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CONTENTS JULY/AUGUST 2018 VOLUME 5/ISSUE 4

DEPARTMENTS

Celebrating our 30th Anniversary!

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06 SET IN STONE Welcome to Summer 10 COASTAL EXPOSURE Featuring our best coastal images of Oceanside on tap.

Photography by Zach Cordner, Dwayne Carter and Cameron Reeder 18 LOCAL FLAVOR • With Chef Sam Parker 20 GREEN O • Protect, Collect, Recycle, Do Your Part!

26 OCEANSIDE’S FINEST • CJ DiMento 28 HIDDEN GEMS • Sonora Refillery 30 ACTIVE O • Cadence Dance Project 32 COMMUNITY • SPOT Animal Rescue 40 HOMEGROWN • Keli Ross-Ma’u 42 ARTS • Jeff Nilson 52 LOCAL BUSINESS • Royal Rooter 54 LOCAL RETAILER • Soccer Mexico RESTAURANT REVIEW 58 COASTAL • Anita’s Mexican Cantina & Restaurant 60 COASTAL • Fat Joe’s Kitchen & Arcade 62 INLAND • Chin’s Szechwan Cuisine

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66 RESTAURANT & BAR GUIDE The Osider´s guide to all the best bars and eateries in town 71 FAST FORWARD TO YESTERDAY Oceanside’s oldest church building, The Methodist Church

FEATURES 36 TEN THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT OCEANSIDE'S NEIGHBORHOODS Learn about the history of our city’s neighborhoods

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44 SUMMER FUN GUIDE Our list of fun things to do this summer in Oceanside

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Summertime in The O There’s no better place to be in the summertime than Oceanside. Of course, the obvious choice is spending the day at one of our amazing beaches frolicking in the surf, but that’s really just the tip of the iceberg. Oceanside also offers many youth programs to keep the kids busy and in a safe environment. Whether it’s a golf camp, Junior lifeguards, surf camp, or team sports—there’s no shortage of options to choose from (and that’s just for the kids).

There are plenty of things to keep us adults busy, too. Brew tours, new food experiences, art walks, and camping. After all, isn’t that why we chose to live here in Southern California in the first place?

In this issue, we lay out all the best options to keep your summer vacation humming at full speed. Summertime in Oceanside always seems to go by so quickly, and after you read our feature story—it’s easy to see why. Summertime in the O is like no other. Just remember to be patient with the crowds, respectful to the locals, helpful with the tourists, and most of all— remember to have fun.

Welcome to Summer!

Jamey Stone Publisher

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JULY/AUGUST 2018 VOLUME 5/ISSUE 4 PUBLISHER Jamey Stone/Publisher/Co-Founder stone@theosider.com EDITORIAL Zach Cordner/Creative Director/Co-Founder zach@theosider.com Dwayne Carter/Design Director dwayne@theosider.com Aaron Schmidt/Editorial Director aaron@theosider.com ADVERTISING Nolan Woodrell/Advertising Director nolan@theosider.com ADMINISTRATION Alicia Stone CONTRIBUTORS Renordo Bowen, Christopher Donez, Rachel Michelle Fernandes, Kristi Hawthorne, Alyson Klier, Katie LaLicata, Priscilla Iezzi, Danielle Jackson, Cameron Reeder, Elizabeth Schwartze, Alicia Stone, Weston Whittaker, Promise Yee SPECIAL THANKS Louie Hayward/Co-founder, Mayor Jim Wood, Tim Wrisley, Amber Lussier, John Beran, Melissa Armstrong, Alondra Figueroa, The Carter Family, Hans Molenkamp, Danyel Potts, The Woodrell Family, The Becker Family, Ron Goodin, Bailey Stone, Braden Stone, Judy Camp, The Hoffer family, Steve and Linda Josepho, Jean Josepho, MAJ Investors, Evelyn Cordner, Jack Amarillas, Oceanside Historical Society, Bottom Line Management, Oceanside Museum of Art, and all of our advertisers

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COASTAL EXPOSURES Sunset at Eternal Hills during last Memorial Day weekend.

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COASTAL EXPOSURES Last light through the Pier.

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COASTAL EXPOSURES The Junior Lifeguards take over North Jetty.

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COASTAL EXPOSURES Another epic sunset at Buccaneer Beach.

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HOW TO MAKE OCTOPUS SALAD WITH CHEF SAM PARKER FROM THE PRIVATEER

“With The Privateer being named after the pirated ships in the 17th century and because Oceanside is such a beautiful beach town, I’ve been looking to introduce more seafood into the restaurant. I choose to pair the Spanish Octopus recipe that I know with a hibiscus egg recipe I got from a cookbook from a restaurant in Tulum. Never wanting anything to go to waste in any restaurant that I work in, I made vinaigrette out of our leftover chili/caper/ garlic oil we use to season our staple roasted cauliflower dish. Enjoy!”

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SPANISH BRAISED OCTOPUS

INGREDIENTS

2 red bell peppers, large dice 1 yellow onion 10 cloves garlic, smashed 4 ribs celery, large dice 3 carrots, large dice 1 tomato, large dice 4 jalapenos, stems and seeds removed 3 teaspoons coriander seeds 3 teaspoons black peppercorns 3 bay leaves 6 teaspoons kosher salt 2 lemons, halved 2 quarts white wine 1 gallon water 2 4.5 lb. Spanish octopus

STEPS 1. Peel onion and cut in half horizontally. In a small cast iron pan, heat one-teaspoon vegetable oil and the root end of the onion, cut side down.

