UYE: Andy’s Case Of The Mondays Mixer

I had a ton of fun at this event. It was nice and chill, very relaxing and a great close to a Monday. The sweet potatoe fries were very tasty and they had a great assortment of ciders and even Kambucha for me to drink!

Love you, Andy C. Had a blast at your mixer. Can’t wait for your next event: D

Thanks Andy for hosting such a cute event. Love keeping it casual and giving me an excuse to have a happy little Monday hour with my coworkers. Also I had a reason to finally try out this place despite driving past it every week. And lastly, finally solving the mystery to the name of the place. Thanks Nick for having the patience to tell us the funny story and I can’t wait to come back to try more of the great drinks and food. Ps. Love the outdoor patio.

So much fun on a Monday! Andy was a terrific host and the location was great! I enjoyed a Mission Root Beer and some sweet potato fries at a nice happy hour discount! The fries came with this delicious sriracha aioli dipping sauce. It looked like everyone was enjoying their food as well as the nice weather out on the patio.
Good friends hung out and good conversations were had by all! Andy asked everyone to take pictures of things/​people that reminded them of «a case of the Mondays.» There were some very creative photos. My photo of bare chicken wings won first place! I never win anything! Thanks to Andrew for eating those wings.
I love Unilocal events and I hope to go to more of them soon.

I really enjoyed meeting everyone and can’t wait to see you guys again! Great event Andy! Thank you for putting it together. :-)

I love smaller gatherings like this where we can really chat and get to know our fellow Unilocalers, and it was stars for me but I had to take away a star for the hair in my food, and feeling like it wasn’t a big deal that there was hair in my food :(And it was hot! I agree w/​others that maybe some shade from screens maybe for where we were sitting would have been good. I got a sunburn from sitting there for just an hour! I did enjoy by fiery hot wings once it was replaced. Though I had to leave early, it was great seeing everyone! Thanks Andy for having me!

Prelims: A nice very, very large space (San Diego City Council was meeting here) — we had two large rows of tables outside and while the sun was in our face, it was very, very beautiful weather and being outside was very nice to be. Our server was quite quick, always refilling our drinks, our food was brought out quick, and she was pretty nice about the chaos that was reigning with a bunch of people ordering this and that.
The food was pretty good. I got the short rib flat bread, which was $ 2 off because of happy hour, regularly costing $ 14. The bread was quite soft and doughy, with lots of nice texture and crisp edges. The short ribs were pretty tasty and the spinach and the cream and the cheese blended well together. The only gripe was that there wasn’t enough :(I wish there was more and more and more.
Overall, though, the experience was really, really nice, with lots of nice people and lots of great conversation. The mixer atmosphere was lots of fun, and it was definitely a great time away from the normal Monday’s. What fun event!

Great first event, Andy! Can’t wait to see what you have in store for us! Good drinks, food, and company definitely cured my case of the Mondays :)

Since Office Space is one of my most favorite movies I was almost obligated to go. Ok, lets be honest, many of us do feel blah on Monday’s so it was a great idea for Andy to arrange a Monday evening happy hour for us Unilocalers. So — thank you Andy. The patio at 83 Degrees was a bit hot but other than that it was nice. The beer list here is very good and I was able to find a yummy beer that I have never had before. This was my first time having the flatbread pizza. I had the pepperoni and sausage and really liked it. It was also really filling so it would be fine as a shared appetizer. The service was good, thank you to Ashley and Nick. 82 Degrees has a great variety of food and drinks and the restaurant is large enough to accommodate a large group easily.

