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Nunu's Cocktail Lounge is a Hillcrest spot ranked #7 of 8 in our Best Dive Bars in San Diego list, scoring 87/100. Order the old fashioned in a red booth. A 1960s round-booth lounge that never modernized, and shouldn't.
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Score 87/100 · Order: Old fashioned in a red booth · $
Nunu's is a preserved mid-century cocktail lounge with red vinyl booths and low lighting, a few blocks off the Hillcrest bar strip. Drinks are strong and cheap, and the room feels like a set from a movie about 1965.
Local tip: Late nights get busy; the early evening is when the room is at its best.
Scored with our ranking methodology — dive-bars.
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