Hensley's Pub & Grill Is Now Flying Elephant Pub & Grill

Have you guys been to this place since the ownership change?


After purchasing what is now the Flying Elephant Pub & Grill last year, Dave and Molly Anson, veterans of the restaurant and hospitality industry, have given the Carlsbad pub more than just a new name. From remodeling and landscaping, to creating new food and beverage specialties, the Ansons have focused on making the Flying Elephant Pub & Grill the premier live music and entertainment venue in North County San Diego. Featuring two stages, video screens throughout, and a state-of-the-art sound system, Flying Elephant Pub & Grill attracts local bands, artists and entertainers to perform in the restaurant’s intimate environment.


With fall and winter events that include the Creepy Creeps ZombieParty, The EMBALMERS Costume Party, Derby Girls fundraiser, Groove Kitty 80’s Rock, Punk Rock Food Drive, and ongoing open mic nights, Flying Elephant Pub & Grill has the ideal space to eat, drink, dance and rock throughout the night. The large back room offers a stage for live performances, projector and movie screen for film viewings, and a green room for entertainers.


“Flying Elephant Pub & Grill offers entertainment around every corner in a fun, safe and clean environment,” said Dave Anson, owner of Flying Elephant Pub & Grill. “We have private party rooms, billiards tables, dart boards and arcade games, and we’re hosting events and fundraisers, car shows, art shows, and great bands from around the country. If you haven’t visited us since we became Flying Elephant Pub & Grill, it’s time you check us out. We know you’ll have a great experience!”


The Ansons come from a long background in the restaurant and hospitality industry. With a strong desire to be involved in the local community and create a great atmosphere for San Diegans to enjoy live performances, host events and come together for great food, the two set their sights on what is now Flying Elephant Pub & Grill.


Flying Elephant Pub & Grill offers all-American cuisine, known for its burgers, pizzas, loaded tater tots, Elephant bites (pizza dough bites), vegan chili, chicken and waffles, and the infamous Bacon Bloody Mary. Happy Hour specials are offered throughout the week and all day Sunday, in addition to two-for-one burgers, pizzas and pastas, Monday through Wednesday, respectively.


Located at 850 Tamarack Ave in Carlsbad, Flying Elephant Pub & Grill is open seven days a week from 11:30 a.m. to midnight. With a convenient location just off the I-5, Flying Elephant Pub & Grill is North County San Diego’s destination for entertainment.


For more information, visit www.flyingelephantpub.com and join the conversation on Facebook at www.facebook.com/flyingelephantpub and Twitter at www.twitter.com/flyingepub.


About Flying Elephant Pub & Grill
Flying Elephant Pub & Grill is North County San Diego’s premier live music and entertainment venue. The Carlsbad pub offers an all-American cuisine, including burgers, pizzas, loaded tater tots, Elephant bites, vegan chili, and chicken and waffles, as well as a wide drink selection, including its infamous Bacon Bloody Mary. Flying Elephant Pub & Grill features two private rooms for holiday parties, corporate events and fundraisers, as well as two stages, video screens and a state-of-the-art sound system. Under the new ownership of Dave and Molly Anson, the Flying Elephant offers a safe, clean and fun environment. For more information, visit www.flyingelephantpub.com.

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Carlsbad's Top 10 Things to do

Carlsbad is a city full of interesting things to do. And yet, often it’s the locals who put off doing and seeing all the cool things the town has to offer. Below is a list of Carlsbad’s Top 10 Things To Do from clickoncarlsbad.com. How many of these have you done? How many are you planning to do?

1. The Beach
There’s a surprise, eh? For visitors, it is the reason all the hotels try to crowd as close to the water as possible, and for locals it is just about every other memory while growing up. And there are at least 10 different things to do at the beach. It is an all day proposition. The morning, while the marine layer still clings, is the perfect time to stroll on the sand looking for shells. As the day heats up there are multiple ways to take on the waves—surf, boogie, body and skim. Tired? Build a sand castle or bury your BFF. As evening comes, pull out the barbie and enjoy the mix of salt air and red meat. And don’t leave after the green flash, that’s when the wind dies down, the moon turns the water to silver and the grunion begin to run.

2. LEGOLAND
We were a sleepy little surf town until we were overrun by the two-to-12 crowd with a penchant for small, plastic bricks. Imagination is the playground of the young and LEGOLAND has many of those fairy tale destinations in miniature: Knights in castles, pirates in crows’ nests and dinosaurs in primeval—albeit plastic—landscapes. There are really more than a day’s worth of shows and attractions. Don’t miss the Firehouse show; it is why most Carlsbadians think the CFD should also sing and dance. And if you are one of those sacrificial parents who chose Carlsbad over Vegas, the Big Apple or the Big Easy, ditch the kids and head to Miniland, USA. Who says imagination is just for kids?

