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Flicks Video Bar

GayOut (20) 4.2

Google (380) 3.7

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Many visitors find Flicks Video Bar to be a fun and welcoming place with great music and vibes, where everyone is accepted. However, a significant number of reviews mention issues with rude bartenders and aggressive security guards, as well as concerns about the cleanliness of the bathrooms.

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1017 University Ave, Hillcrest, San Diego, CA 92103

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+1 619-297-2056

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About this place Flicks Video Bar

Flicks Video Bar is the Hillcrest institution that has survived long enough to become genuinely irreplaceable — a video bar on University Avenue that has been serving the neighbourhood's gay community for decades and that has maintained its format through the decline of the video bar as a broader nightlife category. The concept is simple: screens throughout the bar playing music videos, film clips, and themed content, with the programming shifting by night and by theme. What makes Flicks more than simply a bar with televisions is the culture that has developed around it — the regular clientele who come for specific nights and specific content, the conversation culture that the video format enables without the social pressure of a dance club, and the specifically Hillcrest character of the place. Flicks is located on University Avenue in the heart of the Hillcrest gay corridor, walkable from Urban Mo's and Rich's, and it occupies the social space of the neighbourhood bar rather than the destination club. For visitors who want to understand Hillcrest's community character beyond its headline venues, an evening at Flicks is the appropriate introduction.

Opening Hours

Closed

Monday 14:00-02:00

Tuesday 14:00-02:00

Wednesday 14:00-02:00

Thursday 14:00-02:00

Friday 14:00-02:00

Saturday 14:00-02:00

Sunday 14:00-02:00

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3.7

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380 reviews

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Trinity The Tuck May 2026

★★★★★

Love this place

Alejandro Guerrero May 2026

★★★★★

We used to frequent this place. But the last few times that we have gone one specific security guard has had it out for my husband. This last time as soon as we got out of the uber he mad dogged him and made sure he didn’t get in. Management need to make sure they security dosnet have their own agenda when they have clientele that has been going there for years.