Beerfest & Over-the-Line Tournament

Where: Mariner’s Point park, Mission Bay

When: May 19-20, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Beach, beer, and softball—three good things that aren’t often experienced at exactly the same time. Except during OMBAC’s Beerfest and Over-the-Line Tournament, a two-day softball tournament held on the sand at Mission Bay’s Mariner’s Point, featuring food trucks, beer, and spirits from the likes of BNS Brewing, Bay City Brewing, OB Brewery, Alesmith, Coronado Brewing, Thorn Brewing, Mason Aleworks, and Cutwater Spirits.

(This weekend tourney featuring 120 teams in various divisions is not to be confused with the World Championship Over-the-Line-Tournament held in July.)

Admission is $35 with advance online purchase on Eventbrite.

Lobster Week at Beerfish

Where: Beerfish

When: Until May 19, from 11:30 a.m. until sold out

New day, new chef-created lobster menu. That’s the theme of Lobster Week at the no-frills North Park seafood destination Beerfish this week. Every day a new chef will prepare sustainable fresh Maine lobster in their style of choosing and pair with a different craft beer. Each day’s menu is available for $17 beginning at 11:30 a.m. until sold out.

The chef lineup is as follows:

• May 15: Antonio Ley and José Rodrigo Figueroa of Corazon de Torta/La Carmelita, with SouthNorte Beer Company
• May 16: Juan Carlos Récamier of Ceviche House, with Thorn Brewing Co.
• May 17: Karen Barnett of Small Bar, with Burning Beard Brewing
• May 18: Mike Arquines of Mostra Coffee, with Modern Times Beer Co.
• May 19: Tyson Blake of O’Brien’s Pub, with Eppig Brewing

San Diego Taco Fest

Where: Waterfront Park

When: May 19, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Nothing says San Diego quite like eating tacos with a view of the bay. Head to Waterfront Park this weekend for live music, Mexican wrestling, Chihuahua races, and—most importantly—tacos from thirty local eateries. Participating restaurants include Tamarindo, Salud, Lucha Libre, City Tacos, Lolita’s, and more. Come hungry, leave full of tacos.

Tickets are $30-35 and do not include food and drink.

I Love Poke Festival

Where: Bali Hai

When: May 22, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Poke-lovers take note: For one price, you can try poke from 30 different chefs and restaurants including Island Life Foods, Bali Hai, Sweetfin Poke, Surf Side Deli, and The Lanai. The I Love Poke Festival offers that unlikely option as part of its celebration of Hawaiian food and culture. Bites, music, and dancing, all come with a $75 ticket; drinks priced separately.

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And now, the team behind Kettner Exchange and Vin de Syrah is set to open The Grass Skirt and Good Time Poke in Pacific Beach. Going into the former spot of Good Time Charlie’s (910 Grand Ave.), the concept should be a solid addition to P.B.’s slowly improving food and drink scene—which was a quagmire of Jagermeister and fried drunk food for years.

Chef Brian Redzikowski oversaw the development of the menus, and he’s a talent, having worked at Le Cirque, Nobu, and Joel Robuchon. Good Time Poke will be the daytime grab-and-go poke spot, with traditional and not-so-traditional riffs on the classic Hawaiian dish (including octopus, yellowfin, etc.) and kombucha on tap.

Grass Skirt, designed by Davis Krumins (Fluxx, Parq, Rustic Root, etc.), will be the nighttime hangout with fuller dishes designed by Redzikowski, such as: big-eye tuna cones with bonito flakes, pickled ginger, and sesame; kimchi fried rice; shrimp toast sandwich with Vietnamese herbs, hoison and spicy aioli.

Beverage director Steven Tuttle is also a top talent, and he started R&D’ing the tiki cocktails at Kettner Exchange last year. Grass Skirt’s menu will be chock full of falernum and assorted tropicalia, with drinks like the “Carmen Miranda” with white rum, añejo rum, overproof Jamaican rum, lime, pineapple, coconut, banana, and cinnamon; and “Oaxacan Dead,” with mescal, a signature rum blend, pineapple, lime, passion fruit, pomegranate and absinthe.

Inspired by Lost Lake tiki bar in Chicago, Grass Skirt will have plenty of booth seating, fire pit tables, swings, and plenty of Trader Vic and Don the Beachcomber-inspired design.

Enough with the words. Please enjoy the first known photos of The Grass Skirt.

FIRST LOOK: The Grass Skirt

FIRST LOOK: The Grass Skirt

FIRST LOOK: The Grass Skirt

FIRST LOOK: The Grass Skirt

FIRST LOOK: The Grass Skirt

FIRST LOOK: The Grass Skirt

FIRST LOOK: The Grass Skirt

FIRST LOOK: The Grass Skirt

FIRST LOOK: The Grass Skirt

FIRST LOOK: The Grass Skirt

FIRST LOOK: The Grass Skirt

FIRST LOOK: The Grass Skirt

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