Thanks Andy for hosting this event! First of all the Watermelon wheat beer is amazing! For an appetizer I got the Southern fried pickles and they are great! The people here are friendly. I shared fries with Isabella, and they were good.
I also got the braised short rib Flatbread which was yummy! I’ll have to try a burger next time, the beer wheat hollandaise sounds interesting. I can’t wait for the other events! Also we got a free Unilocal water bottle, which is cool.
It was nice that the beers were a dollar off. I don’t usually upload pictures via cell phone anymore, just did it because of contest. Maybe I should get an EyeFi SD card for my camera. Ashley was a nice waitress to us and thanks to Nick the general manager for letting us have the event. Unfortunately I didn’t win anything lol. Looking forward to the next event!

It was a pleasure to meet Andy! Thanks for setting this up, I can’t wait for your next event!
Yummy food and drinks :)
And thanks again for my Unilocal water bottle!

Andy sure cured my case of the Mondays with a great event! The people were smashing, the food was appetizing, and the drinks looked dazzling (I didn’t order a drink because I was driving)!
I love UYE’s because they are small, intimate get-​togethers that embody what Unilocal is all about– hanging out with friends over some food and libations! I wish North County SD has more because it is such a great way to get to know local businesses!
Andy did an amazing job arranging this and planning the cool photo contest! Unfortunately I did not win but Nick, the manager, did a good job picking the top 3 photos! Kudos to Andy for having prizes at the even that really encourage people to take great photos!
I ordered some chicken wings, Victoria R. ordered the buffalo chicken flatbread, and Drew L. ordered the pulled pork flatbread. The food was okay.
5-​stars for all the people who showed up because we had some great conversations and good bonding time!
Thank you so much Andy for your hard work! I will most definitely be there for the next one!

This was my first UYE and my first time at 83 Degrees, both of which were the perfect for today.
Andy did a great job: everything from the venue, swag, and fun was perfect.
Mondays can be a drag — saying goodbye to the weekend and hitting the grindstone.
Plus my youngest son had a final championship soccer game and depending on the results it could have been a «terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.» So I was looking forward to Andy’s Case of the Mondays Mixer at 83 Degrees where they have 48 craft beers on tap. It was going to be «need a beer kind of night.» Thankfully his team won so it was a celebratory beer vs a cry in your beer kind of night.
Andy choose an awesome location — 83 Degrees is easy to get to and there’s plenty of free parking (which can be hard to find in downtown Carlsbad). Plus there’s lots of indoor and outdoor seating. Such a cool place, not to mention all the great brews and good food, I’m bringing my hubby here on our next date night.
Nick, the General Manager, graciously welcomed us to the restaurant. And we had the fantastic, Ashley, as our server. Service was quick, efficient, and being able to have separate checks without asking was a bonus.
Loved being able to chat and meet new people. And as a bonus, Andy had Unilocal water bottles for everyone. Can’t wait to use it when I hit the gym tomorrow.
With 48 craft brews on tap there was a variety to choose from. But being a stout girl, I went with the Ninkasi Vanilla Oatis Oatmeal Stout. Normally I’d order a local brew like Belching Beaver’s Peanut Butter Stout (which I LOVE), but decided to try something new.
The Ninkasi Vanilla Oatis Oatmeal Stout was creamy and delicious, despite not being on nitro. I picked up hints of vanilla, maybe some chocolate. The Santa Ana winds have been misery on me this weekend so it was hard to detect all the flavors.
I paired the stout with the beer mussels with a dijon beer cream and grilled bread. Over indulgence of beer? I think not.
The mussels were cooked to perfection, tender and flavorful. Billed as a small plate, this was a decent sized serving. The beer cream. OMG. If I had a spoon I would have finished every drop of that cream. It was all I could do, not to lift the bowl up to my mouth and slurp it all down. The grilled bread — understatement. This was a buttery garlic sour dough, perfect for soaking up some of the beer cream.
Andy surprised all of us with a photo contest. (Loving these impromptu photo contests. I may have to invest in a cool Wi-​Fi enabled camera.) And being the generous guy he is, there was not one, but three winners! Nick picked out the three winners and I was one of them! :)
This was such a fun event, loved the casual setting and getting to meet new people. Looking forward to the next UYE.