Oggi's Sports/Brewhouse/Pizza (Santee)

mmm-yoso!!! is being written by Cathy today.  Kirk is busy.

This is another 'not regifting a gift card' post.  In addition to using 'free' money, The Mister and I decided to also get the most value by using the gift card during Happy Hour and for lunch specials. 

Oggis began as a franchisee of a local pizzeria chain in Del Mar in 1991, it evolved  into a sports themed restaurant and in 1995 it expanded into a microbrewery.  There are now 15 franchised locations in California and one in Arizona (seven of the locations are in San Diego County).

 There are so many television sets in here.  Each seat at each table has a view of at least two, even outside on the patio.

 Here are a couple of tabletop menus.

 The Mister ordered a Happy Hour Group Modelo (16 oz) for $4. I had a taste and it was nice. We were here on a Wednesday and ordered six 'wings' for $1 each (there were nine flavors (three mild, the rest indicated heat)) and we chose the Honey BBQ.  Nicely sauced and topped with sesame seeds, accompanied by celery, carrots and a good housemade Ranch dip.  All drums, no flats and quite a good sized serving.
 The Happy Hour fried Lemon-Pepper Zucchini ($7.99) was another sizable serving.  Light breading, crisp fried and not greasy, the crunch as well as the very pleasant fresh and not seedy zucchini was great tasting on its own and very pleasant with th Ranch dip and housemate marinara. 

 The Oggis Stix ($7.99).  Pizza dough brushed with garlic olive oil and toped with mozzarella, parmesan and parsley were also served with the housemade ranch and marinara dips.  This was kind of a wonderful, decadent bite. since we are watching our carbs; we did take about half of this home and it reheated well.

 Here is another tabletop menu- Monday-Friday lunch from 11-2

 Here's a cup of potato-cheese soup (add on $2.99).  This was very nice on the cool day we were here.

 The half balsamic chicken salad ($9.99) was accompanied by a (giant) garlic knot; much fancier than a slice of bread.   Spring mix topped with grilled chicken, candied walnuts and Gorgonzola and a house made balsamic vinaigrette.

 We decided to try a half flatbread ($6.99) and chose the Charcuterie-Sopressata, Genoa Salami,  pancetta, pepperoni, green onion, mozzarella and shredded parmesan.  This had Oggis 'pizza sauce' instead of marinara and was a tad 'spicy' but nothing to complain about.  I liked the crisp, thin crust and flavor meld.

Since the stores are franchised, prices and Specials may vary.  Overall, there is great quality here.

Oggis Sports/Brewhouse/Pizza 9828 Mission Gorge Road Santee 92071 (619)449-6441 Open Sun-Tours 11-9, Fri-Sat 11-10 Website

Comments

[Som Tommy]

I haven’t been to Oggi’s in years. I used to like the wings.

[kat]

lots of nice choices

[Cathy]

We used to drop in to Oggi’s pretty regularly, too, ST. Things changed with Covid-19. The wings are really good.

We had forgotten how much fun it is to assemble a meal from appetizers, Kat. Very happy to have received this particular gift card.

[Soo]

The wings and zucchini look tasty!

[Cathy]

They were each quite tasty and crispy, Soo. I had forgotten about Happy Hour deals and am now seeking them out.

[Peter]

15 restaurants? Wow -- they HAVE been growing! Good to see a local biz do well while keeping their quality up.

[Cathy]

So true, Peter! The many locations were a surprise to me when researching for this post. The HH menu seems to change a bit-first time we went, I saw fried cheese as a choice, but this most recent time the pretzel bites were 'new' to me.