Short List of Gaslamp Places?

[kaleokahu]

Hi:

My wife will be conventioneering in your fair city next week, and is interested in a few recommendations in or near to the Quarter for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Cuiusine and price not as important as quality. Local flavor is always welcome.

Mahalo.

Aloha,
Kaleo

[chris2269]

Cowboy Star.. and http://www.neighborhoodsd.com/.

[El Chevere]

Agree with Grant Grill (great happy hour during the week) and Dobsons. Disagree with Searsucker (food not that great, expensive, and I almost always have to shower after interacting with the crowd--especially at the bar) and Bice (a chain, like a good number of restaurants in and around the Gaslamp).

For Italian, I like Salvatores (ambiance favors an older couple but the food is very good) and for Greek, I really like Athens Market.

[kaleokahu]

Thanks, Beach Chick and Dagney for recommending Cafe Chloe! Wahine ate lunch there, and enjoyed it a lot.

Also, thanks Hill Food for the warning about Croce's--she passed on by with no Photographs and Memories...Back to a happier day...

Aloha,
Kaleo

[kaleokahu]

Mahalo nui loa to you all for your suggestions!

[Beach Chick]

Aloha..
I would add:
Grant Grill at the US Grant hotel..love Jsix..for b/l/d.
Dobson's
Oyster & Sushi bar at Fish Market..
Top of the Market
Avenue 5
Cowboy Star
Lucys taco shop
Basic
Tin Fish for fish tacos
Cafe Chloe
Las Cuatro Milpas under Coronado bridge for breakfast/lunch
Searsucker
Bice

Little Italy...Bencotta..Starlite
Point Loma..Bali Hai..Tender Greens lunch

Gaslamp.org

[hill food]

I remember drinks at the Grant Hotel, such a classic place.

I'll have to forward these to my nephew (who's new-ish to those parts)

before drinks or dinner I'd suggest the old-school roller coaster out by the beach if still there. it's the kind that's scary not because of the drops or the speed, but the minimal safety equipment...

[Beach Chick]

That roller coaster still kicks serious ass..

[hill food]

is Croce's still around? I'm NOT suggesting it, it is (was?) a weird death shrine bar to an early 70's musician who only had a few hits.

[Dagney]

It is. still. around. ugh. Though, I think they have swing lessons on Sunday nights.

[hill food]

I had an odd feeling it would be. during my life in KS it was amusing to watch swing lessons and chug down intoxicants of choice. but I can think of better pursuits in SD.

[Dagney]

+1 on JSix. Also, Cafe Chloe is only a few blocks outside the Gaslamp and would be a good choice for dinner.

For lunch, consider Cafe Istanbul at 6th and E and Salad Style at 6th and F.

[ipsedixit]

Jsix, Bice, Urbn and Meze are all right there in the Gaslamp Qtr.

Nearby (short walk or cab) are places like Urban Cucina, Monello, Bencotto, Carnitas Snack Shack, Super Cocina and Las Cuatro Milpas.