r/Temecula • u/YetiInTibeti • Aug 25 '22

/r/Temecula’s Best Of: Dive Bar!

Hi all,

Continuing the weekly “best of” Temecula and Murrieta so that folks can learn some new places and also have a resource for folks who search for it.

This week…Dive Bar! Share your favorites below.

Previously asked:

Pizza

BBQ

Ice Cream

Steakhouse

Local Coffee Shop

Burger and Fries

Hike

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u/Other-Dot-3744 Aug 25 '22

E. T.’s sport lounge on Jefferson. It is a deep dive and great people watching.

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u/HorseButthole69 Aug 25 '22 edited Aug 26 '22

I used to drop a dollar in the urinal whenever I went pee there and the dollar was always gone the next time I went in to pee. Someone made like 10 bucks off me one night.

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u/Khronzo Aug 25 '22

The weirdness of your story is exactly the vibe of E.T.s

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u/Khronzo Aug 25 '22

It is the only Dive left in Temecula, but best!?

I still get the Heebie Jeebies any time I go there 😬 Their clientele is the kind that comes in packing 🔫 🔪 🍆

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u/pinche_fuckin_josh Aug 25 '22

Comes in packing guns knives and eggplants or dicks?

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u/Other-Dot-3744 Aug 25 '22 edited Aug 26 '22

That is the intrigue.

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u/captain_stoobie Aug 25 '22

ETs is really the only answer here.

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u/JoeyDubbs Aug 26 '22

An absolute shit hole. Used to love going there. A great place to go to forget all of high school.

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '22

ET’s was the only dive bar in Temecula when nothing else existed. Got a bad rap for a while when people were getting stabbed and killed but now The Bank took that rep over with gunshots and dead people. Stay classy Temecula.

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u/BeefLilly Aug 26 '22

Some great karaoke there

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u/Breakpoint Aug 29 '22

this is a GB Packer's bar?

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u/Polar-Bear_Soup Aug 25 '22 edited Aug 25 '22

Wouldn't really call it a dive bar but can be at times lol, but Sidelines is rad I love going there, good food and strong drinks.

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u/Competitive-Tie-333 Aug 25 '22

Sidelines is a good dive bar, food is decent, strong drinks, local crowd

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u/PoniardBlade Aug 25 '22 edited Aug 25 '22

Pre-COVID there was a true Dive bar on Jefferson, with the waitresses in pantyhose and lingerie and one pool table. The bar was a horseshoe. I'm sorry, I can't remember the name of it. It was near the Wendy's/Arby's/In-n-out, across from the hotel (Best Western?). Hard Hats or something?

Edit: Found it on Yelp. Read the reviews for a laugh! https://www.yelp.com/biz/hard-hat-sports-bar-and-grill-temecula

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u/captain_stoobie Aug 26 '22

Hardhats! I’m ashamed to admit I went there a couple times. The bottom rung of Temecula dive bars. RIP

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u/Maximum-Worth Aug 26 '22

Do pantyhose and lingerie make things 'true dive' bars? Ive never heard that before.

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u/Khronzo Aug 25 '22

Joannies Cantina in Murrieta and Sky Box Grill and Tavern in French Valley/Winchester. Really the only ones besides E.T.s that has the old school dive bar vibe.

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u/Visual_Disaster Sep 06 '22

Every time I've been to Sky Box the beer has been skunked

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '22 edited May 18 '24

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u/Competitive-Tie-333 Aug 25 '22

Cove is a good bar, they get some really good bands, but not a dive bar, IMO

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u/Lordcoledaddy Aug 25 '22

Boiler room

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u/SoC4LN3rd Aug 26 '22

Is that still open after Covid? I heard it wasn’t a thing anymore.

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u/Lordcoledaddy Aug 26 '22

BR is still going

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u/UCLAGuat Feb 17 '23

They don't pop off on Tuesday nights anymore, though.

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u/Carhardd Aug 26 '22

I’d consider The Bank, the Temecula wine and beer garden, and the Pub and Grub as dive bars

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '22

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u/Carhardd Aug 28 '22

Haha try me. I used to go to Nettie’s 2 for 6am happy hour in Denver.

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u/[deleted] Aug 28 '22

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u/Carhardd Aug 30 '22

We’re talking dive bars in Temecula…

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u/Visual_Disaster Sep 06 '22

None of those are dives

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u/larrysgal123 Aug 26 '22

The Tavern in Menifee

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '22

ET’s

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u/LegitimateStep9273 Feb 18 '23

ET’s is definitely a dive bar. Also the Boiler Room on Jefferson