Allow blackening.

2. Chop the top half of the onion, and add to the other vegetables. Sauté peppers, onions, garlic, celery, carrots, and tomatoes in a large stock about 3-5 minutes until they just start to caramelize.

CHILI LIME VINAIGRETTE

INGREDIENTS

3 limes, juice and zest 2 teaspoons Dijon 2 teaspoons agave ½ cup Apple Cider vinegar 3 cups chili oil 2 shallots, brunoised

STEPS 1. Combine juice, zest, Dijon, agave, vinegar in blender. Blend until smooth.

2. While blender is still running, slowly add oil while also increasing the speed of the blender until all oil has been emulsified in.

3. Finish with salt all mix in shallots.

3. Add Coriander, peppercorns, and bay leaves and toast for about a minute. Squeeze lemons into vegetable mix, throwing in the whole rinds once all the juices have been squeezed in.

4. Deglaze with white wine and simmer until all the alcohol has burned off, about five minutes.

Add salt and taste. The liquid should be slightly salty, like the ocean.

5. Add the water and bring to a boil. Carefully drop in your octopus and bring back to a boil.

Turn heat down to a simmer and set a timer for one hour.

6. Test doneness of the octopus by pulling out one of the tentacles out and cutting it about two inches up from the end. Cut off a slice and taste it. If it’s still a little chewy, then allow to simmer another five-to-ten minutes.

7. Remove octopus from braise and allow to cool completely. Once cooled, slice off the head, and remove the beak. Then slice into bite size pieces.

HIBISCUS PICKLED EGGS

INGREDIENTS

6 eggs 3 cups + 1 teaspoon distilled white vinegar 3 cups Apple Cider vinegar 1 cup water 2 star anise 2 teaspoon Coriander seeds 2 bay leaves 2 cups sugar 1 cup Kosher salt 1 cup dried Hibiscus flowers

STEPS 1. Bring a small pot of water to boil with 1 teaspoon white vinegar.

2. Carefully place eggs into boiling water and set timer for six minutes.

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OCTOPUS SALAD! INGREDIENTS

3-4 yellow endives, sliced 2 bunches hydroponic watercress, cut at root 5 red radishes, sliced thin 1 basket of cherry tomatoes, halved 1 cup sliced almonds, toasted 1 cup chili lime vinaigrette 6 Hibiscus pickled eggs, quartered 2 Spanish octopuses Black Hawaiian sea salt TO ASSEMBLE THE SALAD: Toss watercress, endive, tomatoes, and radishes in vinaigrette in a large bowl. Sprinkle with almonds. Heat a sauté pan with oil. Once hot, sauté your octopus for one-to-two minutes.

Don’t move it around too much so you’ll get a nice sear. Then place octopus in bowl on top of salad, along with Hibiscus egg quarters. Sprinkle black Hawaiian sea salt (or any nice finishing salt available to you) over the yolks of the eggs.

3. Remove eggs and place into an ice bath to stop them from cooking any further. Once cooled, peel eggs, and place into a heat-safe container.

4. Combine the rest of the vinegars, water, spices, salt, and sugar in a pot and bring to a boil.

Taste liquid, adjusting salt and sugar as desired.

5. Once the liquid has boiled, remove from heat and allow it to cool for one minute.

6. Pour hot liquid over peeled eggs with a small plate or bowl to fully submerge them in the pickling liquid. Be sure to stir the eggs every ten minutes to avoid getting any uneven spotting on the eggs. After about 30-45 minutes, you can cover the eggs and refrigerate.

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NO STRAW PLEASE Do your part and help us reduce plastic waste.

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Over 500 million straws are used and disposed of in the US every day.

In the United States, the average person uses 1.6 straws per day. This adds up to over 500 million single use plastic straws used each day in the United States. It has become automatic to expect a straw when ordering a drink from any food establishment. But is that plastic straw really necessary? Plastic straws are not recyclable and can have significant ecological costs for our beaches and waterways. In fact, straws are consistently in the top ten items found during the Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup each year. Plastic pollution, like single use plastic straws, poses a threat to the health of our oceans and they cause the death of over one million sea birds and sea mammals each year.

Remember this: No drink requires a straw.

Reducing the use of plastic straws is a simple way to reduce your contribution to plastic pollution. There are many local and international campaigns that are urging skipping the straw.

Right here in Oceanside, the City’s Green Oceanside campaign, along with a group of local advocates of “Straws Upon Request” are taking action by working with local restaurants to promote only serving straws upon request. Look for tent cards at participating restaurants to help remind you to say “No straw, please.”

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LAST STRAW We’ve put away drinking straws in an effort to reduce plastic waste and only give them out if you specifically ask for one.

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PROTECT, COLLECT, RECYCLE, DO YOUR PART! WORDS: GREEN OCEANSIDE

Members of Oceanside’s Por Siempre Car Club display their cars at a local park.

Chema Navarro ensures her car is running well and Oceanside stays beautiful.

Chema and Manuel Navarro founded Por Siempre Car Club in 2007 as a way to combine two of their passions—classic cars and their Oceanside community. Among many of their activities, Por Siempre holds car show events to raise money for local non-profits, but the love for their community does not end there. Chema and Manuel are also passionate about protecting our environment. “It’s a beautiful place where we live,” said Manuel. They’ve been working with the City’s Green Oceanside campaign over the last few years to promote the proper disposal and recycling of used oil and used oil filters.

