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  • Newport Beach & Balboa Island’s Most Famous & Legendary Bars

    by Rob Hallstrom
    One can be entertained just by looking at the walls like this one behind the bar. Nothing fancy about this place, down to the peanut shells (tho t...

  • Best Dive Bars in Orange County

    by Rob Hallstrom
    You’re not a Newport Beach local until you’ve been to Blackie’s By The Sea, which has existed since 1953 (when the beach was just a summer destinat...

  • The Same Stretch of Sand

    by Rob Hallstrom
    Blackie’s, Newport’s classic beachbreak, bordering the pier and the 28th Street Jetty, carries the weight of its history lightly, constantly refre...

  • Blackie’s By the Sea Has the Coldest Beer in Town–And the Oldest Men

    by Rob Hallstrom
    There’s a framed sign dated 2013 hanging on the wall at Blackie’s By the Sea, hidden among decades of old photos and nautical taxidermy, commemora...

  • Best Bars in America - Esquire

    by Rob Hallstrom
    Beaches are lovely places. They are also, however, edges. As such, they tend to collect people who would probably press onward if they didn’t have...

  • Esquire Names Blackie’s By The Sea As One Of America’s Best Bars

    by Rob Hallstrom
    Last year, the Weekly named Newport Beach’s Blackie’s By the Sea the “Best Legal Way to get Drunk at the Beach.” Is it too self-inflating to belie...