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American · Gastropub
Craft Kitchen
Roger rated this 3 stars, praising the bacon-wrapped hot dogs, calling out a great sour beer selection, and saying the lobster roll was the bomb.
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Craft Kitchen's La Mesa location is listed as closed. This page keeps Roger's dated review as a record, not as a place to visit.
Yelp — Craft Kitchen (La Mesa) listed as closed (checked 2026-09-21) (2026-09-21) ↗From Roger’s camera roll
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The lobster roll is MASSIVE!
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Checked in 2 times on Swarm, most recently Jan 29, 2016. See the check-in log
2016-01-30day precision · source explicit
“Bacon wrapped hotdogs! Great sour beer selection Lobster roll Is bomb”
Roger liked the bacon-wrapped hot dogs and sour beer selection, and said the lobster roll was the bomb. (From an unpublished Yelp draft review, never posted publicly.)
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