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used oil filters from the public for proper disposal and recycling. “It’s easy to find a place to take your oil,” said Manuel. “There’s even a program in the City where you can exchange your used oil filters for new ones [for free]. We tell all club members to go out and take advantage of that program.” Manuel is referring to the quarterly used oil filter exchange events sponsored by the City of Oceanside and funded through CalRecycle.

In addition to helping promote these events, Chema and Manuel were recently featured in a newspaper magazine about showing your pride for Oceanside through the proper recycling of used oil and oil filters to protect waterways. And in 2016, Chema and Manuel participated in a 22

used oil Public Service Announcement rap video.

“We enjoyed it,” said Chema. “We love helping out our community wherever we can.” You can watch this Public Service Announcement on the Zero Waste page at GreenOceanisde.org.

For more information on used oil recycling, Certified Collection Center locations and all of the City of Oceanside’s environmental programs, please visit GreenOceanside.org, or download the free Green Oceanside Mobile app by searching Green Oceanside at the Apple and Android iStores

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CJ DiMento is not your average librarian. With a name like DiMento, one might even suspect this hardworking mother of two is secretly a super-villain the likes of which appears in a Marvel comic book. In reality, Ms. DiMento might the closest thing to a superhero we have here in Oceanside.

The Colorado native, after a stint of living in Stuttgart Germany, moved to Oceanside in the early aughts with her Air Force vet husband Danny. Since setting down roots here, the uberpositive, infectiously upbeat multi-tasker has managed to create a world of opportunity for local residents—both human and animal.

As the Principal Librarian for the Oceanside Library Mission Branch, DiMento has fostered a hyper inclusive environment to assist people on their knowledge-seeking journey, whether it’s literary or artistic. One glance at a day’s worth of events on the library’s calendar might reveal services for babies, seniors, veterans, Spanish speakers, teens, and even service animals.

“Everybody that comes through the public library doors, they’re equals and we treat them that way,” remarked DiMento. “I think that’s one of the strengths of it. And I also see that with art,

in that it can be used as sort of an equalizer.”

DiMento has also helped expand the functionality of the website so that people can check out books online. She runs two book clubs, manages the Bookmobile, which makes literacy (and art) more accessible to kids of all

“Since setting down roots here, the uber-positive, infectiously upbeat multitasker has managed to create a world of opportunity for local residents—both human and animal” ages, and has helped earn a Cultural Arts District distinction for Oceanside via the California Arts Council, all while also helping develop a “master plan” for the Arts.

As a resident and business owner, DiMento also managed to preserve a vital piece of land along the Buena Vista Lagoon at the gateway to Oceanside. Slated to become a

hotel in 2008, the land’s preservation became a nearly decade-long process involving tremendous efforts to coalesce the community and cobble together funds from over 200 individual donors, three non profits, the Buena Vista Lagoon Project, and a 1.35 million dollar grant from the Wildlife Conservation Board of the Department of Fish & Wildlife to purchase the land for the Buena Vista Audubon Society.

The fish and wildlife are lucky to have such a tenacious ally, as is our fair city’s Southern border, which is nothing short of breathtaking.

“My commitment is to promote an informed community, whether about the library’s incredible value, our environmental treasures, or our talented artistic and creative assets,” sang DiMento. “If you see that there’s something that’s not there that you want to see in your community, you can do it. There’s no reason why you can’t. You just have to put some work in.”

To volunteer with the library, join a book club, or help with the Arts Commission’s master plan, please visit oceansidepubliclibrary.org

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SONORA REFILLERY

Owner, Marissa Figueroa

WORDS: ALICIA STONE PHOTOS: ZACH CORDNER When I asked Sonora Refillery owner Marissa Figueroa about her greatest inspiration for opening such a unique business, her answer was simple: Travel. “Seeing how other countries take pride in the care of their communities motivated me to look for alternatives in our current system,” said Marissa. “Plastic is the greatest pollutant, derived from petroleum, and toxic to our environment.” Living near the ocean led Marissa to focus on reducing plastic waste, and the best way to do that is to reuse the vessels that contain our necessary hygiene and household products.

The Sonora Refillery, named in honor of Marissa’s family history of mining throughout the Sonoran desert, offers eco-friendly products of almost every kind. What immediately impressed me was the reminder of the small items many of us don’t realize will end up in a landfill, or more likely into our local oceans. We can easily replace these with products such as bamboo toothbrushes; re-useable razors, re-useable produce bags, and biodegradable trash can liners. “We are used to hearing about the large ocean oil spills that make the news, but we don’t realize we’re unconsciously depositing these toxins here on our beaches daily,” said Marissa.

“We are conditioned to seeing the signs that read, ‘drains to ocean’ and we keep on walking.”

Marissa also believes we need to lead by example for the tourists who come here and vacation on our beaches. “It’s has to start with the locals!” she added emphatically.

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Upon entering the store, I immediately gravitated toward the reusable straws—breaking up with my plastic, convenient stir sticks has been an addiction I’m embarrassed to admit I’ve struggled with for a while. And I was quickly impressed by the beauty and simplicity of the space. I’m happy to see how easy Marissa has created the experience, especially for a newbie like me. Her eco-friendly products by the ounce include shampoo, conditioner, lotion, laundry and dish soap, baby soap, dog shampoos, castile soaps, and floor and all-purpose cleaners.

