Burgers
Roger’s long-running Ocean Beach burger stop: a double bacon cheeseburger, frings and a massive Neapolitan shake, best at the original location.
Start with double bacon cheeseburger or frings or neapolitan milkshake to share, and check the restaurant’s current menu before you go.
Source-backed notes
Checked in 7 times on Yelp, most recently Jun 26, 2015. See the check-in log
“Grab their double bacon cheeseburger and just chow that thing down like a champ!”
Five stars, written after nearly eight years of eating there. Roger preferred the original Ocean Beach location for its surfer character, recommended the Neapolitan shake and frings, and paid tribute to "Bossman." The photo archive has his Hodad’s burgers from 2012 and 2013. Cross-posted to Google Maps and Yelp; upgraded from an inferred 2016 year to Yelp's exact 2015-05-13 timestamp.
Stay in the neighborhood
Roger gave this Ocean Beach craft-beer gastropub 3 stars, though his review text was just a period — no further detail.
Roger rated this 4 stars, praising the bomb salmon and filet mignon alongside a huge wine selection and just a $5 corkage fee.
An Ocean Beach Vietnamese-fusion spot with a mostly non-Asian dining room that surprised Roger with pho as good as many Viet-run joints in town, alongside a big San Diego craft beer list and soju.
Keep exploring
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