Amazing the changes one can see during a quick trip to Nijiya! Here are two…..
Pelicana Chicken Replacing Urban Eats:
Well, if you're keeping score (and I may be missing a couple of places here), Urban Eats replaced Hi Street, which replaced Char House.
Established in Daejeon, South Korea in 1982, this chain serves up…….well, you guessed it, Korean Fried Chicken! I'm wondering if Kearny Mesa is in the competition for most Korean Fried Chicken places per square mile in the US? I mean, at HMart you have Katzya, right around the corner and ahem right across the street you have Cross Street, which is nearly across the street from BB.Q Chicken, right in the next parking lot in the Hive is Knockout Chicken, north of Balboa you have Bonchon, and in Zion you have Gala Chicken! And there I was complaining about all the Hot Chicken places opening in San Diego!
7767 Balboa Ave.
San Diego, CA 92111
Chef Chin's Being Replaced by a Flama Llama?:
I saw construction going on at the former location of Chef Chin on Convoy, so I took a left into the parking lot.
Looks like a place named Flama Llama? So, I did a quick search and found this which states that the owner of Steamy Piggy and Formoosa is opening a restaurant that "will bring a new take on Latin American cuisine." I dunno, how about just having some good Latin American cuisine period?
4433 Convoy St
San Diego, CA 92111
Hope everyone is having a great weekend!