The call
This page is kept as part of the dated record. The order notes below describe the place as Roger recommended it, not as it operates today.
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Food history
“Decent happy hour! Good appetizers and brewskie prices! Awesome spot to watch football,etc.”
American
Roger rated this 3 stars, calling the happy hour decent with good appetizers and beer prices, and a solid spot to watch football.
Elephant Bar Restaurant's Rancho Bernardo location is listed as closed; its parent company shuttered 16 locations in a 2014 Chapter 11 bankruptcy. This page keeps Roger's dated review as a record, not as a place to visit.
NBC 7 San Diego — Rancho Bernardo Elephant Bar closes as company shutters 16 locations in Chapter 11 bankruptcy (2014-06-25) ↗This page is kept as part of the dated record. The order notes below describe the place as Roger recommended it, not as it operates today.
Source-backed notes
“Decent happy hour! Good appetizers and brewskie prices! Awesome spot to watch football,etc.”
Roger liked the happy hour deals on apps and beer at this Rancho Bernardo chain restaurant, calling it a good spot to catch a football game. (From an unpublished Yelp draft review, never posted publicly.)
Stay in the neighborhood

San Diego's only restaurant-winery-brewery combo under one roof, in Rancho Bernardo, where Roger called the food bomb alongside great service and a full lineup of wine and craft beer.

Roger rated this historic Rancho Bernardo winery 3 stars, praising the wine and its quiet North County setting close to the city.
A Rancho Bernardo Chinese buffet Roger rated 3 stars as solid but typical, calling out the sea bass, decent crab legs, good fruit selection, and Dreyer's ice cream as highlights, while noting Central San Diego diners are better off at Great Moon in PB.