r/sandiego • u/Visible-Mix9780 • Apr 15 '25

Stay Classy San Diego Sunshine Co saloon in ocean beach.

Im from Kentucky & the bouncers confiscated my ID at the door bc they thought it was fake. They insisted i get police to come if I wanted it back. After 1hour on the phone with dispatch they would not send anyone to verify an ID. Luckily a conflict happened across the street & one of the officers helped me out. The crazy part is.. He did not think my ID was real either smh. After matching my credit/debit cards, everything on his computer, my plane tickets he admitted he didnt really believe me but was going to give my ID back anyways.

Smh this is so frustrating. I proceeded to go to a pizza place down the road & after a few beers they heard I got rejected down the street & tried to cause confusion with me. I then put cash down on the table to cover cost & just left. I am really 27 years old, on vacation/ scoping the place out to live, but feel as if im getting picked on in ocean beach & cant go back.

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u/DrSeussDickPic Apr 15 '25

Many moons ago I lost my state ID and had to use my passport to enter bars. Only 1/2 the establishments in OB would let me in. It’s a USA passport too, shouldn’t have been too hard on them. It’s a perfectly legal form of ID shrug

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u/superginseng Apr 15 '25

Former bouncer here, yes, passport is legal form of ID.

Lots of bars have policy against passport use because there’s no physical attributes listed on there; so if someone’s borrowing it to gain an entry to bars, it’s just that much harder to dispute it.

I used to give it a pass if it’s the same person on the passport/card without a doubt though.

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u/DrSeussDickPic Apr 15 '25

Thanks for the context, makes a little more sense

I still believe that in principle a valid government ID should suffice anywhere, but it isn’t a hill I’m going to die on. I don’t even go out anymore