I used to live in Ocean Beach (OB to the initiated) and didn't cook much because we could easily walk to 20 cheap dining establishments. Why exert effort when someone else will cook and you get to walk on the beach on your way to dinner? One of our favorites was the O.B. Pier Cafe which is the big white building at the end of the OB Pier that has giant blue lettering reading "CAFE" painted on the side. You can't miss it, as if you pass it, you'll end up in the ocean. When you order the Nachos Supreme you get a giant plate of chips smothered in a bath of processed nacho cheese sauce, and giant juicy hunks of pot roast and some tomatoes and cilantro and sour cream. It's one of the reasons I am so fat, I'd say off hand. This is not health food, nor anything resembling health food, but it sure is yummy. Once while I was eating said nachos, a sea lion swam up next to the window and watched me eat as if he wanted a chip. I love San Diego.
On another note, there is one superb waitress there who has been serving us for years and she's about the friendliest person I've ever met - so if you go, ask for Heather. If you happen by at breakfast, the mango pancakes were my favorite before I became allergic to mangoes and my tongue swelled up to twice it's normal size. Now I get the regular pancakes and keep my tongue in tact.
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