![]() ![]() (1935-2016) Red Sails Inn, established by Joseph Y Viery at Fisherman’s Wharf and G Streets, this seafood eatery was originally adorned with a red sail. Litigation has stalled the city’s efforts. The City of San Diego’s Clubhouse Improvement Project dictates a new modern clubhouse and restaurant will be built adjacent to the ‘renovated’ clubhouse. ![]() Update: Even though historically designated, the clubhouse is scheduled to be gutted and converted to a pro shop and offices. The restaurant concession was initially granted to golf pro Sterne Davis in 1934, then Chester and Lois Tobey, and since operated by the Tobey family - for three generations! A hidden gem, with tasty diner food and bubbly brunches. ![]() (1934) Tobey’s 19th Hole Cafe, Balboa Park municipal golf course clubhouse coffee shop. Breakfast dishes and wide beer selection. (1933) The Waterfront Bar & Grill, San Diego fishermen’s hangout and longest continually held liquor license in town. The restaurant was taken over as La Piñata in 1962. (1928-2018) La Piñata, originally founded by Florence Peters and family as Ramona’s Spanish Kitchen in 1932 to take advantage of tourists’ fascination with the story of Ramona (Nearby, Old Town’s Casa de Estudillo was renamed Ramona’s Marriage Place and heavily marketed as the venue from Helen Hunt Jackson’s period romance novel). (1933) Las Cuatro Milpas, old homestyle Mexican cooking from the Estudillo family. (1931-2019) Pekin Cafe Chop Suey, was the oldest surviving Chinese-American restaurant in San Diego. Here’s a quick checklist of some local San Diego restaurants that have been in business for at least fifty years. Restaurants come and go, but some are more popular and stick around for decades. A checklist of San Diego’s oldest restaurants ![]()
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