La Jolla's Whaling Bar is back where it began
Photo gallery: The storied venue, which originally opened in 1949 and closed in 2013, returns to the La Valencia Hotel.
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Photo gallery: The storied venue, which originally opened in 1949 and closed in 2013, returns to the La Valencia Hotel.
The famed Whaling Bar is set to have its grand homecoming to the La Valencia Hotel later this month, ushering in a new era for a quintessential piece of La Jolla history.
A decade after the bar closed and was replaced with a now-shuttered bistro-style eatery, a prominent restaurant group is bringing an updated version of it back — including that mural of the whales
Over a decade after the bar in the La Valencia Hotel closed and was replaced by a now-shuttered bistro, a prominent restaurant group is opening an updated version this month — complete with its famed whale mural.
Return of bar at original La Valencia Hotel location will include features requested in survey: booths, a dark space and comeback of mural