Allied Gardens Recreation Center — Local services in San Diego

We went to the outdoor concert in the park last Friday evening, Sept. 6th, 2019 & had a great time. The band was "High Tide Society" playing a classic mix of Yacht Rock. The band played from 6 pm to 8:15 pm & the large crowd had wonderful time dancing the night away. Another positive aspect, this is a very friendly dog park & dogs are also welcome to attend the concert. Ideal Plumbing provided much of the free food which included hot dogs, grilled cheese sandwiches, chips & bottled water. Grocery Outlet gave out free popcyles & Ponce's Mexican restaurant offered free chicken or beef tacos. People brought their blankets & beach chairs, ice chests & anything comfortable to relax on to enjoy the music, friendly neighborhood atmosphere & beautiful weather. This is a large grassy park, with a 1/2 mile circular sidewalk for those avid walkers or runners. There's a large, safe playground for the children to play on & 2 basketball courts, indoor & outdoor. There are many picnic benches scattered throughout this friendly park & it's a popular place to celebrate birthdays & holidays. Also there are many exercise, yoga & self defense classes that meet here. There are several very large trees that provide much needed shade & comfort on those hot summer days. There are public bathrooms that are open during public hours. As for parking, there is plenty of on street parking as well as a parking lot just for the park, with handicap spaces. This is a very safe park with little, if any, crime reported. No graffiti, drug or alcohol use is allowed. The park is very well lit during the evening hours & no overnight camping/sleeping is allowed. There are many trash cans & doggie poop bags available for free. Everyone pitches in to keep this park clean, beautiful & safe for all, young &...

I'm here because my daughter plays club soccer for Albion soccer club. I took a picture of the grass to show you how inconsistent it is. This is a park, it's not really a soccer field so people don't do good landscaping. So if you are bringing your kid out here to play sports where they have to run on even ground this probably isn't the place for you. This is not a sports playing field, it is a big area that has patches of dirt and patches of grass and none of it's even. Its actually dangerous if you step in a pothole or something and mess your ankles and knees up. For a park it's okay if you're just here with your kids just having fun. It has good facilities I passed a basketball court, a playground area for the kids with mulch and you know open grass areas for the footballs and stuff so it seems like a good spot but if you're here for actual competitive sports this...

We live right down the street and come for the First Friday Summer Concerts. We've been attending for many years and enjoying the hotdogs and chips provided by Ideal Plumbing. They have suspended the food give-away now in 2022 due to Covid protocols, but we hope they will be able to do it again; it's fun! Whoever chooses the bands has done a very good job. The band kicking off the series in June was BETAMAXX who did a stellar job. It's great to see all the neighbors rocking to the beat in their lawn chairs and blankets on the beautiful grass. And really fun to watch the children dance to the same tunes we "seniors" danced to back in the 1980s. Kudos to Allied Gardens for a...