The California-born seafood restaurant Bluewater Grill is rolling out the red carpet for Arizona Wildcats fans making the trip to San Diego for the Jan. 2 Holiday Bowl.

The restaurant in the “picture postcard” San Diego adjacent community of Coronado is offering Wildcat fans some regional “free with purchase” deals, including a free appetizer or cup of housemade clam chowder with the purchase of an entrée.

Bluewater Grill in San Diego is offering Wildcats fans a free appetizer or cup of clam chowder when you buy an entrée and show off your Wildcat pride; aka dress the part.

How do you prove you’re a Wildcats fan? Wear your UA gear — hat, shirt, shoes — when you come in. Slip your hostess/host a loud but not obnoxious “Bear Down!” for good measure.

UA faces the ACC’s SMU Mustangs in the Trust & Will Holiday Bowl on Jan. 2 in Snapdragon Stadium. The game airs at 6 p.m. Tucson time on Fox.

In addition to its San Diego location, Bluewater Grill has waterfront restaurants in Santa Barbara, Newport Beach and Catalina Island, and locations in the not-so-beachy Cali towns of Temecula and Carlsbad. There’s also the dryland outpost on East Bethany Home Road in Phoenix. Visit bluewatergrill.com for details. 


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Contact reporter Cathalena E. Burch at cburch@tucson.com. On Bluesky @Starburch