Things get quiet around here during the holiday season, but we keep rolling along. Here are a couple of things I noticed in my travels.
Private Kitchen:
I was driving between meetings and dropped by Havana Grill for some take-out and noticed something strange about the Indian Market location.
Sure doesn't look Indian - Middle Eastern to me. Something named "Private Kitchen". A good friend had mentioned a chef from Chengdu was looking for a spot around here. Could this be it? While it seems that the "wave" of Sichuan places has come and gone; we could always use a good Sichuan restaurant!
Over the last couple of years the place has changed several times, so here's hoping for some stability.
5440 Clairemont Mesa Blvd
San Diego, CA 92117
Coastal Crave Closes:
Man, with Kiel's, Hometown Buffet, Rita's, and now Coastal Crave closed; this strip mall seems very deserted.
It looks like fixtures and even the inventory is still in place. I don't see an eviction notice nor an ABC notice so am not quite sure what is going on here.
3065 Clairemont Dr
San Diego, CA 92117
I'm still waiting for a place of Ba Ron's quality to come back to SD. I miss their cold noodles and bbq lamb.
And I'm hoping once Sprouts opens up we'll get a few places that stuck around. I just hope we don't get a bunch of cookie cutter corporate places like on Balboa and Genesee.
Posted by: Derek | Sunday, 11 December 2016 at 03:47 PM
That was suppose to say "Ba Ren" - stupid autocorrect lol
Posted by: Derek | Sunday, 11 December 2016 at 03:49 PM
I know who you meant Derek. I really miss them too!
Posted by: Kirk | Sunday, 11 December 2016 at 03:50 PM
The BBQ place didn't survive either. Residents behind the complex complained about the smell.
Posted by: Junichi | Thursday, 15 December 2016 at 01:06 PM
Yep and when the folks at Mike's priced a "scrubber" it came in at 375k Junichi....so they decided to close
Posted by: Kirk | Thursday, 15 December 2016 at 01:56 PM