Turf Supper Club
One of San Diego's best watering holes is quite literally a bar and grill.
Synopsis
A grill-yer-own steak joint for the swinging hipster set. It has an attitude that newer places strive for.
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Turf Supper Club • 1116 25th St • San Diego, CA 92101-2105 • map
(619) 234-6363
Neighborhood: Golden Hill
Dress code: Skin art and vintage threads
Hours:
Sunday 1pm - midnight
Monday & Tuesday 5pm - midnight
Wednesday - Friday 5pm - 2am
Saturday 1pm - 2am
Comments
Tucked into an unassuming neighborhood, the Turf Club is one of San Diego's unique restaurant experiences. The place feels like it was pulled from some long lost time in American history, when it was ok to use horseshoes as decoration, stiff cocktails were served with little umbrellas, the women wore dresses, and the men wore hats. Also, everyone grilled their own meat.
The patrons and staff are a noisy, friendly bunch, smartly dressed and sporting more tattoos than necessary. On weekends, it is intimately crowded at night. Wait for your table at the bar, where the strong cocktails are prepared by experts.
The meat arrives raw, wrapped in plastic. You're in charge of cooking your beef and toasting your bread. The Turf Club provides a small grill, a pair of tongs, a spatula for everyone to share. Here's a grillwork hint: rub more salt than expected onto each side of your steak, apply black pepper, and grill away. Ignore the temptations of the communal bottles of ketchup, steak sauce, mustard, and worcestershire sauce.
The jukebox has a good mix of Hank Williams, Ella Fitzgerald, the Squirrel Nut Zippers, and Devo. Sunday evenings, there's a guy playing the piano, and it's fascinating to hear him bridge from The Girl from Ipanema through The Smiths and into the theme from The Jeffersons.
Finally, do not wear anything you do not want to smell like meat. The Turf Club stays with you long after you leave.
Menu
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Synopsis
A grill-yer-own steak joint for the swinging hipster set. It has an attitude that newer places strive for.
Data
Turf Supper Club • 1116 25th St • San Diego, CA 92101-2105 • map
(619) 234-6363
Neighborhood: Golden Hill
Dress code: Skin art and vintage threads
Hours:
Sunday 1pm - midnight
Monday & Tuesday 5pm - midnight
Wednesday - Friday 5pm - 2am
Saturday 1pm - 2am
Comments
Tucked into an unassuming neighborhood, the Turf Club is one of San Diego's unique restaurant experiences. The place feels like it was pulled from some long lost time in American history, when it was ok to use horseshoes as decoration, stiff cocktails were served with little umbrellas, the women wore dresses, and the men wore hats. Also, everyone grilled their own meat.
The patrons and staff are a noisy, friendly bunch, smartly dressed and sporting more tattoos than necessary. On weekends, it is intimately crowded at night. Wait for your table at the bar, where the strong cocktails are prepared by experts.
The meat arrives raw, wrapped in plastic. You're in charge of cooking your beef and toasting your bread. The Turf Club provides a small grill, a pair of tongs, a spatula for everyone to share. Here's a grillwork hint: rub more salt than expected onto each side of your steak, apply black pepper, and grill away. Ignore the temptations of the communal bottles of ketchup, steak sauce, mustard, and worcestershire sauce.
The jukebox has a good mix of Hank Williams, Ella Fitzgerald, the Squirrel Nut Zippers, and Devo. Sunday evenings, there's a guy playing the piano, and it's fascinating to hear him bridge from The Girl from Ipanema through The Smiths and into the theme from The Jeffersons.
Finally, do not wear anything you do not want to smell like meat. The Turf Club stays with you long after you leave.
Menu
Links
If you know of anything else that belongs here, let me know. I just might add it.
posted by Doug Gates at 10:00 PM
14 Comments:
Yeah Turf Club Rocks!!!! Be sure to go down on the weekends when they have the piano player. Thanks for the link. I"ll add one to yours on my blog as well.
-simon
good martinis too.
Personally, one of my favorite things about going to eat at a restaurant is that OTHER people cook the food. The only thing I can think of that makes the Turf Club popular is that it's cheap? Who do you tip if you cook the food?
I myself am a personal home made chef with european traditions to show off in a cookery with. San Diego sounds like the place to be when you wanna go out and have fun. Im gonna go and check it out probably in the next 2 weeks.
-Kelly
Turf Club is a great place to eat. Thanks so much for sharing.
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oh~ I am getting hungry~~!!
We will go to San Diego soon.
We have to go this place!!
Thank you very much for your info!!
I don't see the point..... u have to go to a restaurent to cook your own steak and pay for an over priced experience all while being hungry and having to put up with a bunch of other people bragging about how they cook and getting in your way? I would end up grabbing a guy or a stuck up twit, because we all know how fake and pathetic women are her, and gently place their left side of their face on the grill then flip it. Especially if I was that hungry. No way I could enjoy myself there. I will stick to bbq at my house and continue to enjoy kicking the liberals out before they eat if they disagree with me. At least my nieghbors.
I bet every body burns their steaks anyways and nobody knows how to sear it and cook it just under med. Rare
Looks delish. I actually don't mind cooking that steak because restaurants usually don't get tbe rareness I want quite right. It's great that there's an "Grill Your Own" place in San Diego!
Perhaps in 2005 this was the palce to go. NO LONGER. RUDE SERVICE. AWFUL FOOD.
SKIP IT.
Strip Club downtown and Riviera Supper Club, La Mesa are alternatives if you need to cook your own steak -- in a restaurant.
THIS PLACE SUCKS
THANKS FOR SHARE WITH US....
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