The Redondo Beach VFW Post 2828

All I can say about this joint is… Stiff drinks and cheap prices! They have bands play sometimes and karaōke once in a while. Great local dive bar.

I love the bartenders, they are all so fun and friendly. Great atmosphere! Really good drink at a really good price.

One of the Southbay’s hidden gems — RBVFW has the cheapest drinks, a welcoming crowd, and it’s right underneath your nose. You’ve probably driven or walked by 100 times within noticing it, but it’s worth asking google how to get there.

Cheapest beer in town. The hubby got an application to become a member and we are on like donkey kong!
Big plus: very nice, large, clean bathrooms!

Came here the other day to catch up with my prima and shoot the shit over some beers. You really gotta keep your eyes peeled for this non descript building or you’ll miss it just like I did. Once I finally found the place I walked in and noticed it was fairly small crowd inside, maybe ten people. Then again it was a weekday so that’s to be expected I guess. After signing my name in the guest book and donating a buck to the vets I was able to order a cold one. They serve Blue Moon in the bottle so I ordered one up and settled in. Everyone seemed to know each other but did not treat me like an outcast. From the bartender to the patrons everyone was friendly. At one point someone ordered shots for everyone in the bar. Not being one to turn down a rare free drink I obliged and down the hatch it went. Music was playing (via a jukebox I believe) and people were taking turns playing pool on the one pool table in the joint. Pretty cool spot right by the beach to kick back and sip on a cold one or two or three. I hear they have some punk shows here once in a while and it can get pretty loud and raucous at times. I’ll have to keep my eyes and ears open and go back and peep it out cuz I’m down with gettin’ a little rowdy at times. Freedom, Booze, and Punk Rock!!! Hell to the Yeah!

Our Redondo Beach VFW is not lit up with bright flashy neon so make sure you put the easy address (1000 N Catalina Ave) into your GPS! …once inside you’ll quickly learn how great it is that a club like this still exists! …between live music, a game of pool, great conversation with the locals over inexpensive drinks you’ll learn to really appreciate the VFW Post 2828! :)

HOOOOLY SHIIIIIT!!! I never thought for a moment I would see my V.F.W. on here. I found it completely by accident one day while trying to find a short cut to the beach. I saw the little match box building which stands right behind the Redondo Beach Harbor sign and right behind Albertsons and figured «hey I’m a veteran might as well stop in and have a beer and sign up’…lol well let me tell you cousin, the first character I met was Paul the 6’4 maniac (aka; The Big Show) that I could barely understand what he was saying, he was already on a good one when I walked in and basically we almost came to blows… then he realized that I was a vet and started giving me free beers and shots while speaking some sort of South bay gibberish I could barely comprehend. About that time a guy call Louie walked in; Louie happened to be a former Marine himself and after a cordial introduction we started talking shop and Marine shit… well about 3 shot and 5 beers later he felt I wasn’t taking him serious enough so he climbed up on the bar and dropped his pants saying «THIS…THIS IS HOW SERIOUS I AM’…LOL…I couldn’t f*ckin believe this guy. Cheri (Scary Cheri), South Bay Cheri) or as I call her Big Momma was the next bartender I met and she basically was the matriarch of the joint, Sean the bar manager, Dan (Commander Dan). These people are all south bay natives and everybody knows everybody there. Where else could I sit and chat with Veterans from WWII to Iraq to the tattooed up locals that frequent the joint. Young and old alike keep this place preeeeety interesting. And if you come around enough you might catch a punk night that’s sends the place Richter!

This is one of those places I would have never found on my own & I can’t imagine many people notice it as they walk by. I heard about it through a co-​worker whos band plays there sometimes. It was hard to find because it is not clearly marked, the entrance is in the back, and the building is the size of a cardboard box.
It is actually a Veteran of Foreign Wars Post, the walls are covered with nostalgic war/​beer advertisements. The bartenders were friendly and hillarious, making interesting conversation, throwing drinks to people and leaving the bar to dance with the band. The drinks… stiff and cheap.
I think I was there on an extraordinary night, because there were 3 punk bands playing. It was an interesting mix of 20somethings and over 40 year-​olds. On a regular night, I would assume that the crowd in generally older.
I had a great time while I was there and would definitely go back if I was in Redondo Beach.