The sole Japanese-style hi-fi listening bar in North Park's 92104 ZIP code, Part Time Lover operates a cocktail lounge and vinyl record store at 3829 30th St. The bar partners with Folk Arts Rare Records — a San Diego vinyl institution since 1967 — and draws a crossover crowd with Caffè Calabria patrons who move between morning espresso and evening highballs on 30th St. A custom sound system built by Chicago-based Uncanned Music runs vintage tube amplification through the room, while bar and table lamps were commissioned directly from the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. Guests ready for dinner before or after a listening session can walk to Kin Len - Thai Street Eats for northern Thai plates on 30th St. The bar's most technically layered format is its vinyl-selector residency program, where guest DJs and record collectors spin rare Japanese pressings, acid jazz, and tropicália through the tube-powered speaker array.