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Ski Inn is a bar in Bombay Beach, California. The Ski Inn purports to be "lowest bar in the western hemisphere" at 223 feet or 68 meters below sea level.

History
Reportedly, there were five bars in Bombay Beach. However, the only bar now is the Ski Inn. The Ski Inn has been under the same ownership for more than a quarter of a century. The band Heat Hell and Winter would play 1950s cover songs at the Ski Inn.

Reception
Desert Magazine said the Ski Inn was one of the "only alive places I notice in this ghost town" and "worth a stop: Have a beer and hear some stories of the sea’s days gone by." LA Weekly's Hayley Fox called it a "charismatic dive" and recommended having "a beer and a burger." Palm Springs Life's Karen Graninger implored that "the cheeseburger and potato salad will fill you up nicely." KCET's Sandi Hemmerlein liked it for the "patty melt and exploring the remains of the town that have been consumed by floods and sand."

The Independent's Tim Walker remarked "It boasts a passable $5 burger and a handful of friendly, elderly regulars: the men and women who stayed when the world went away." Vice's Jamie Lee Curtis Taete had a grilled cheese sandwich and a side of fries and salad at the Ski Inn. Taete reviewed the meal with "The grilled cheese tasted exactly like the fries, which tasted exactly like the salad. Literally every dish on my plate tasted exactly like accidentally swallowing bath water."

In popular culture
The Ski Inn has been featured in media by Anthony Bourdain and John Waters. Bourdain lunched there in a fourth season episode of Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations.