Originally Posted by
H2oSki2Fast
About a 5 minute cab ride.
Blue Water Grill is good, it's on the water. If you are going to be hanging out for any length of time, the atmosphere at the other places I mentioned are better, but thats my opinion.
Afterward, you can grab a cab and venture down the Balboa Peninsula to "Class of 47", a bar that has been around long enough that John Wayne used to hang out there. They have pool tables and a juke box. I have been there a few times and crowd is always fairly mellow.