She also has food-grade essential oils to add so you can customize scrubs, body butters, bath, salts and oil mixtures for specific ailments. The Refillery offers glass re-useable containers of all sizes to take your products home, or you can reuse your current containers. Just think if we all thought about where all the un-recyclable plastic ends up? It definitely evokes empathy for our ocean that welcomes our families to swim, surf, and enjoy everyday.

Marissa appreciates Oceanside’s unique personality and would love to see our culture guide our development. “I’d love to see more crosswalks and bike lanes. It’s not safe for us, or the tourists,” said Marissa. “And locals know parking is a problem. If we remember that we’re a beach community we can work toward infrastructure to support foot traffic and bicycle safety.” Marissa added, “I’d also love to see more trash cans line our beach access points.” She 28

feels camaraderie with fellow small business owners. “We really have some young, talented motivated peers with fresh ideas who are ready and willing to contribute to a healthier community while preserving Oceanside’s character.”

On July 28th, Marissa, along with other like-minded Osiders, have planned their first community clean up. It’ll start at Sonora Refillery, and end at The Cup on Wisconsin Street. She added, “I realize it’s a small step in the right direction, but hopefully it’s the beginning of something that becomes a part of the fabric of Oceanside’s future.” Myself, I’ve already started by kicking my straw habit. I may never look at the contents of my trashcan in the same way again, which is my small step, but a step I believe we can all take.

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CADENCE DANCE PROJECT WORDS: ALYSON KLIER PHOTOS: CHRISTOPHER DONEZ

Located in an historic building on the corner of Wisconsin Avenue and South Cleveland Street, Cadence Dance Project’s motto is “Dance with Purpose,” and their students are encouraged to develop as dancers, as well as compassionate humans. The welcoming, energetic, and generous vibe of the Cadence Dance Project’s studio space is reflected by co-owner/Directors Jessica Smith and Olivia Oleson, and fits in perfectly with the youthful growing community of businesses on Wisconsin by the beach.

Opening the doors with classes in Ballet, Tap, Hip Hop, Contemporary, and Yoga for students of all ages and abilities in October of 2017, Olivia and Jessica received much community support and were ready to expand into two studios in less than a year. Jessica and Olivia grew up in the area and are childhood friends. Each had opportunities to travel and go to school in other states and countries, but the shared desire to follow their passion and start a business together brought them back to the Oceanside community.

The positive impact for the community the students of Cadence Dance Project have made in the short amount of time they have been open is admirable. In the 8 months they have been teaching classes the studio’s students have participated in the Oceanside Art Walk, the Relay THEOSIDER.COM

for Life at Mira Costa College, and partnered with Coastal Music to raise funds for the Got your Back and World Vision organizations. Additionally, their Cadence Company dance teams provide a platform for their teen students to express a love for dance while playing an integral role in their community through service and leadership projects. Team leaders are asked to create community projects that integrate dance and civic service and then lead their teams through the process.

Projects so far have included raising funds and awareness for anti-bullying, removing over 147-pounds of trash during a paddle boarding lagoon cleanup, coordinating a supply drive for the Oceanside SD Humane Society, packing and distributing sack lunches to the local community, and performing and serving members of the Bread of Life organization.

The “heartbeat” (or cadence) of the dance studio that Jessica and Olivia have created is built on their passion for uniting dance and civic-mindedness, and it’s infectious. Even if you have no intention of signing up for a class, you may want to stop by just to see what’s happening in their bustling space. Who knows?

You may catch the dance bug and be inspired to get out on the dance floor after all!

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SPOT ANIMAL RESCUE WORDS: PROMISE YEE PHOTOS: ZACH CORDNER A lot can be understood about an organization by learning why it was established. SPOT (Saving Pets One at a Time) Animal Rescue Group was founded to give dogs and cats that are deemed unadoptable or about to be euthanized a second chance at a long, healthy life.

The core founders of the nonprofit formerly worked together as volunteers at Oceanside’s North County Humane Society. When San Diego Humane Society took over operations its past president’s policies on animal euthanization seemed overly aggressive and inhumane to the volunteers. This sparked their efforts to form their own nonprofit.

Faye Schultz, president and founding member of SPOT, recalled the decision to launch SPOT. “We decided we could help animals better from the outside,” said Schultz. “It was not a good transition.” The group now works with San Diego Humane Society’s current president and most animal shelters in San Diego County to safeguard dogs and cats.

The desire to be an advocate for the most vulnerable dogs and cats is the driving force behind the grassroots nonprofit. The animal rescue group operates with an all-volunteer staff and no brick and mortar facility. Volunteers open their homes to board and care for pets until they’re adopted and “one-on-one” training takes place at local parks or volunteers’ residences.

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(L to R): SPOT volunteers Dianne Heater, Faye Schultz, Kip Andersonn, and Joyce Cunneen.

(L to R): SPOT cat volunteers Lori Quattrone, Shanna Kane, and Jan Kay.

adoptable dogs and cats. “It’s 100-percent all volunteers, it’s as grassroots as it can get,” said Schultz.

SPOT’s social media sites and website also provide information on pets who need a loving home. Dogs and cats range from popular purebreds, to just born kittens and puppies, to senior animals, and those with a chronic medical condition. All animals are rehabilitated with top medical care, behavior training, and the love of a SPOT volunteer foster family before they’re available for adoption. There’re countless stories on how a pet that was deemed unadoptable grew into a loving companion because of SPOT’s efforts. “There’s nothing like seeing an animal turn

around,” Schultz said. “There’s nothing more beautiful.”

