Long Beach Downtown and Belmont Shores Bars / Clubs? (Marina: hotel, trip)

[california_guy110]

I went down to look at CSU Long Beach but also looked at some other areas in LA so I spent my whole trip driving around and didn't get out of the car much since I just wanted to get a general idea of the areas, I'm planning to go back again to look more at certain areas but I am wondering what the clubs / bars in downtown Long Beach and Belmont Shores are like, are there just a couple of places in Belmont shores are is there a good selection of places to go, it seems like if you go past downtown Long Beach it turns into a bad area, is it usually safe downtown at nights?

[NaplesRes]

Belmont Shore has everything from family places to college bars. The Thursday night crowd (LBSU crowd) go to Acapulco Inn (AI), Shannon's Bay Shore, and Murphy's. There's also a place down the street in Naples (Crows) that draws a college crowd from time to time.

Downtown has a bit of a younger crowd on Thursday from what I hear. On the weekend it seems to be a little older. It's safe along Pine, Ocean, etc. Once you start going inland it gets a little sketchy.

[dougnaie]

Also, I hear that there is sort of a weekend club at the Seaport Marina Hotel called Sachi - never been myself, but lots of twenty something kids of my friends talk about it as a fun place to go. Worth checking out.

[california_guy110]

So Belmont Shores is pretty dead on the weekends? Well I'll probably be going back down there again so I can check out the area more before deciding to go to CSULB.

[dougnaie]

I am not sure about dead, really, I guess it depends on what you are used to. When I drive by the places mentioned by NaplesRes on the weekends, they look crowded and it seems like there are a lot of student age people...I would not say it's over the top, but it seems like the kids are having fun.

[Paula Lynn]

Belmont Shores & 2nd Street is never dead. Drive down 2nd Street at any given hour and it's packed.