Hello Music Fans!

We have some great free shows coming up at Bailey Barbecue.  Tonight, Friday the 23rd, we welcome local troubadours Highway 79 for a free show at 8 pm.  The band plays a mix of acoustic classic rock, country and Americana.  Come a little early and you can enjoy our great taco or quesadilla special along with our smoked Wings and Sticks.  We’ll be serving up Pulled Chicken or Pulled Pork Tacos and as a special we have Corned Beef Tacos with a smoky Guajillo pepper salsa.  Our first two beers from Julian Brewing Company will be on tap – Bailey Pale Ale and a nitrogen tapped stout – along with 14 other great craft beers.

Saturday night the 24th we have a very special double header show featuring The Federal Reserve of Consumption and The Flocculators.  The Federal Reserve of Consumption is the house band from San Diego radio Station FM 94.9.  The Flocculators are the house band from Stone Brewing Company and feature head brewer Mitch Steele on lead guitar.  In honor of Mitch coming up to Baileys, we will be tapping two rare Stone ales – double dry hopped Cail-Belgique IPA, a Belgian inspired IPA and the brand new Mix Tape Volume 1, a blend of many different Stone ales made by owner Greg Kock and lead brewer Laura Ulrich.  Mitch will be around the bar to answer questions about the beers before the show from 7 to 8 pm.  This is another free show with no cover.  The FM 94.9 band will open at 8 pm with the Flocculators playing at around 10 pm.  I will be a special call in guest on FM 94.9 tonight for the Rock and Roll Happy from 7 to 8 pm – my guess is that I will be on in the later part of the show.

The kitchen does not yet know for sure what specials will be happening this weekend, but Vince did smoke some Filet Mignon and we will be doing some kind of Corned Beef sandwich on Saturday.  Chicken Pot Pies might well make it back on the menu for Saturday as well.  You can keep up to date will all of our latest food specials on our facebook page – www.facebook.com/baileybbq.

Next weekend we have two more great shows for you.  Our third free show will be Friday, March 30th featuring Chris Pawlicki and Paul Cruz performing as an acoustic duo.  I have no idea what they are going to play, but I know it will be fun to listen to.  The following night we welcome Julian locals The Smart Brothers.  The boys recently returned from Nashville and we are happy to be able to have them play at Baileys.  Expect folk pop Americana and a fun evening.  Both shows start at 8 pm.

I am brewing a hoppy pale/lighter IPA today.  No name yet – I will keep you posted.  I am hoping that it will be ready for release on Friday, April 6th.  Saturday, April 7th local rockers Malaki will play at 8 pm.  We will be CLOSED for Easter on Sunday, April 8th.  Here is a list of other upcoming shows, an even further out list of bands can be found at our website – www.baileybbq.com.

23 Mar – Friday – Highway 79 – FREE SHOW!

24 Mar – Saturday – Double Bill with the The Federal Reserve of

Consumption (FM 94.9 House Band) and The Flocculators

(Stone Brewing House Band)

30 Mar – Friday – Paul Cruz and Chris Pawlicki, Acoustic – Free Show

31 Mar – Saturday – The Smart Brothers – Folk Pop/Americana
7 Apr – Saturday – Malaki – Alternative Rock
14 Apr – Saturday – Jann Browne and the Dangerous Neighbors –

Modern Country, $10 Cover

21 Apr – Saturday – Wathen Clan Band – Rock and Classic Rock

27 Apr – Friday – Natural Selection – Alternative Rock

28 Apr – Saturday – Triple Bill with Santos, Midnight Rivals and

Behind the Wagon – Rock and Alt. Country
On Saturday, April 14th we will be participating in the Taste of Julian with our beers from Julian Brewing Company.  The event is a self guided taste tour of Julian’s restaurants, wineries, brewery and cidery from 1 pm to 5 pm.  Tickets are $20 and we have them on sale at Baileys or you can buy them at the town hall.  Tickets will be $25 the day of the event, so make plans to buy them in advance.  You can find complete information on who is participating at: http://www.jma.memberlodge.org/TOJ.  In addition to great food and beverage, there will also be art displays by local artists.  It is a great excuse to and see what Julian has to offer – and drink some of our great beer.  California Country Artist of the Year winner Jann Browne and the Dangerous Criminals will be playing that night.  The show will have a $10 cover.