Pet ownership brings amazing rewards— they’re beneficial to their owners’ physical and emotional health. “There’s so much love to be found and discovered,” smiled Schultz. “You’re a rock star every time you come into your house!”

SPOT takes steps to ensure that the owner and pet is a good match. The group also goes a step further and takes back animals that aren’t a good fit. SPOT members say it’s essential in ensuring the dog or cat maintains a high quality life. If the age and health of the animal makes it unlikely to be adopted, SPOT volunteers provide hospice care through its final days. Volunteers 33

who foster dogs and cats are supported with pet food, supplies, and training opportunities at no charge.

Other SPOT volunteers help with dog walking, events (including cat yoga classes), and operations. The absence of overhead costs allows all funds to go towards animals’ medical needs, training, and supplies. SPOT efforts have saved the lives of more than 3,300 dogs and cats in the group’s eight years of service. SPOT charges a nominal adoption fee, and counts on donations, fundraisers, and grants to keep its efforts going.

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COMMUNITY EVENTS CALENDAR

ZACH CORDNER

JULY/AUGUST 2018

JULY 2018 SUNDAY

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Trivia Mondays @ Hello Betty Fish House 7-9pm

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Passafire @ Harrah’s 8pm

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Reggae Sundays in the Harbor @ Tony’s Sports Bar 5-9pm Toots & The Maytals @ Harrah’s 8pm

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Albion Cup National Soccer Showcase @ El Corazon

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Stomp Sessions Summer Skate Camp @ MLK Skatepark 9am-1pm

Anuhea @ Harrah’s 8pm Jazz Concert @ El Corazon Senior Center 6-9pm

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Albion Cup National Soccer Showcase @ El Corazon

Fireworks Show @ Oceanside Blvd & Rancho del Oro Road 6-10pm

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Stomp Sessions Summer Skate Camp @ MLK Skatepark 9am-1pm

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Trivia & Taco Tuesday @ Mission Bar & Grill 7-10pm Comedy Night @ The Privateer Marketplace 7:30-8:30pm

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Trivia Mondays @ Hello Betty Fish House 7-9pm

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Paul Mitchell Supergirl Pro @ The Pier

Trivia Mondays @ Hello Betty Fish House 7-9pm

Easy Star All Stars @ Harrah’s 8pm

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Trivia & Taco Tuesday @ Mission Bar & Grill 7-10pm

Etana @ Harrah’s 8pm

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Surf Cup Invitational @ El Corazon

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Trivia & Taco Tuesday @ Mission Bar & Grill 7-10pm Comedy Night @ The Privateer Marketplace 7:30-8:30pm

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Live Music @ Mission Ave Bar & Grill 8-11pm Brandon Lay @ Harrah’s 8pm

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Garrison Creek Bird Walk @ El Corazon 7:30-9am

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Jimmy Allen @ Harrah’s 8pm

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Oceanside Samoan Cultural Celebration @ Junior Seau Pier Amphitheatre 12-9pm

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Art Walk: Focus on Fokos @ OMA 5-8pm

Sushi and Tunes Live music @ Harney Sushi 6:30-9:30pm

South O Walkabout @ South O Shopping District 6-8pm

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Acoustic Wednesdays @ The Privateer Marketplace 6:30-8:30pm

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Acoustic Wednesdays @ The Privateer Marketplace 6:30-8:30pm

SATURDAY Vance Joy @ Harrah’s 6:30pm

Albion Cup National Soccer Showcase @ El Corazon Downtown Oceanside History Walk @ Civic Center Plaza 9-11am

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Live Music @ Mission Ave Bar & Grill 8-11pm Shenandoah @ Harrah’s 8pm

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Devin Dawson @ Harrah’s 8pm

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FREE Concert in the Park @ Rancho Del Oro Park 5-8pm Sushi & Tunes @ Harney Sushi 6:30-9:30pm

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Paul Mitchell Supergirl Pro @ The Pier Sushi & Tunes @ Harney Sushi 6:30-9:30pm

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Two Farmtables & A Microphone @ Cyclops Farms 6-9:30pm

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Paul Mitchell Supergirl Pro @ The Pier Brian McKnight @ Harrah’s 8pm Rookie’s Charity Golf Event @ Oceanside Golf Course 1-6pm

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Sushi & Tunes @ Harney Sushi 6:30-9:30pm

Harbor Wine Cruises @ Oceanside Adventures 5-6:30pm

Live Music @ Mission Ave Bar & Grill 8-11pm

First Friday Art Walk @ Downtown 5-9pm

Surf Cup Invitational @ El Corazon

The Shane Hall Trio @ OMA 7-10pm

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Surf Cup Invitational @ El Corazon

Trivia Mondays @ Hello Betty Fish House 7-9pm

Raging Fyah @ Harrah’s 8pm

Reggae Sundays in the Harbor @ Tony’s Sports Bar 5-9pm

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Guy Takayama Pro @ The Pier The Green @ Harrah’s 8pm

Surf Cup Invitational @ El Corazon

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Big Band Jazz Hall of Fame @ El Corazon Senior Center 6-9pm

Trivia Mondays @ Hello Betty Fish House 7-9pm

Comedy Night @ The Privateer Marketplace 7:30-8:30pm

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World Bodysurfing Championships @ The Pier

Attack Summer Classic @ El Corazon

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Ocean Charter Youth Fishing Trip @ the Harbor 8:15am-3pm South O Walkabout @ South O Shopping District 6-8pm

