Considered a class-A dive, the Silver Fox Lounge in Pacific Beach lacks the unsavory clientele and back alley entrances that characterize true dive bars. What the Fox does have are good, cheap drinks, a bundle of TV’s, pool tables, video games, an electronic dartboard, and a pinball machine. What the bar lacks in ambiance, it makes up for in entertainment.

 Prefer to park yourself at the bar? Then sit back and enjoy the beer of the month, which is available everyday for $2, and watch while fellow Fox fans saunter over the wall-to-wall leopard carpeting and stuff the jukebox with quarters.

The Silver Fox is a favorite among PB locals, who wish to forgo hip-checking college kids farther west on Garnet, but it’s not far enough out of the way to be totally hip either—and that’s just fine. There’s always some crazy deal involving time lines and cheap drinks at the Fox. Happy hour, for example, happens everyday from 6 – 10 a.m. and 4 – 7 p.m. You’d be hard pressed to find the bar empty on any given holiday—from Valentine’s to football season, the Fox is always offering something special, whether it’s veteran’s day cocktails or free pizza. Look for the gleaming silver fox that guards the door and you’ll know you’ve arrived.