That is your Bailey Barbecue and Julian Brewing Company update for now.  Look for our beer to be at the San Diego Real Ale Festival at Pizza Port Carlsbad on April 13th and 14th.  We’ll see you soon for some great live music up in the hills.  Cheers, Tom

Hello from the Winter Wonderland of Julian!

The big news this week is that our first batch of beer for Julian Brewing Company is in the fermentor and it is tasting great.  It is the first commercial beer brewed in Julian in more than 120 years.  The first beer will be Bailey Pale Ale, named for the town founder, Dru Bailey.  The garage of the historic Bailey house is the home for our 3.5 barrel brewery (about 7 kegs at a time).  The beer was brewed with 100% locally grown hops from the Star B Ranch in Santa Ysabel.  I am hoping to release the beer on tap on Friday, March 9th.  For sure, it will be on tap no later than Saturday, March 10th.

I have started a brewery-specific Facebook page for the brewery at www.facebook.com/julianbrewing.  I will post up there and on the Bailey Barbecue Facebook page (www.facebook.com/baileybbq) if the release party will indeed by on the 9th.  If all goes well, the beer will be on tap by 5 pm on the 9th.  We have some other great new beers on tap in the saloon.  We just tapped our last keg of Sierra Nevada Celebration for the season.  Our latest Belgian ale on tap is Malheur 10, a strong golden beer with a nice touch of hops that is way to easy to drink for its strength.  Malheur, which translates to “little misfortune” is one of my favorite Belgian breweries.

Music Updates

We also have a great month of music for March with a total of 8 shows, 4 of which will have no cover.  We are trying to book more Friday shows with the plan to book every Friday and Saturday between 4th of July and Thanksgiving.  Bill Everett will be hosting an Open Mic Night this Friday, March 2nd at 8 pm in the Saloon.  There will be no cover for the show.  Our last Open Mic night brought out a great group of musicians.  So please help us support our local music scene and come enjoy an fun evening in the barn.

Saturday, March 3rd we welcome Rushed, a Rush tribute band, to Julian for the first time.  This show is a must for any Rush fan.  The talented San Diego-based power trio plays early Rush classics.  The show will start around 8 pm and there will be a $5 cover, all of which goes straight to the band.

Here is the complete March Line up:

2 Mar – Friday – Open Mic Night – No cover
3 Mar – Saturday – Rushed – Rush Tribute Band
10 Mar – Saturday – G String Daddies – Rock, Rockabilly and Blues
17 Mar – Saturday – St. Patrick’s Day Party with Left Hand Thread
23 Mar – Friday – Highway 79 – FREE SHOW – Americana
24 Mar – Saturday – Double Bill with the The Federal Reserve of Consumption (FM 94.9 House Band) and The Flocculators (Stone Brewing House Band) – FREE SHOW!
30 Mar – Friday  – Chris Pawlicki and Paul Cruz, Acoustic  – FREE SHOW!
31 Mar – Saturday – The Smart Brothers – Folk Pop/Americana

The weekend of our first beer release from Julian Brewing Co. we welcome the G String Daddies, playing rock, rockabilly and blues on Saturday, March 10th.  Local rockers Left Hand Thread will play our St. Patrick’s Day party that will feature Guinness on tap, Irish Car Bombs and we have two 12 year old Irish Whiskeys – Knappogue Castle 12 Year Irish Single Malt and Jameson Special Reserve 12 Year Whiskey.  And of course there will be plenty of Corned Beef for everyone.