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Live Music @ Mission Ave Bar & Grill 8-11pm Oceanside History Walk @ Downtown 9-11am

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FREE Concert in the Park @ Mance Buchanon Park 5-8pm

Hirie @ Harrah’s 8pm Reggae Sundays in the Harbor @ Tony’s Sports Bar 5-9pm

Trivia Mondays @ Hello Betty Fish House 7-9pm

Trivia & Taco Tuesday @ Mission Bar & Grill 7-10pm Comedy Night @ The Privateer Marketplace 7:30-8:30pm

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Acoustic Wednesdays @ The Privateer Marketplace 6:30-8:30pm Peter Frampton @ Harrah’s 8pm

Guy Takayama Pro @ The Pier

Paul Cauthen @ Harrah’s 8pm

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Snow Patrol @ Harrah’s 8pm

World Bodysurfing Championships @ The Pier

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Anderson East @ Harrah’s 8pm Feast @ Old Mission San Luis Rey 6-9pm

Sushi & Tunes @ Harney Sushi 6:30-9:30pm

Halestorn + In This Moment @ Harrah’s 7pm

Live Music @ Mission Ave Bar & Grill 8-11pm

Moonlight Paddle @ the Harbor 7:30-9:30pm

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Sushi & Tunes @ Harney Sushi 6:30-9:30pm Norm Macdonald & Colin Quinn @ Harrah’s 9pm

Attack Summer Classic @ El Corazon

Oceanside Outrigger 9-man Race @ the Harbor Coastal 101 Birding Loop @ Buena Vista Nature Center 9-11:30am

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THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT

OCEANSIDE NEIGHBORHOODS

WORDS: KRISTI HAWTHORNE PHOTOS COURTESY OF OCEANSIDE HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Our city is made up of many different neighborhoods. They all have their own unique characteristics, history, and even architecture. As Oceanside’s population grew, its borders expanded with various subdivisions and new housing developments.

From the exclusive enclave of St. Malo, to Potter homes in South Oceanside and Francine Villa in North Oceanside, Oceanside neighborhoods are as diverse as the people who live here.

South O in the mid 1950s.

Jack Vasquez and Charles Nares on Bush Street in the Eastside Neighborhood, 1962.

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SOUTH OCEANSIDE John Chauncey Hayes established South Oceanside, a small township just south of the City of Oceanside in the 1880s. In the earliest days, it had its own bank, a school building, cemetery, several brick residences and a newspaper, the South Oceanside Diamond. This largely rural area included the Spaulding Dairy (established about 1913) and was home to acres of flower fields owned by the Frazee family and others.

It turned residential when Walter H. Potter, “the man who built South Oceanside,” began building dozens of small homes in 1947 that stretched from Morse Street to Vista Way.

The Spaulding Barn, South Oceanside, 1910.

Thomas Guide, 1956.

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EASTSIDE The Eastside neighborhood is just east of Interstate 5 and north of Mission Avenue. It’s so named because at one time it was the eastern most part of the city. The subdivisions of Mingus & Overman, Reece, Spencer, Higgins & Puls, which encompass the area, was mostly farmland when families from Mexico began settling there in the 1910s and 1920s.

Most of the early residents were laborers who worked in the fields of the San Luis Rey Valley and the Rancho Santa Margarita (now Camp Pendleton). Many of the homes that were built between 1920 and 1940 by hardworking fathers and grandfathers of the families still call Eastside their home.

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GUIDOTIVILLE AND PINE HEIGHTS Two neighborhoods that are no longer in existence, but are remembered by longtime residents.

Guidotiville was named by and after Amerigo Edwardo Guidoti. The area was near what’s now referred to as Lawrence Canyon, just south of present Highway 76. Guidotti built his residence there along with several rentals and lived there for many years. The homes were removed by the 1980s to make way for the highway construction.

Pine Heights was a rather remote area of Oceanside, accessible only via Eighth Street, now called Neptune Way. Pine Heights provided an expansive view of Oceanside and a panoramic view of the Pacific Ocean. Niels Hansen, a local grocer, built a large Craftsman-style home

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Guidotiville in Lawrence Canyon, early 1940s.

designed by noted architects the Quale Brothers in 1908. Also that year, Attorney John Johnston hired prominent Chicago and San Diego architect Henry Lord Gay to design his $10,000 home in Pine Heights. Called “Gaymount,” the Johnston residence was featured in the San Diego Union several times.

The Hansen house was later moved to North Clementine Street, but the Johnston home was demolished. Pine Heights is now the location of a fifteen-acre condo development by Evening Star Development.

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FRANCINE VILLA This was a new subdivision established in the 1940s that was situated along the northern most border of Oceanside along Camp Pendleton.

Francine Villa includes Capistrano Drive, San Luis Rey, San Mateo, Santa Paula, and San Simeon.

Many homes were built there in the early to mid 1950s, and purchased by the military families that were stationed at Camp Pendleton. It also borders another subdivision named North Oceanside Terrace. The neighborhood encompassing these two subdivisions includes a large park, and is now commonly referred to as simply “Capistrano.”

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MESA MARGARITA As Oceanside’s population grew at steady pace in the 1950s and 1960s, its borders continued to extend eastward. New housing was always in demand. Sproul Homes developed many new neighborhoods, including Mesa Margarita, which is often referred as the “Back Gate” area because of its proximity to northeast entrance to Camp Pendleton. In 1965, Fred C. Sproul Homes, Inc.—a residential development firm from Harold Stokes and Joe Higley— purchased about 62 acres along North River Road. The Stokes and Higley families were long time dairy farmers in the San Luis Rey Valley.

