Recently, the Missus had an appointment in North Park and we decided to take JJ along…he really enjoys the area and then grab an early lunch. Of course Bica immediately came to mind, but the place was packed. As we headed west on Adams, I recalled a place named Nómade had opened close to An's and Et Voila replacing what I believe was once as sushi bar?
The place was listed as dog friendly so we headed on in. It was empty at 1030 on this morning.
The two women working were very nice and one of them even took photos of JJ! We were seated and handed menus. They brought JJ some water.
Nómade calls itself a Tapas Bar, which I believe it becomes during the evening. It seems more of a coffee – cafe kind of place with a small menu for lunch.
I thought the Missus would go with the Tortilla Espanola, but She decided on the Huevos Rotos ($16) instead. I got the Mollete Toast ($14) and added eggs which was an additional $6….well, twenty bucks for and open faced sandwich.
The food did take a while with the Huevos Rotos arriving first.
The sunny side up eggs were nicely done with crisp edges. The Jamon Serrano was sliced too thick making the fatty edges really tough to eat.
The tallow fries were limp, dry, and in need of salt.
The Mollete Toast was better.
Though the eggs were overcooked; the yolks dry.
"FOY" Peter might appreciate this open faced toast as it used soyrizo, which had a mild smoky-paprika-ish flavor, along with a smear of black beans. I think a more flavor forward cheese would have done better than the very mild Monterey Jack Cheese used.
The slice of sourdough was nice and crusty; though it was mild in terms of yeasty-sourdough tones I enjoy.
Not a bad open face toast….but not sure it's worth twenty bucks. The Missus was on point when She told me "you can make this at home for less than five bucks". Which kind of sums things up
An nice neighborhood place with friendly staff; though it doesn't seem to be worth going out of your way for. They did treat JJ nice and he even got his photo taken.
Nómade Tapas and Records
3027 Adams Ave.
San Diego, CA 92116
And it seems like they're going to have new hours starting today.
Those look like poorly fried sysco fries. The misses was correct that with some store bought jamon and an air fryer, you can easily recreate that dish at home.
$20 for that sandwich? I think not. I know it’s out of your area, but West Coast Smoke & Taphouse in La Mesa has fabulous sandwiches for less than that and also very dog friendly patio. We have to split a sandwich and even then, Anita often can’t finish her half. Great beer list too.
Yes, it was pretty underwhelming Jason. Too bad, because the folks here were so nice!
Yep…..$20 Kenneth! I know you’ve mentioned West Coast Smoke & Taphouse to me before and I have it on my “list”.
That used to be Sabuku Sushi. Even with rising costs $20 for that sando is too much.
I kind of remembered a sushi place in this spot Junichi! Thanks for the info. And twenty bucks for what is basically eggs on sourdough toast is crazy!
Thanks for flagging that soyrizo, Kirk! The first thing I did was open up the menu to look for things I could eat without asking them to leave out ingredients — completely missed the soyrizo in the mollete toast!
bummer the fries were junk
I thought of you when I ordered it Peter! Kinda pricey though I thought you might be interested.
Yeah, those fries were terrible Kat!