Locals Highway 79 start the first of 3 FREE SHOWS on Friday, March 23rd.  The next night we have a unique double bill with the house band from San Diego radio station FM 94.9 and the house band from the great Stone Brewing Company.  We’ll have several Stone beers on special along with a meet the brewmaster as head brewer Mitch Steel is in the band and will be at Baileys.  The following Friday, March 30th, local troubadours Chris Pawlicki and Paul Cruz team up for a free night of acoustic music.  And to cap off the month we will have the Smart Brothers return to Julian.

The March music schedule is attached here as a PDF file.  Feel free to print it out and post it as you see fit, or share with your friends.  You can see the complete list of the bands we have booked so far at our website at: http://baileybbq.com/entertainment/.

We already have a number of shows booked for April including Malaki on April 7th and a very special show on April 14th with Jann Browne and the Dangerous Nieghbors, which will have a $10 cover.  Other great shows to look forward to include the Fremonts coming to Baileys to do a live recording in May and the return of Derailed on June 30th.  For you blues fans, make plans to come up here on the 16th of June for the Julian Blues Bash.

More News

The Taste of Julian is coming up on Saturday, April 14th from 1 to 5 pm.  We will be participating with samples of beer from Julian Brewing Company.  Local wineries and restaurants will be offering up samples of their wares on this self-guided culinary tour.  We have tickets available at the restaurant, they are $20 each in advance and include samples from all of the participating locations.  Tickets will be $25 on the day of the event.  You can find complete information at the Julian Merchants Association website at: http://www.jma.memberlodge.org/TOJ.

We have gotten some nice press for the brewery so far, before our first beer is even released.  Peter Rowe from the Union Tribune wrote about our first brew day in his blog, Brewery Rowe: http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/feb/20/julian-enjoys-fresh-sip-beer-history/.  And West Coaster Magazine, a local beer focused monthly paper that we have available for free at the restaurant, named Julian Brewing Company as one its 12 to watch in 2012.  Read the article here: http://www.westcoastersd.com/2012/02/13/12-to-watch-in-2012/.  And though a little older, this was nice write up by local food writer Candice Woo in San Diego Magazine last fall: http://www.sandiegomagazine.com/Blogs/Sip/Summer-2011/New-Beer-and-BBQ-for-Julian/.

The weather is already clear and sunny this morning and the temperatures are expected to be in the 60s all weekend.  There is still some snow on the ground in town, but you will find lots of snow up on the Sunrise Highway over Mt Laguna, just southeast of Julian.  All of the local peaks are still capped in snow.

That about does it for our Julian updates.  Look for amazing Clam Chowder soup on Friday and Saturday.  We have our incredible smoked chicken wings and drumsticks available every Thursday and Friday and this weekend you will also be able to get them Sunday evening for dinner.  Vince should have his Burnt Ends Beef Brisket Sandwich on special all weekend as well.  You can get $1 off any draft beer or cocktail every Thursday night from 4 pm to Close.  And check out our new Liquor Menu in the saloon featuring some great house cocktails.

We’ll see you soon for great Barbecue, Music and some locally brewed Julian Brewing Company beer!

Cheers, Tom

Tom Nickel
Bailey Barbecue and Julian Brewing Company
2307 Main St., Julian
www.baileybbq.com
www.facebook.com/baileybbq
www.facebook.com/julianbrewing

Hello From Winter Wonderland!

There is already a good amount of snow on the ground in Julian and more is supposed to fall Thursday night.  We’ve got a three day weekend coming up and mostly clear skies forecast for it, making it a perfect time to come see Winter in action in San Diego County.  We have two live music shows this weekend and we will be opening for lunch on Thursday this week at 11:30 am – stop in or phone in an order for pick up.  The Bailey Barbecue will also be open all day on Monday the 20th for Presidents Day.  Read on for all of the details.