With the plan to build 275 new homes on the property, it was one of several developments that changed the landscape of “rural” to “suburban.”

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OCEANA One of the first adult-only communities built in Southern California was that of Oceana.

Situated east of El Camino Real and south of Mission Avenue, this planned community was built in 1964 at a cost of $25 million. It was touted as being “a city within a city” built on 180 acres

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with 1,500 lanai cottages and 300 apartments.

At the time it was built, it required that at least one adult be age 40 or over. A two bedroom, two-bath model was listed at $16,995, and the community offered a variety of amenities, which included a pool, golfing, library, and restaurant.

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HENIE HILLS Henie Hills was owned by world famous figure skater Sonja Henie. Sonja and her brother Lief purchased 1,600 acres of ranch land in about 1941, which included the present day El Camino Country Club. In the early 1950s, the Henies began subdividing part of the land near El Camino Real at which time some of the first custom homes were built. A portion of this land was sold to Tri-City Hospital, and then eventually acquired by MiraCosta College. Miss Henie built a large house on Oceanview Drive, which she used during her visits here from her native Norway. She continued ownership of 350 acres until 1968. In 1974, Henie Hills opened as one of the nation’s first planned residential estates community, offering homes on estate-size lots averaging one-half acre with views of the sea,

mountains, and golf fairways in the valley below.

Home prices ranged from $54,000 to $81,000.

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FIRE MOUNTAIN Fire Mountain was at one time called “North Carlsbad.” It was a largely rural area planted with avocado and citrus groves, consisting of approximately 338 acres. While the town of Carlsbad eventually grew and incorporated, North Carlsbad remained an unincorporated area of San Diego County—an island surrounded by the city limits of Oceanside. The City of Oceanside annexed the area in the 1960s. It’s since developed into a desirable neighborhood simply named after the road traveling through it. It consists of middle-class homes, tract, and custom homes—many of which sit on large lots, and some offering nice views of the Pacific Ocean.

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ST. MALO A group of twelve homes was built by 1934 in an exclusive enclave in South Oceanside at the end of Pacific Street. Pasadena resident Kenyon A. Keith purchased 28 acres of oceanfront property and contained homes resembling a French fishing village that was known as St. Malo.

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Well-to-do property owners used St. Malo for vacation and summer homes. Early film director Jason S. Joy’s home was identified as “La Garde Joyeuse” and included an outdoor bowling alley and volleyball court. Author Ben Hecht was another resident, as well as Frank Butler, who cowrote Going My Way. The beautiful community of St. Malo remains one of Oceanside’s bestkept secrets, and continues to serve as summer homes and getaways for the rich and famous.

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PLUMOSA HEIGHTS Banker B.C. Beers established a new subdivision in the 1920s called Plumosa Heights, named for the plumosa palms lining the streets.

This once exclusive neighborhood includes West and Shafer Streets, two of the street names are named for his children, Alberta and Leonard.

Plumosa Heights continues to be a desirable neighborhood with concrete streets and original cement light posts. Although, it was the home of many affluent residents—Oceanside’s middle class also inhabited it.

For more information about Oceanside’s history, please visit oceansidehistoricalsociety.org.

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Home grown KELI ROSS-MA’U WORDS: ELIZABETH SCHWARTZE PHOTO: PRISCILLA IEZZI The steel drums give off a jubilant sound as big and bright as the personality of Oceanside’s Keli Ross-Ma’u. Keli has a heartfelt sense of community and has found a meaningful way to give back through music and sports. In 2014, he founded the non-profit Kainga Music with a mission of “creating music, uniting people, and building communities” primarily using steel drums (or steel pan). Steel drums are the ideal instrument to bring people together because they’re melodic, easy to learn, trans-generational, and sound amazing when played in unison. Also an accomplished athlete, Keli coaches rugby and recently implemented the successful rugby program at Mira Costa College.

A native of Oceanside, Keli attended Garrison Elementary and Lincoln Middle School before receiving a full-ride scholarship to Bishop’s High School in La Jolla. At Bishop’s, he helped start a jazz band and was a three sport athlete. Keli inherited his musical talents from his father—a well-known local Tongan musician, and founder of the band Semisi & FulaBula.

After Bishop’s, Keli attended Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut with a major in Music. It was his year studying abroad that shaped Keli’s career path. He studied in Melbourne, Australia where he fell in love with rugby. After Melbourne, he went to Trinidad y Tobago, where he learned the power of the steel pan in shaping communities. He was inspired by the amazing panyard communities in Trinidad and made the documentary, In The Panyard.

Keli serves many community-building roles at Mira Costa College. After founding the rugby club, he now serves as the Head Coach for both the men’s and women’s rugby club. In 2018 (their first year of competing), the men’s rugby club won the national championship for the National Small College Rugby Organization. The women’s rugby club is going to the Sweet 16 their first year competing. Keli works at Mira Costa and leads MANA (a program that builds a community among Pacific Islander students that offers many THEOSIDER.COM

support services toward academic goals) as the Student Services Specialist-Student Equity, which helps recruit and retain Asian Pacific Islanders at the college. He coaches youth rugby as the Director of Coaching for Tri-City Thunder Rugby. Keli also recently received his Master’s degree in Counseling.