LEGOLAND
1 LEGOLAND Drive
(off Cannon Road E)
760.918.5346

legoland.com

3. The Flower Fields
For three months out of the year, the hills are alive with ooohs and aaahs. Locals remember growing up among row on row of bird of paradise (our city flower), carnations, gladiolas and, of course, ranunculus. The latter is our last stock in trade, but still the splendor of every spring. People from all over southern California make a pilgrimage every year to walk from color to color or let a tractor pull them through the glory of the blooms. And whether in bulb or bouquet, it is one of the few attractions where the sight is also the souvenir.

The Flower Fields
5704 Paseo Del Norte
760.431.0352

theflowerfields.com

4. Golf
Nick Faldo was once asked if he could live anywhere in the world other than the fairways of his birth, where it would be. He said Carlsbad, because it is the golf capital of the world. With our apologies to St. Andrews and Augusta, we heartily agree. Faldo reasoned that Carlsbad is home to Callaway, Titleist and TaylorMade and has a world-class course in La Costa. We also have Aviara and our new city course. The Crossings at Carlsbad is getting a reputation for honing a golfer’s ability to get out of tough rough, tricky traps and great lies. GOLF Magazine recently named it one of the top 10 new courses you can play.

The Crossings at Carlsbad • thecrossingscarlsbad.com

Four Seasons Aviara • fourseasons.com

La Costa Resort and Spa • lacosta.com

5. Spas
Carlsbad began with a spa. In 1882, John Frazier dug a well though everyone said he’d never find fresh water so near the ocean. The water was not merely fresh, he hit an artesian spring and the mineral content of the water was the same as the world-renowned waters of Karlsbad, Bohemia (now the largest spa city in Europe, Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic). Thus a name and an industry were born. And Carlsbad grew with a spa. Back in the ’60s as homes began to spring up around La Costa Resort & Spa, the city fathers annexed La Costa and more than doubled the size of Carlsbad. Now, whether you are looking to detoxify or relax, we have Roman waterfalls, herbal therapies or a hot stone massage in almost every corner of Carlsbad. We may not have originated the spa, but we are perfecting it with élan.

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Capitol Christmas tree chosen from Calif. forest

This holiday season, the U.S. Capitol Christmas tree will have California roots!

“Somewhere in the middle of a California forest stands a perfectly formed 65-foot white fir about to meet a glorious end as the U.S. Capitol Christmas tree.
Where, exactly, is top secret, though it is somewhere in the Stanislaus National Forest in the central Sierra Nevada mountains.

"It's a matter of national security," said Maria C. Benech, in all seriousness.

She is the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree Coordinator, for now at least. After the tree is safely delivered to the front of the U.S. Capitol, she'll go back to overseeing resources in the forest.

The tree is, indeed, a spectacular specimen, standing out like a verdant beauty queen amid scraggly competitors, at least in the photo the forest service provided. The shot shows only the top half of the tree and those around it to avoid identifying landmarks and keep its location guarded.

It was chosen based on shape and fullness, color and the condition of its foliage. No Charlie Brown tree would do. The Capitol needs a tree that looks cylindrical from all sides.

Earlier this year, rangers set out to find 30 potential candidates to show Ted Bechtol, supervisor of the U.S. Capitol Grounds Division. He toured the forest in July to make his selection from a group whittled to 15.

"He looked at them, then slept on it before making the final decision," Benech said.

The tree will be cut Nov. 5 and loaded on a tractor-trailer truck for a tour along a 4,500-mile route that begins with a jaunt through California's heartland, then roughly follows Interstate 40 across the U.S. Only a few days earlier, an environmental assessment report will be made public that will pinpoint the tree's precise location.

After that it will be guarded by law enforcement 24/7 to prevent both saboteurs and terrorists, Benech said.

The tradition of "The People's Tree" began in 1964, and the job of providing it rotates among national forests. This year, the Stanislaus National Forest was chosen to provide the tree, marking the fourth time the Capitol tree will come from California.

It will be decorated by 5,000 ornaments handmade by Californians. House Speaker John Boehner will light it along with a child from California on Dec. 6.
Come January, when the tree has served its purpose, it will be ground into mulch and spread across the Capitol gardens. It's not lost on Benech that a living entity will die to provide joy to so many.

"That's a pretty good way to go," Benech says. "The good news is we've got a million more of them out there. I think we'll be OK."

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