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"Long one of San Diego’s oldest and most hallowed watering holes, The Waterfront Bar & Grill remains a family-run institution: cousins Chad Cline and Jason “Rocky” Nichols, whose family has operated the Waterfront since the 1970s, now own it and have committed to preserving local dive-bar culture. Having facilitated the sale, observers praised the cousins as ideal stewards who want to keep landmark venues thriving for generations rather than let them become stories of the past due to expiring leases or development." - Candice Woo