Midweek Meanderings - Is SuperNatural Sandwiches Rebranding and Pieology Balboa Closes

Just a couple of things for a beautiful Wednesday in San Diego.

Is SuperNatural Sandwiches Rebranding?:

**** Update - The Burger Joint and Brew is replacing  SuperNatural Sandwiches

So, back in January, after a not-so-great visit under new ownership, I decided to give SuperNatural another shot. When I arrived, the place was closed with a sign saying "closed for the holidays, will reopen mid-January". Ok, during that previous visit, I had noticed a sushi bar was going in and other stuff going on, so maybe some construction was taking place. In March, when I did my takeout order from Bann at Gourmet Artisan I took a peek at the shop and noticed that there seemed to be some construction going on. Though that "reopen mid-January" sign was still posted. This afternoon, I was passing by and decided to see what was up. Well, the place is still closed.

With that reopen in mid-January sign still up. I find the "We are Back Now Open" sign somewhat interesting.

As I turned to head back to the car, a gentleman walked by and said "they are permanently closed". He was one of the locksmiths working in the shop next door. He added; "I think the owners are going to switch things up and change the menu renaming the place Burgers and Sandwich".

So, it'll be interesting to see what happens here. If this is the end of SuperNatural, it's a sad demise, I really enjoyed their sandwiches from back in the days when the original owners had a stand in the San Diego Public Market and had enjoyed the food many times over the years. Of course, I didn't enjoy my visit under the new ownership, which I think only lasted a couple of months.

So, stay tuned, and we'll see what happens here.

7094 Miramar Rd. #122
San Diego, CA 92121

Pieology Balboa Closes:

Had to run an errand and ended up at Balboa Mesa Shopping Center. While I was walking to my car I noticed that the sign for Pieology was gone, so I walked on over.

And yes, Pieology has closed. I know Cathy has made several visits over the years so I let her know.

Interesting changes in this area over the last couple of months.

5575 Balboa Ave.
San Diego, CA 92111

Comments

[Denver]

Wow strange times. Yeah the last few times I've been to Supernatural (in the past 6 months), the food was still decent, but the vibe was different. Definetely seemed like new ownership. That is a shame because they were my goto when I was in the office most of the time.

Shame about Pieology. I did like it when they first opened. Then Blaze Pizza opened up across t he street. I felt their pizza was a smidge better. But the thing that tilted me to them was that they were walking distance to Yogurtland hahaha. Sure there's a Baskin Robbins but Yogurtland is better :D

[Cathy]

So sad these choices are gone. Supernatural (the original) was really wonderful. Pieology was also a great place for a nice meal.

[Sandy]

Remember when all these quick pizza places were popping up like crazy? I liked Pielogy because it was next to 85C Bakery :-) I hadn't been to this type of pizza place in ages, but I just happened to go to Pizza Studio last week. Pizza was ok.

[Loren]

Pity about Supernatural, learnt about that place from you and always have a soft spot for it.

Pieology was decent but never a high priority in that center. Ironically was always happier to go to Chipotle or walk further to something like 99 Ranch. I think that's like the second or third restaurant in that block to close in the last 6 months, I know the vegan place closed.

I still miss the buffet A Taste of China that used to be there decades ago.

[Kirk]

It was new ownership Denver. It looks like they weren't very successful.

All these changes lately Cathy!

Yeah, it was quite a fad Sandy!

Yes, Native Foods, then Boston Market, now Pieology across the street Loren.

[Mar]

I've been out of the loop for a bit. I remember the news when Supernatural closed and was definitely bummed about it. Had no idea they reopened under new ownership a while back. Unfortunately it sounds like they were not able to the keep the food at the same level

[Som Tommy]

Supernatural closing would be so sad. Had some good sandwiches from there

[Kirk]

We'll see what happens with that spot ST.

[Kirk]

Yes, they reopened for a few months and you could tell the difference in quality and execution Mar. Quite sad....