The call
Start with breakfast, and check the restaurant’s current menu before you go.
What to order
- Breakfast
Best for
- Classic Pacific Beach breakfast
American
Kono's Cafe
Roger rated this 4 stars, admitting he'd passed this Garnet Avenue breakfast spot for years -- by car, skateboard, and on foot -- always wondering about the long line, before finally trying it for breakfast.
From Roger’s camera roll
More photos from Kono's Cafe
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From Roger’s Foursquare
Roger’s tips on Kono's Cafe
Big breakfast #2!
Posted
One of the best breakfast joints in SD! Get the big breakfast or their breakfast burrito and sit at the patio right next to the pier!
Posted
On Roger’s lists: Guide to San Diego's best spots, SD's Coffee Houses.
Source-backed notes
Visit history
Checked in 10 times on Swarm, most recently Dec 6, 2015. See the check-in log
2010-01-04day precision · source explicit
“I don't know why I didn't come here for breakfast before! This is a place I've been passing by for years, either by car, skateboard or just running past it and I've always wondered about the long line.”
Roger finally tried this Garnet Avenue breakfast spot after years of passing it by car, skateboard, and on foot, always curious about the long line out front. (From an unpublished Yelp draft review, never posted publicly.)
Stay in the neighborhood
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RecommendedPrice varies
Pacific Beach
Sushi Ota
JapaneseSushi
A Pacific Beach sushi counter Roger calls the most authentic Japanese spot in town, praised for reservation-only demand, sushi-bar seating with the chefs, and standout sashimi, chirashi and uni.
- From the order notes
- Chirashi bowl · Sashimi · Uni · Sweet shrimp (grilled head after)
- Go for
- Sitting at the sushi bar · High-end sushi worth booking ahead
Latest recorded visit2014-03-10
RecommendedPrice varies
Pacific Beach
Pho Sao Bien
Vietnamese
Roger rated this 4 stars, calling it decent pho with quick service and, at the time, the only spot in PB for it.
- From the order notes
- Pho
- Go for
- Quick pho in PB
Latest recorded visit2008-12-03
MixedPrice varies
Pacific Beach
Santana's Mexican Food
Mexican
Roger tried the Pacific Beach location of this SoCal taco shop chain for the first time, waiting in a long, bar-crowd-heavy line; his carne asada fries were decent but too soggy, with bland meat that didn't measure up to the chain's El Cajon location.
- From the order notes
- Carne asada fries
- Go for
- A late-night bite near the PB bars
Latest recorded visit2008-09-17
Keep exploring
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Browse the American page, or continue to another place with a matching cuisine.
MixedPrice varies
Mission Valley
Lazy Dog Restaurant & Bar
American
Good for one thing in Roger’s book: a dog-friendly patio. The Black & Bleu burger was bland on a cold bun.
- From the order notes
- Happy hour beers · Cajun fries
- Go for
- Bringing a dog
Latest recorded visit2017 · approx.
ClosedPrice varies
Pacific Beach
The Patio on Lamont
American
Great food, slow service: the birthday dinner where Roger was charged $1.50 for a truffle nobody ordered.
- From the order notes
- Russian snow crab ahi tuna tower · Jidori chicken · Portuguese garlic shrimp
- Go for
- The food — not the wait
Latest recorded visit2013 · approx.