| So it looks like another weekend of heavy | | | | |
| rain in Boston. | | | | it's hidden in a neighborhood away from the |
| | | | ocean, but |
| This is, what, the 7th or 8th weekend in a | | | | |
| row with rain? I | | | | worth seeking out.Just before you reach San |
| | | | Diego, you hit La Jolla, a tony |
| love Boston, but this is ridiculous.With the | | | | |
| rain, my daydreams of San Diego, CA, seem to | | | | community that seems to have more investment |
| | | | places |
| keep popping up more and more (call it | | | | |
| California | | | | than restaurants. I like La Jolla, though, |
| | | | with its spectacular |
| dreaming). The other night, I was listening | | | | |
| to a great rock | | | | downtown park above the ocean cliffs, and |
| | | | its narrow, |
| station from Encinitas on Internet radio. It | | | | |
| got me to thinking | | | | crooked lanes. Just south of the center of |
| | | | La Jolla is a little |
| about Encinitas, where my cousins used to | | | | |
| live before they | | | | restaurant called Bahia Don Bravo. The |
| | | | owners of this |
| moved up the coast to La Costa.One of my | | | | |
| favorite restaurants in Encinitas is the 101 | | | | authentic Mexican restaurant have a few |
| Diner. | | | | branches in San |
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| Located about 4 blocks from my favorite | | | | Diego, but this one is special, since you |
| beach in the world | | | | can order the food |
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| (Moonlight Beach), the 101 Diner has | | | | to go and walk a few blocks down a side |
| everything, from great | | | | street to one of the |
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| breakfast and lunch entrees to outdoor | | | | most spectacular views of the Pacific Ocean |
| seating to a friendly, | | | | that you will |
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| all-around nice guy of an owner. Almost as | | | | ever see. And there is even a bench where |
| good, and just | | | | the view is, so |
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| down the street, is Kim's Restaurant, which | | | | you can eat in relative comfort. Bahia Don |
| has terrific | | | | Bravo has the type |
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| Vietnamese food. Better yet, neither of | | | | of Mexican food that you just can't find in |
| these restaurants is | | | | Boston. I always go |
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| well-known (if you have looked at the site I | | | | there when traveling to San Diego, and |
| founded, | | | | always miss it when |
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| Boston's Hidden Restaurants, you would know | | | | I'm back in Boston.Finally, you reach the |
| I have a | | | | wonderful city of San Diego. Where to |
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| thing for great restaurants that haven't | | | | go for food? Well, there are too many great |
| been discovered).Heading south toward San | | | | places to |
| Diego, another memorable, but | | | | |
| | | | mention here. A couple of standouts are |
| little-known, restaurant can be found in | | | | Point Loma |
| beautiful | | | | |
| | | | Seafood, with its memorable view of the city |
| Cardiff-by-the-Sea. Pipes Cafe is a | | | | across the |
| breakfast spot that is | | | | |
| | | | harbor, and the Coyote Cafe in Old Town. But |
| mainly frequented by surfers and Cardiff | | | | my favorite is |
| residents looking | | | | |
| | | | a little hamburger joint in Ocean Beach |
| to show up late to work (word is, Trevor | | | | called Hodad's, |
| Hoffman, the great | | | | |
| | | | which is where I had the best cheeseburger I |
| reliever for the San Diego Padres, is also a | | | | have had |
| regular here). | | | | |
| | | | anywhere in the country (and I've had a lot |
| Pipes has fantastic breakfast plates, and | | | | of |
| the dining | | | | |
| | | | cheeseburgers!). Juicy, thick, hearty, and |
| outdoors on the patio is a must.As you | | | | smothered in |
| continue down the coast, you come to artsy | | | | |
| Solana | | | | cheese, the burgers here are impossibly |
| | | | good. Hodad's is |
| Beach, home to Fidel's, which is fairly | | | | |
| well-known, and for | | | | truly amazing.Well, I guess my daydream of |
| | | | eating my way through San |
| good reason; Fidel's may be the best Mexican | | | | |
| restaurant | | | | Diego is about done. As I look out my window |
| | | | and see the |
| north of San Diego (though I have my | | | | |
| personal favorite, | | | | skyline of Boston, I realize that I do live |
| | | | in a great city. I just |
| which I'll mention in a minute). Fidel's is | | | | |
| tough to find, since | | | | wish it wouldn't rain so much. |