Saturday Stuffs - Diamond Palace Coming to Rolando, Chef Chin (Convoy) Has Closed, and EE Nami (supposedly) Reopening on June 1st.....now June 8th!

I haven't done one of these in a while; so here are a few things I saw during my wanderings.

Diamond Palace Coming to Rolando:

I saw this when I went to Northgate Market to get some ingredients to make pozole for the Missus.

In the former location of Lucky Star. A quick check when I got home yielded this post by Eater San Diego. Apparently a new Dim Sum/Chinese BBQ place run by the folks behind Golden Island. Hmmmm, based on my last couple of revisits to the place...albeit of the takeout category, I'm just not overly excited. Hopefully, I'm way off base on this.

3893 54th St
San Diego, CA 92105

Chef Chin Has Closed:

I noticed that most of the windows on Chef Chin were covered when I drove past so I pulled into the parking lot.

And yep, they are apparently closed......

Haven't heard anything about what this location is going to be yet......

4433 Convoy St
San Diego, CA 92111

EE Nami Closed for Plumbing Repairs, set to Reopen on June 1st , now June 8th - Supposedly:

*** Update - thanks to "FOY" Derric; it now seems that June8th is the date! Thanks Derric!

After returning from Paris and Scotland I was craving some Tonkatsu. I hadn't done takeout from EE Nami in a while, so I thought I'd do a takeout order. I checked online and found that they were "temporarily closed", which is sometimes a bad sign. So I drove on by on the way home and saw this posted on the door.

Apparently there's some plumbing work going on and according to this, they should reopen on June 1st....which is like next week! Great. Except that the multiple UPS notices on the door kinda worries me a bit?

Hopefully I'll get my tonkatsu next week.

EE Nami
4706 Clairemont Mesa Blvd.
San Diego, CA 92117

Hope everyone is having a restful Memorial Day weekend!

Comments

[Sandy]

I swear that Chef Chin stationed employees to keep an eye on those who parked in the spaces marked reserved for their customers. It's like parking lot roulette when I need to pick up a banh mi from Cali Baguette. I was thinking about tonkatsu as well, and am glad to know that EE Nami hasn't closed down.

[Kirk]

Lol Sandy! And yes, I'm hoping to get my tonkatsu fix sometime this week!

[Derric]

Went to Barrio Donas this morning so I walked by EE Nami to see what's going on there. The sign that's up says they're reopening on June 8, and they've taken the UPS notices down :)

[Kirk]

Thanks for the update Derric! I appreciate it!

[Thomas Le]

Inside scoop,
Yes, the new venue build by the team behind golden island, yet the chef team are different. I try it out this opening weekend. The food is on point and delicious.
Worth trying out.

[Kirk]

Thanks for the update Thomas!