Wrapping up a 5 day stay at/near Liberty Station in SD for a work week (during the day) for wife Deanne. I would live here.
Good to great restaurants, wonderful hotel the Homewood Suites right next to USS Neversail.
Hits
The breweries:
Stone's brewing restaurant here in Liberty Station for a couple of great beers, a good experience and good food (not great).. Deanne's fresh Sea Bass was overcooked a bit, my beef short rib was properly done and delicious, the only miss was the dessert, it was a pasty Crème Brulee that could have been plopped out and cut into slices.
Ballast Point for a few pints - Sculpin & Habanero sculpin
Port Brewery in Carlsbad and the eclectic Pizza Port restaurant next to it. I bunch of home-brewers and their wild but delicious experiments in brewing (we didn't eat there)
Restaurant-restaurants:
Broken Egg restaurant for wonderful breakfasts and great Mimosa's and Bloody Mary's
The Fish Market, over by the USS Midway for great oysters, mussels and a top notch experience
Puerto La Boca for an Argentinean culinary adventure over in Little Italy for great Polpo, good fresh salads and some well -marinated unusual cuts of beef done to perfection.. (the wine I choose was a bit young, but not their fault). The weather was wonderful, we sat outside/streetside and enjoyed a long leisurely meal.
Homewood Suites for GREAT breakfasts any day we wanted them and complimentary
An unknown as yet experience with Nic Bour at his Coronado Resort restaurant Mistral. <<< typed at 7:30am on Valentines morning >>>
Miss:
The Brigantine restaurant on Point Loma ---- shucked hours before dinner oysters, flat and flavorless, gritty & poorly shucked. Great looking scallops about 1 day past their toss date. They left a taste in my mouth and nose that is not good. Deanne's fish was good, the drinks were stellar, we did sit in the lounge but someone should have NEVER, EVER served those scallops.
The area:
A great short distance drive up the coast to Carlsbad, we drove the coastal highway as much as possible and watched the surfers and the literally thousands of folks on the beach during this unusual (even for San Diego) run of days in the mid 80"s in February. Traffic is bad on the "5" but only for an hour or so each day, the chance to go pick strawberries in February was a treat, and resulted in delicious fruit.
Did I say I would live here ?
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