This Weekend

Since there is so much snow on the ground, we decided to open up early on Thursday and serve lunch.  We’ll have a full menu of sandwiches, salads, barbecue plates and delicious chicken pot pies.  Our popular Wings and Sticks – smoked chicken wings and full drumsticks tossed in our spicy house wing sauce – will be on the menu for both Thursday and Friday, and hopefully Monday as well.  We’ll open at 11:30 am and serve food until 8 pm on Thursday, with the saloon serving drinks until 10 pm.  Look for mulled cider on the menu – it is also great with a little spiced rum in it.  All draft beers and cocktails are $1 off from 4 pm to Close every Thursday night.

Friday the 17th we will be open normal hours in the kitchen, 11:30 am to 8 pm, but the saloon will be open until midnight due to the live music show with the High Plains Drifters.  The band plays every week down at the Kraken in Cardiff.  The group is full of talented musicians that sound great.  Look for lots of classic rock with a little bit of classic country thrown into the mix.  Its great music for a good time and easy to dance to.  The band will kick off at 8 pm and play until midnight.

Saturday night we will host the Sofa Kings featuring local guitar hero Harry Joe Reynolds.  Harry is a great guitar player and also has a fine singing voice.  They’ll start the show at 8 pm and again go until midnight.  Two great nights of live music, dancing and good times.

Sunday we’ll be open 11:30 am to 8:30 pm and on Presidents Day, Monday the 20th, we’ll be open 11:30 am to 8 pm.  On Monday from 4-8 pm we will be doing our great pitcher special – just $13 for any of our 16 great draft beers.  If the wings are around, I will post it up on our Facebook page.  If you are not already a fan, click to like us and follow our regular updates at www.facebook.com/baileybbq.

More Music

I am really excited about the next few months of music.  We have a ton of great bands booked and we are adding more Friday shows all the time.  Next weekend we welcome the Phil Diiorio Band back to Baileys.  Phil is a great guitarist and he plays lots of Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix and other classic rock and blues.

The following weekend, we will have our second Open Mic Night hosted by Bill Everett on Friday, March 2nd.  The last one went great and we are looking to do more Open Mic nights throughout the year.  Bring your instrument and sign up to play.  Bill will be setting up his PA system for the night.  And if you don’t play, come out to support the great musical talent we have up here.  There is no cover for the Open Mic night.

The very next night is a band I am super excited about, Rushed – an evening of Rush on Saturday, March 3rd.  This San Diego based power trio will play all of the early hits from the great Canadian power trio.  This is the first time the band has played up here and I can’t wait to see them.  The drummer is also in a Steve Miller tribute band called Wild Mountain Honey that you can look forward to seeing some time this summer at the Bailey.

Looking further ahead, the G String Daddies will bring their brand of blues and rock to the Bailey Saloon for the first time on Saturday, March 10th.  We will have a free show featuring Highway 79 on Friday, March 16th.  Left Hand Thread will be entertaining us for our big St. Patrick’s Day party on Saturday, March 17th.  We’ll have Guinness on tap, beer from Julian Brewing Company, Irish Car Bombs and great corned beef on special.

The Smart Brothers return to Julian on March 31st and make your reservations to stay up in Julian for the return of Derailed on Saturday, June 30th.  To find even more band listings, check out our website at www.baileybbq.com.  You can also find our current tap list on there along with links on places to stay in the Julian area.

Last Bites

Julian Brewing Company is almost ready to go.  We hopefully will be getting the last of our parts in this week and be ready to brew sometime over the weekend.  The first brew may need to wait until next week with a busy holiday weekend expected, but we should be able to release our first beer in early March.  I will certainly be posting updates on the Facebook page.  Local woodsmith Don Madison is working on custom tap handles for us.  And the brewery will be participating in the Taste of Julian on April 14th.

I would like to thank everyone who came out to support our benefit show last week with 50 Cal, Natural Selection and Outta Line.  We raised $1200 for the family of Jose Cruz – it was great to see so many people support the family.  50 Cal will be coming back for some all ages shows in the Summer.  And Outta Line is working on putting together some full sets of AC/DC covers and Judas Priest covers.  We will be bringing them back soon.

