My Sweetie and I love the show, "Diners, Drive-ins and Dives", on the Food Network! For Father's Day, it was all about Tim and he decided we would visit Blue Water Seafood Market & Grill (San Diego) and Gaffey Street Diner (San Pedro), which were featured on the show.The weather was just beautiful -- sunny, breezy, with clear blue skies! The staff and 'regulars' at Gaffey were happy to share their experiences filming the show and offer recommendations. The item featured on the show was more a dessert than breakfast -- French Toast with fresh fruit, whipped cream, etc. We ordered something else. The food was ok. We would eat there again, but we wouldn't go out of our way. Grade: C
We hung out at the bike race for a bit and met up with Rahsaan Bahati, a pro cyclist with Rock Racing. I got a great picture of them together! Rahsaan joked that Tim was usually behind the camera. (Tim has developed a bit of a reputation as an amateur photographer. We call him our Tim-arazzi!)
On our way to San Diego, we stopped in for a visit with some friends, wh
ere we enjoyed some wonderful chocolate chip cookies and admired their new furniture. Afterwards, we stopped in Carlsbad to visit the campus of his old school. He was amazed to see they had installed washers/dryers. When he was a student, they had to pack up their laundry and walk into town to the public laundrymat.
ere we enjoyed some wonderful chocolate chip cookies and admired their new furniture. Afterwards, we stopped in Carlsbad to visit the campus of his old school. He was amazed to see they had installed washers/dryers. When he was a student, they had to pack up their laundry and walk into town to the public laundrymat.
Blue Water is truly a dive -- stand in line to order, paper plates, plastic chairs -- but it was SO GOOD!! It's a fish market that doesn't smell "fishy" at all! I was really impressed when someone came in and ordered some fresh fish to take home. The owner asked if they were headed straight home. If not, he'd pack the fish on ice so it would keep better. We shared a crab/shrimp cocktail with some deliciously spicy cocktail sauce (homemade, I assumed) and a halibut sandwich. Yum-Yum! I only regret that I was too full to try the Cioppino! We'll just have to go back. Grade: B+Our DD&D Road Trip was so much fun, I fell asleep in the car as my Sweetie drove the last few miles home.
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