Charlie's Best Bread has changed ownership and is now Point Loma Bakery and Bistro.
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The Mister and I were driving down Rosecrans Street the other day. At the corner of Cañon, there has pretty much always been a Bank of one name or another-In half of the building, we noticed something familiar.
About nine months ago, half the (closer to Cañon) building began to house Charlie's Best Bread Cafe on the ground floor. It used to be Con Pane, which moved to Liberty Station (a post about Con Pane soon). So, it was a bakery which turned into a bakery…and deli…and cafe.
Charlie's Best Breads has been in Pacific Beach for about 27 years. We buy bread from Charlie's when we are in that neighborhood (which isn't that often). This Roseville/Point Loma location has breakfasts, sandwiches, salads, sweets and the regular artisan and organic breads as the 'up North' location. We decided to had to stop. 
It is not too large inside, and there are a few tables out front. The whole menu is overhead, including espresso coffee choices and weekend specials (French toast made on Challah bread and apple crepes). The regular breakfast menu includes quiches and croissant sandwiches as well as one breakfast burrito and some kids choices.
The complimentary water dispenser (on the left) has water infused with fresh cucumber slices, a nice touch. 
Since we hadn't planned on stopping anywhere for lunch, we ordered light. The Mister chose the House salad, with grilled chicken breast ($4.95) Yes. The House salad by itself is $3.95. Since they have grills for the panini sandwiches, they can grill a chicken breast. For one dollar. The salad is all Romaine lettuce and tomato and cucumber and croutons (oops…those seem to be missing, my bad) and a very good size meal.
I decided to try a traditional sort of sandwich order….Pastrami on Rye, half sandwich ($4.95).
Not traditional. The organic rye was sliced thin and had a good sour flavor. The pastrami, a good amount, thick sliced and mildly smoke flavored is heated, the rest of the ingredients are cold and warmed only by the Pastrami. As you can see- Swiss cheese. As you can also see, whole grain Dijon mustard. There is also a light shmear of horseradish. Then there is the Gorgonzola.
Never would I have put these flavors together. Never would I have thought they would "go" together. They do. It is good.
There are also panini's on the menu, same prices as the sandwiches (which are $7.95 for a whole). The pastrami panini is on pumpernickel and has sliced apple and sauteed mushrooms. That will be my order next time. If we aren't stopping in for breakfast.
We bought a seeded baguette to go. It is a proper French bread (weighing about 250 grams…and three feet in length) with crispy crust, light yet chewy bread and the sesame seeds add a nice bit of flavor. $2.25.
There are daily breads (see the website) and the Fri-Sat-Sun Portuguese bread, at $5.25, is frequently sold out. Charlie's is a bread shop stop more than a deli, but the deli offerings are really good. We will be back for breakfast.
Charlie's Best Bread, Bakery, Deli & Cafe 1110 Rosecrans Street (at Cañon) San Diego 92106 (619)487-0227. Mon 7 am-3 pm, Tue-Fri 7 am-6pm, Sat-Sun 7am-5pm Website