We have free Wi-Fi in the restaurant and saloon for Bailey Barbecue customers.  And as always, there is parking right behind the restaurant in our lot just off A Street.  If you have enjoyed your time at the Bailey Barbecue, please consider writing a short review online at either www.yelp.com or www.tripadvisor.com.  It would be greatly appreciated.

If you ever want to figure out what the weather is like up here, which is hard, this is a good link: http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/hdfForecast?query=92036.  You can check weather stations all over the greater Julian area – the weather varies greatly with changes in elevation.  In addition to being good for current weather conditions, it has a pretty reliable forecast that goes up to 10 days.

That is your good barbecue and brew news from Julian.  Comments, suggestions and constructive criticism are always welcome – just reply to this email.  If you ever want to be removed from our list, just reply back with the word unsubscribe in the body of the email.  We’ll see you up here soon for a fun snow day.  Cheers, Tom

Greetings Friends,

Here is the music schedule for the month of February 2012 at the Bailey BBQ in Julian.

Please forward this to anyone who might be interested.

4^th – Saturday – Wild Nite

10th – Friday – Benefit show for the family of Jose Crux 7 pm to Midnight

11^th – Saturday – Natural Selection

17^th – Friday – High Plains Drifters

18^th – Saturday – The Sofa Kings with Harry Joe Reynolds

25^th – Saturday – Phil Diiorio & The Knife Edge

March 2^nd – Friday – Acoustic Open Mic hosted by Bill Everett

Hope to see you there, Bill Everett, plus:

This weekend for Superbowl Sunday we will be featuring $13 pitchers of draft beer during the game from 3 pm until 9 pm. The San Diego Union-Tribune named the Bailey Barbecue as one of the top beer destinations to watch the Super Bowl at. I will say that we have to be the best place in San Diego county above 4200 feet at which to watch the big game. Here is the link to the write up: http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/feb/01/peters-picks-top-beer-bars-for-super-bowl/. Come watch the game on our big screen TV with your friends and enjoy great food and beer.

We are hoping to have our smoked chicken wings available during the game as well, but I won’t know for sure until Sunday. I will certainly post up on our Facebook page on Sunday whether or not we are going to have them. You can check it out at www.facebook.com/baileybbq.

And speaking of the internet, we have updated our web site at www.baileybbq.com with a new tap list that shows what we are currently pouring, an expanded list of upcoming bands and a page for local links including places to stay in the Julian area.

We have a special benefit show coming up that is not on the music schedule on Friday, February 10th for the family of Jose Cruz. Jose worked for us during Apple Days and he unexpectedly passed away in January. He leaves behind a wife and three daughters. We are going to have a triple bill of local bands – 50 Cal, Natural Selection and Outta Line play on the 10th starting at 7 pm and 100% of the $5 cover charge will be given to the family. We will also be donating $1 from every drink served at the bar Friday night to his family as well. Here is the timing of the bands:

7 pm – 50 Cal – All Ages from 7 pm to 8 pm.
8 pm – Natural Selection
10 pm – Outta Line

Please come out and enjoy some great music and help us raise money for Jose’s family. If you can’t make it by, we’ll have a tip jar at the bar all weekend long that we will donate to the family. Natural Selection will be doing a full show on Saturday the 11th.

We will be open all day on Monday, February 20th for President’s Day. We will have TWO live shows that weekend with the High Plains Drifters on Friday the 17th and The Sofa Kings featuring Harry Joe Reynolds on the 18th. I am hoping that we will be able to release our first beer from Julian Brewing Company by the end of the month. The first Friday in March we will host another open Mic night. And make plans to join us for St. Patrick’s Day with Corned Beef and Cabbage, Guinness on Draft and tunes from Left Hand Thread. Hope to see you at the Bailey soon.

Cheers, Tom

Hello Beer and Barbecue Fans!

