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Ave; mains $33-45; 5:30-10pm Tue-Sat, plus Sun summer; )
It's hard to beat the romance of supping at the Hotel del Coronado, especially at a table
overlooking the sea from the verandah of its 1st-class dining room, where silver service
and coastal cuisine with local ingredients set the perfect tone for popping the question or
fêting an important anniversary.
Clayton's Coffee Shop
DINER
( 619-435-5425; 979 Orange Ave; mains $8-12; 6am-9pm Sun-Thu, to 10pm Fri & Sat; )
Some diners are old-fashioned. This one is the real deal from the 1940s, with red leather-
ette swivel stools and booths with mini-jukeboxes. It does famous all-American breakfasts
and some Mexican specialties like
machaca
(Mexican-style marinated beef) with eggs and
cheese, and it's not above panini and croque monsieur sandwiches. For dessert: mile-high
pie from the counter.
Boney's Bayside Market
MARKET
(155 Orange Ave; sandwiches $5-7; 8:30am-9pm)
For picnics, stop by this market near the ferry for fantastic (mostly) healthy sandwiches
and an extensive assortment of salads and organic products.
Point Loma Area
Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens
BEER HALL
lunch $14-21, dinner $15-29; 11:30am-10pm Mon-Sat, 11am-9pm Sun; )
Local brewer Stone has transformed the former mess hall of the naval training center at
Liberty Station into a temple to local craft beer. Tuck into standard-setting spin-the-globe
dishes (yellowfin
poke
tacos, chicken schnitzel, beef
ssambap
- Korean-style lettuce cups
- etc) at long tables or comfy booths under the tall beamed ceiling, or beneath twinkling
lights in its courtyard.
Bali Hai
POLYNESIAN
