contact with hordes of hotties, clad chiefly in bikinis and board shorts. They crowd the restaurants, dip in and out of the shops, and fill the beach bars nightly. Some of the most obvious places to search for a new significant other are Pacific Beach Bar & Grill, Typhoon Saloon, The Tavern, Moondoggie’s, and Tower 23. However, in Pacific Beach, you’ll find just as many singles at the local Denny’s in the dead on night, or spread out on the nearby sunny sands.

The Gaslamp Quarter

Singles and their seekers are a driving force behind Gaslamp’s popularity. Every month seems to herald the opening of a brand new bar or nightclub, soon to be filled with those eagerly hoping to meet their match.

But which do you choose? It depends on who you’re trying to meet. Successful singles in their thirties and forties are found at Jimmy Love’s, The Bitter End, Croce’s, and Galileo 101. The young and moneyed frequent expensive bigger clubs like Belo, Stingaree, Visions, On Broadway, and Deco’s. Gaslamp is also home to a variety of smaller bars and pubs catering to the less pretentious crowd, like Tivoli Bar, The Field, Hennessey’s, and Star Bar.

Mission Beach Boardwalk

The party isn’t under the boardwalk in the supreme summerland of Mission Beach—it’s on top of it, and all around it. Sunshine is the only ruling power, and singles rush to the cement strip bordering the silvery sands from dawn til dusk. Although the are is studded with a number of bars, among them Canes Bar and Grill, Coaster Saloon, Beachcomber, The Liars’ Club, and The Wave House, the best place for singles-seekers is the sands themselves.