It sure hasn’t felt much like winter up in the mountains lately.  The weather will be cooling back down a little this weekend but the sunshine is supposed to continue.  We have some great bands booked over the next few months already including a great show from The Fremonts this Saturday.  I have an update on our hours for the upcoming holiday weekend along with some food specials and new beers on tap.

Bands

This Saturday at 8 pm we will welcome back The Fremonts, a great blues band that plays gulf coast R & B that makes you want to get up and dance.  You can check them out online at: www.thefremonts.com.  The band’s second album won Blues Album of the Year in 2006 at the San Diego Music Awards.  Next weekend we will host local guitar hero Roy Wathen and the Wathenclan Band on the 21st.   The band features local character Sponge Bob on bass.  And rounding out the month of January is the Pescadero Pickers, who play self described Hillbilly Blues.

February will be a full month of music with 2 Friday shows already booked.  We’ll start the month with Wild Night on Saturday the 4th.  For Valentines Day weekend we’ll have free show with local troubadours Highway 79 on Friday the 10th at 8 pm.  Saturday the 11th we have local rockers Natural Selection at 8 pm.  Over President’s day weekend High Plains Drifters will play on Friday the 17th and the Sofa Kings with Harry Joe Reynolds will entertain us on the 18th, both shows at 8 pm.  We will be open all day, Monday the 20th for the Presidents Day holiday.  Our $5 cover for the music shows goes directly to the band.

Looking further ahead, there will be an Open Mic night on Friday, March 2nd and the Smart Brothers return to Julian on Saturday March 31st.  We are gearing up for our big St. Patrick’s Day Party on Saturday the 17th.  We will have Guinness Stout on tap, Beer Boiled Corned Beef, lots of Jameson, a great 12 year old Irish Single Malt Whiskey and hopefully some great house brewed beer!

Saloon and Brewery News

We have a lot of great beer on tap right now, but that is becoming pretty standard.  From Alpine we have Nelson IPA, a rye IPA made with very aromatic New Zealand hops that give the beer an almost tropical fruit note.  When the Nelson is gone, look for Alpine’s flagship double IPA Pure Hoppiness to be on tap.  Blind Pig IPA is still flowing – a very drinkable 6.2% IPA with plenty of hop flavor.  Our dark beer right now is Airdale Dark and Stormy Imperial Stout.  It is a big 9% alcohol stout.  Airdale is owned by a former Navy helicopter pilot who lives in San Diego.  And our Belgian-style beer tap is occupied by Sierra Nevada Ovila Quad, a big, malty brown ale that is a collaboration with monks at the Abbey of New Clairvaux in Northern California.

The bar list continues to expand.  We just got in Revel Spiced Whiskey.  It goes great with the raw Julian cider to make what we call a Whiskey Jack.  The raw cider also blends well with spiced rum and cinnamon vodka.  Carri is serving up traditional Lemon Drop shots in the bar where you suck on a slice of lemon.  And the cooler weather makes it the perfect time to enjoy our house shot, the Snowshoe.  It is a warming mix of Rumple Minze and Wild Turkey 101.

Our 3 barrel brewing system will be arriving today, Friday the 13th.  We have cleared out the Bailey House garage and should be making beer by the end of the month with a first beer released by the end of February.  The first brew will be a Pale Ale-style beer brewed with all local hops grown in Santa Ysabel at Star B Ranch.  It will be the first time in over 120 years that there will be an operational brewery in Julian.  Look for something dark, likely a well hopped stout, as beer number 2.  I also have a nice selection of New Zealand grown hops that I will be using very soon.

Hours and Grub

We will be open all day on Monday, January 16th for Martin Luther King day from 11:30 am to 8 pm.  We’ll do our great $13 pitcher special on any of the draft beers from 4 until close.  This Monday will be our last regular Monday open for a while.  We will be open on all Monday holidays, but our normal hours will now revert to Thursday through Sunday for the rest of the winter.  We will be looking to expand the hours as we get past the time change and the weather gets warmer.

