A couple of things for hump day……
Coming Soon – Pokeland:
Sounds like some kind of amusement park, huh? Anyway, this one is courtesy of "FOY" (friend of yoso) and frequent commenter "JanFrederick", who was nice enough to send me an email about the place.
Located in Mira Mesa Mall right across from L&L.
8270 Mira Mesa Blvd
San Diego, CA, 92126
And Crab Hut (Mira Mesa):
Right around the corner is the new location of Crab Hut.
Looks like they'll be ready fairly soon
8280 Mira Mesa Blvd
San Diego, CA, 92126
Man, the interior of this mall looks kind of depressing…….the Mandarin Garden location stands looking quite alone……
A Quick Visit to the Market Hall:
**** The Market Hall has closed
I was in the East Village area so I did a quick visit to The Market Hall a few weeks ago; a grocery/restaurant concept that originated in Seattle.
Not much in terms of meat, seafood, or produce when I visited.
Decent, but not outstanding selection of cheeses and quite a bit of prepared food. In fact, the friendly folks kept asking me if I'd like to try something.
The place was rather empty, except for the coffee bar which was doing some nice business. and while I really don't see anything that compels me to return…..I get most of what I need in terms of cheese/meat/wine/beer/seafood closer to home, I think this is great for folks who live in the East Village!
The Market Hall
969 Market St
San Diego, CA 92101
Hours:
Mon – Fri 7am – 10pm
Sat – Sun 9am – 10pm
will be interesting to see the kind of poke they serve
Crab Hut must be doing well to open another location. The Boiling Crab down the street seems to be gone, but the sign is still up.
I haven’t been to this mall in awhile, but I look forward to trying Pokeland. It looks like replaced Edelweiss Bakery?
It will Kat. I’ve been somewhat underwhelmed with what’s available here.
According to JanFredrick, it used to be some kind of Vape shop Sandy.
I never liked Mandarin Garden. Do you know what happened to them?
Ah Mandarin Garden. Brings back memories. Used to go there growing up on special family occasions. Always the same people working. I was devastated when the owners sold the place a while back. The mall was pretty dead back then. Can’t image how bad it is now.
Hi Soo – I believe the chef went to Chef Chin’s a while back, but not sure about the rest.
Hi Junichi – Funny, when I was growing up, Chinese food was a special occasion treat…I still remember the place we used to go to on those special days. It was pretty depressing; other than L&L.
ooh nice preview of the market hall! they are doing San Diego burger week ($5 burger) so I was curious what the place looked like!
I hope crab hut does better than its predecessors in that mira mesa mall location!
Hi Lynn – I’ll look forward to your post on that burger….if it’s good, I might have a reason to drive (and find parking) down there!