A couple of weeks back, I decided to head on to the Market at HFS. For some reason I went to their website and noticed the name of the place had changed to HFS at Centerpark Labs? I took a look and noticed that the address had changed as well! Strange because I had been to the Weathers Place location just a couple of weeks before! Anyway, I headed on over to make the 10am opening time. The "new" location was one traffic light further east on Mira Mesa Boulevard at Flanders Drive. Driving in, I found the new location with minimal problems because they were setting up as I drove into the parking lot.
I parked and walked on over. There a large outdoor eating area at this location.
And I saw a familiar face setting things up. It was Hope the manager who is from Aiea.
After setting up, it was still before opening time and Hope saw me, waved and came on over to chat! It was great seeing her. Hope told me they had just completely moved things over a couple of weeks before and things were now busier than ever with an expanded menu and hours. The Weathers Place shop still did wholesale and Hope was in charge of both places! Yikes! She was working long hours, but was trying to find some manager candidates.
Meanwhile there was line forming, but I didn't care since I was enjoying my chat with Hope. She even guided me into the shop and had the young lady running the register hand me a menu. Hope told me that they had really expanded the menu with cooked items, I'd already tried the fried ahi belly, but she recommended the Ahi Kama, the collar, which I'll make sure to try on one of my future visits.
Meanwhile, I gave "JeffP" my copy of the menu since he's a fan of HFS and didn't know they had moved, so here's a copy from their site.
These days, you can gaze at the seafood offerings like before…..
But you order at the register, where they also have the available poke as well.
On my two visits, I just went with my typical poke bowl, I always get the rice separate from the fish and I usually avoid the salmon items.
And the portions seem a bit bigger, but the poke is as good as always.
And it makes me miss "home".
If you have trouble finding the shop, look for the big "6835" on top of the building, or the outdoor eating set-up, and there are signs strategically placed.
And yes, you can get poke for dinner since they're open until 8pm these days. Though I'm not sure what the selection will be like then.
Maybe "FOY" Jason who mentioned stopping by this location as well might know?
HFS at Centerpark Labs
6835 Flanders Dr.
San Diego, CA 92121
Current Hours:
Daily 10am – 8pm
I’m so excited for the longer hours and expanded menu! The bigger outdoor eating space looks nice too
I hope you get a chance to check them out soon Kirbie! It’s great to hear form you and I hope all is well!
Thanks for the mention, ironically I have an answer too… last tuesday, my wife went stopped by ~730pm to pick up some fish filets and they were cleared out of fresh fish and pretty scarce on the poke selection. Granted, this was after the dinner rush, so things were probably better at 530pm. Once they open that New English brewing satellite taproom, maybe they’ll stock more stuff later in the day to cater to the drinking crowd. The new menu items seems to target that.
nice poke fix:)
That’s great the menu is expanded and there are 2 locations now.
Looking forward to checking out the new location. I’ve had plenty of hamachi kama and salmon kama over the years — but never ahi kama. Definitely on my to-do list!
Thanks for adding your experience during the evening Jason!
It’s our favorite poke in San Diego Kat!
They seem to be ever expanding that menu Soo.
Awesome, if you try it before me; let me know what you think of the kama Peter!
Thanks for the Friday lunch idea, Kirk! Just stopped by and the line was crazy. So very worth it though. I also checked out Phuong Nga following your post the other week! It’s my new favorite banh mi place. Thank you as always!
I had been told that the lines get a bit crazy during lunch Matthew. Which is why I try to get there when they open. Glad you enjoyed the banh mi from Phuong Nga! It’s great to hear from you and I hope all is well!
The outdoor area looks nice! Love their poke!
The best poke in San Diego in my opinion Junichi!