On Thursday and Friday we are now offering great tacos in addition to our smoked chicken wings.  Get two tasty tacos for just $6 with a rotating selection of meats including pulled pork, chicken and skirt steak.  The kitchen tops them with onion, cilantro and an avocado sauce.  We are also going to start opening at 4 pm on Thursdays instead of 5 pm from now on.  Every Thursday night we offer $1 off all draft beers and cocktails, so a great draft beer is just $4 all night.

This weekend, look for a Smoked Pork Loin Medallion special from the kitchen on Saturday night and we’ll have Loaded Potato Soup topped with cheese, green onion and bacon.  We’ll have two types of coleslaw from Lindsey this weekend – our house Julian Slaw, which is cider based and has apples, and a new Creamy Coleslaw which is more traditional.  Both are delicious so you can pick your favorite.  We are now serving hot dogs and french fries as a kids special.

If you need a place to stay, and there are lots of great places to stay around Julian, visit the Chamber of Commerce page at: http://www.julianca.com/.  If you want to check out something cool in town visit The Old Well, a record and vintage clothing store on B Street one block off Main Street.  It still has the original stone well for Julian inside the building that is very impressive.  And the store has a real nice selection of vinyl records.

We are updating our website at www.baileybbq.com.  We’ll have new pages and new content including a tap list over the next few weeks.  You can get daily updates on what is happening on our Facebook page www.facebook.com/baileybbq.  You can always phone in an order to-go at 760-765-3757.  Both the restaurant and the saloon have free wi-fi.  And we have free parking for Bailey customers in the parking lot behind the restaurant off A Street.

Thanks for all of the support in 2011.  I hope to see you soon up in the mountains.  Cheers, Tom

We are very happy to welcome back The Fremonts, a great San Diego blues band playing gulf coast R&B this Saturday, January 14th at 8 pm.
We have some great beers on tap right now including Alpine Nelson, a rye IPA brewed with New Zealand hops and Russian River’s Blind Pig IPA. Look for a keg of Alpine Pure Hoppiness coming on tap soon.
We’ll be open at 4 pm on Thursday and then all day Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday starting at 11:30 am. Monday is Martin Luther King day and we’ll be open 11:30 am to 8 pm. Join us for a great weekend up in the mountains. Cheers, Tom

We have a great weekend for you at Bailey Barbecue coming up. The fall
foliage is beautiful and the air has a clean chill to it to remind you
that winter is coming. Friday night, the 18th, we have an Open Mic Night
hosted by Bill Everett with no cover. Tunes start at 8 pm and last
through the night. Saturday the 19th we have Behind the Wagon coming up
from San Diego. Continue reading →

Hello BBQ and Football Fans!

Just a quick update on what is happening the next two weeks at Bailey
Barbecue in Julian. We’ll have live music this Saturday night, October
22nd at 8 pm with the Jerry McCann band playing some great rock and
roll. The Saloon will be open until midnight on Saturday with 16 draft
beers, full bar and the kitchen open until at least 8 pm and the fryer
on for appetizers until 8:30 pm. We’ll open at 11:30 am on both Friday
and Saturday. Continue reading →

Hello Beer and BBQ Fans,

It is going to be a beautiful weekend in the mountains after a bit of fire and rain.  The fire is out and the rain has passed leaving just the sunshine and mountain air.  We have a great menu lined up for this weekend including Vince’s Beef Short Ribs and Lindsey’s Chili Pot Pie.  The big news from the kitchen is that our baker Vicki Newman took first place in the Julian Women’s Club annual Pie Contest during the Apple Days Festival last weekend.  The first place pie was our Annie Bailey’s Apple Pear Crumb Pie which is made with Julian apples and local pears picked at Menghini Winery.  Annie Bailey was the wife of town founder Dru Bailey, who is also the namesake for the restaurant.  The original Bailey House from 1876 still stands on our property (though with a little lean to it). Continue reading →