Hello and welcome to mmm-yoso!!! This food centric blog has posts relating to the how and/or why of an eventual food experience. Kirk is busy having and documenting His experiences, Ed(from Yuma) is busy planning His experiences and Cathy's had another experience and is sharing today.
Yes, The Mister and I drove to the Ocean again, this time on an overcast day.
We drove a bit South, making our first stop at the Sunset Cliffs Natural Park.
We then drove North a bit, stopping at the Ocean Beach Pier, again.
Walking up Newport Street on the same block as the beach, this bright inset storefront stood out.
We walked inside, passing plants for sale, stacks of used newspapers and books, parked bicycles, an eclectic seating area and many locals, including some fresh from the ocean surfers.
Near the center of the space (the covered area) was the area to order.
We then found an empty table near the back. More plants for sale. Good espresso.
Soon, our order of a "Belgium Bites" ($6)-freshly baked waffle, topped with sliced banana and accompanied by peanut butter and honey- was brought over to the table. This was a nice combination of flavors, just enough to share and hit the spot.
The fireplace is going when the evenings are cool.
You can see the main counter is a former Coffee Cart. Total cost for a regular coffee, double shot of espresso and the waffle was < $10.
A nice, friendly, neighborhood coffee and snack place with free wifi and great coffee.
Jungle Java 5047 Newport Avenue San Diego 92107 (619)224-0249 Fri, Sat, Sun open until 8 p.m. 
ALL that was less than $10 bucks?! That’s a great deal . And it looks like they gave you two whole bananas on that waffle ๐ I went to Original Pancake House few weeks back and they wanted to charge me for a little container’s worth of jam for my English muffin so I’m so happy to see the generous portion of PB and honey they gave you (or did they charge for those things )?
Nice little find! I wonder what that boarded up place was next to it? Now you have me cravings waffles with honey. ๐
I added a photo of the menu that was taped to the grab and go beverage refrigerator, Faye(you can click and enlarge it). What we ordered were the ‘Belgium Bites’, $6, included everything you saw. You can see it’s not a real building and utensils are paper and plastic…very casual, very wonderful.
I don’t know what the building was, cc, but I’ll keep you updated the next time we are down here. This is all the first block from the beach and pier, so I’d imagine parking will be difficult when it isn’t before 8 a.m..
I didn’t realize it wasn’t an actual building. I just “eye skimmed” the photo, haha. I like that this place is a combo – garden store and coffee shop. Ah, so it’s near the pier. I was trying to figure out what part of Newport it was.
We didn’t even notice Jungle Java when we drove and parked by the OB Pier that sunny morning, cc; it was only when we drove on Newport on the overcast day that we noticed it. It’s a nice concept with food and coffee!