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Central Encinitas
Swami's Café
CAFE
760-944-0612; 1163 S Coast Hwy 101; mains $5-10;
7am-5pm;
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This local institution can't be beat for breakfast burritos, multigrain pancakes, stir-fries,
salads, smoothies and three-egg
ohm
-lettes (sorry, we couldn't resist). Vegetarians will be
satisfied too. Most of the seating is out on an umbrella-covered patio.
Trattoria I Trulli
ITALIAN
lunch $13-21, dinner $14-26; 11:30am-2:30pm daily, 5-10pm Sun-Thu, to 10:30pm Fri & Sat)
Country-style seating indoors and great people-watching on the sidewalk. Just one taste of
the homemade gnocchi, ravioli or lasagne, salmon in brandy mustard sauce or
pollo uno
zero uno
(101; chicken stuffed with cheese, spinach and artichokes in mushroom sauce)
and you'll know why this mom-and-pop Italian trattoria is always packed. Reservations
are recommended.
El Callejon
MEXICAN
11am-9pm Mon-Thu, to 11pm Fri, 10am-11pm Sat, 10am-9pm Sun; )
A raucous, fun, local favorite, this indoor-outdoor candy-colored cantina is at the north
end of the town center. The menu is as long as the phone book of a small village, and it
would take you over two years of trying a different tequila every day to go through the
tequila list.
North Encinitas/Leucadia
Pannikin Coffee & Tea
CAFE
In a sunny yellow wooden building that used to be the Encinitas train station (transported
from its original site), Pannikin is an adorable sprawl of nooks, crannies, balconies and
