PB Night Market: One Parking Lot, Fire Pits, and About a Dozen Food Vendors, Once a Month
The last Thursday of every month, 5 to 9:30, a private lot at Bayard and Garnet turns into a small food market with fire pits, lawn games and live music — 150 steps from the ocean.
Overview
This is the smallest thing in our markets guide, and that's rather the point.
The PB Night Market isn't a certified farmers market, isn't run by the Pacific Beach business district, and doesn't close any streets. It's a roughly 3,000-square-foot private parking lot at the corner of Bayard Street and Garnet Avenue, filled once a month with nine to twelve food vendors, some fire pits, lawn games and a guy playing music.
It was started in February 2026 by Jay Michaels, a beach-area native who curates it, and who says plainly it "wasn't built on a traditional business plan aimed at monetization." It shows, in a good way.
Go for dinner and a drink outdoors on a Thursday evening a block from the sand. Don't go expecting produce — there isn't any.
What You Need to Know
When: The last Thursday of every month, 5–9:30 p.m.
Next market: Thursday, September 24, 2026
Where: The lot at the corner of Bayard Street and Garnet Avenue, Pacific Beach, San Diego, CA 92109 — the parking lot attached to 875 Garnet Ave
Cost: Free to attend
Certified? No. This is a privately curated event on private property, not a California Certified Farmers Market
Vendors: Nine to twelve food vendors
Parking: Metered streets, enforced until 10 p.m. seven days a week. See below — this one matters
Info: @pbnightmarket on Instagram
Don't Confuse It With the Tuesday Market
Pacific Beach has two markets on nearly the same corner and they are completely different events.
The PB Tuesday Farmers Market is a California Certified Farmers Market on Bayard Street, Tuesdays 2–7 p.m., run by Discover Pacific Beach. It takes SNAP/EBT, Market Match and WIC. That's your produce market.
The PB Night Market is this one — monthly, Thursday evening, private lot, food vendors only, no benefits programs.
Same neighborhood, same cross-street, different day, different organizer, different legal status.
What's Actually There
Nine to twelve food vendors at a time, with fire pits and lawn games set out around them and live music — Ryan "Cappo" Kelley has been the regular, at one point with saxophonist John Avery.
Vendors who've appeared include Mirai (vegan), Bonehead Burgers, Sandbagger Barbecue, Lia's Lumpia, Caked for cookies and brownies, and Monday Morning doing mocktails.
That mocktail stand is the only beverage program on record. There's no documented beer or wine service and no participating-bar program, so plan accordingly.
Parking Is the Hard Part
Pacific Beach parking is difficult at the best of times, and this is an evening event in the middle of it. Two things to know:
The market eats its own lot. The 875 Garnet lot is the venue, so that paid lot isn't available to you on market night.
The meters run until 10 p.m. now — seven days a week. Since August 2025, the Pacific Beach parking district's meters operate until 10 p.m. including Sundays, up from 8 p.m. The metered blocks include Garnet Avenue between Mission Boulevard and Fanuel Street, plus Bayard, Cass and Hornblend — exactly the streets around the market. Posted time limits (two hours on much of Garnet) still apply even if you keep feeding the meter.
The whole 5–9:30 window sits inside paid, enforced hours. Budget for it.
Nearby paid lots within walking distance: 800 Garnet Ave, 4519 Cass Street, and 824 Hornblend Street / 4465 Mission Boulevard.
Transit: Check the Last Bus
MTS Route 27 terminates at Bayard Street and Garnet Avenue — the market's own corner, which is about as convenient as San Diego transit gets.
The catch: the last eastbound departures from that stop are around 8:54 p.m. and 9:24 p.m., both before the market's 9:30 close. If you're busing in, you're leaving early or finding another way home. Route 30 (Old Town to UTC via Pacific Beach) also serves the corridor.
Good to Know
It's small. A parking lot and a dozen vendors. If you arrive expecting a street festival you'll be underwhelmed; if you arrive expecting dinner outside near the beach, you'll be happy.
Once a month, so put it in your calendar. Last Thursday, every month.
150 steps from the ocean, by the organizer's own count. Make an evening of it.
Same night as North Park. The North Park Thursday Farmers Market runs 3–7:30 every Thursday if you want the bigger version. See the whole week in our guide to San Diego farmers markets by day.