Keli attends mass every Sunday with his mother Mary Ann at Mission San Luis Rey. Kainga Music rents a building at Mission San Luis Rey where Keli teaches the steel drum in a classroom setting, similar to a panyard. He also teaches in schools, hosts guest lecture series, and teaches music appreciation classes. Kainga Music keeps a full calendar with an upcoming 40

show on August 10th in the Junior Seau Ampitheater during the 34th Annual Oceanside Longboard Surfing Club Contest.

Keli is very proud of Oceanside. His favorite place is Melba Bishop Park, where his dad took him as a boy, and he still makes frequent visits to the park with his fiancé, Julie. Keli’s core goal is to build positive community because he believes that everybody wants to belong to something, and both music and sports provide a positive community.

To get involved with the non-profit Kainga Music and/or learn the steel drum, please visit kaingamusic.com

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JEFF NILSON ARTS

WORDS: AARON SCHMIDT  PHOTOS: ZACH CORDNER

Jeff and his trusty sidekick Dozer.

Originally from Anchorage, Alaska, Jeff Nilson is a truly gifted and unique artist/wood craftsman living right here in Oceanside. He moved to San Diego in 1993, and has been into woodworking since he was a kid. “My father was a hobby woodworker who was a heavy equipment mechanic, so we always had tools in our garage.

We’d do different projects like building cabinets, cabins, and barns. When I was thirteen, a woodworking shop called Denali Woodworking rented our house next door, and my first job was sweeping floors and sanding handrails.” Aside from woodworking, Jeff’s also an accomplished competitive water skier and that’s one of the main things that brought him here.

Nilson began his woodworking journey in California in 1995, and he officially got licensed as a general contractor in 1998. Jeff then started his own woodworking company JNilson Designs in 2012. “We build what I refer to as ‘luxury cabinetry.’ It’s high-end architectural details with millwork (“Milling” is taking a log and cutting it into a slab of lumber). We also salvage local trees and mill them into lumber and make furniture from it.

We sell the slabs as well, and then we also offer our services to the trade and the “do-ityourselfers” all over Southern California who don’t have the equipment to process the large slabs.

We provide an a la carte service to the trade.”

One of the cool things that sets Jeff’s company apart from other cabinet shops is the fact the he looks at everything from an artistic standpoint—using the dramatic effects of each piece of wood or grain to make it the most interesting piece with the most “wow” factor. His company produces everything in house and his property is massive. “We have a 10,000-square foot shop, a 5,000 square foot showroom, and approximately 15,000 square-feet of fenced-in yard that encompasses our saw mill, kilns, and our logs and slabs that are in various stages of process, smiled Jeff.”

Urban lumber holds a secret: It has value as a carbon “sink” or “host” that holds carbon dioxide (an important greenhouse gas) and out of the atmosphere, which in turn, reduces greenhouse gasses. Trees and their lumber are the most efficient way we know of removing CO2 from the air and storing it as carbon, which gives the wood its strength. If urban lumber is burned for fuel or dumped in a landfill it breaks down, releasing CO2 back into the atmosphere and that accelerates climate change.

When a woodworker (or wood manufacturer) harvests a living tree, its stops removing CO2 from the atmosphere. And worse yet, if not milled and dried, it’ll release carbon it’s stored for decades and release it back into the atmosphere—virtually, undoing what it’s done for years. Add drying, shipping, and processing— every step adds more expense and releases more CO2.

“We salvage trees that had to be removed for one reason or another and were destined for the landfill, fireplace, or mulch. Why not use these cost-effective woods already harvested that we salvage and sequester CO2? Roughly one half the dry weight of wood is carbon. One pound of carbon decomposes and turns into

CO2 and gets nearly four times as heavy. A fourfoot by eight foot by 2.5-inch thick Ash tabletop holds roughly 115-pounds of carbon or 425 pounds of CO2. That’s the equivalent of driving from Oceanside to Redding, California in a car that gets 25 miles per gallon, or buying a plane ticket and flying from San Diego to Chicago,” explained Jeff.

Nilson specializes in transforming locally salvaged trees into one-of-a-kind pieces of art, and with over 60 different types of wood on hand—his favorite sources of wood for his art are Eucalyptus, Olive, Ash, Black Acacia, Oak, Maple, Pecan, Monterey Cyprus, Juniper, Redwood, Walnut, and Torrey Pine, just to name a few. He creates everything from coffee tables, glassinfused dining tables, occasional tables, consoles, sliding doors, desks, benches, bespoke furniture, and much more. “Each piece represents how I found a way to showcase Mother Nature’s fingerprint. It takes anywhere from a couple days

to build a simple table, and I’ve done carvings I’ve spent over a month on,” said Jeff.

After opening his very own art gallery in January of this year, he’s just recently got it up and running to its full capacity. Eight local artists have their art on display and they’ll be rotating artists and their collections every two to three months. “We had all this office space that we weren’t using, so I thought opening an art gallery was a better way to utilize the space by showcasing local artists that have a similar mindset,” explained Nilson. On the first Friday of every month, they have an art show and open house, so make sure to cruise by and have some wine and snacks while you check out some local art, and of course, his amazing wood creations.

Jeff Nilson is a true wood artisan in every sense of the word.

JNilson Designs 3230 Production Ave #C (760) 439-4001 jnilsondesigns.com

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Fun things to do this Summer in Oceanside

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GoJump Oceanside offers tandem skydiving at the Oceanside Airport. (L to R): Skydivers Kelsey Hasterlik, Candace Whittaker, Adrian Bond, Jeff Schweizer, and Andrew Whittaker.

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Oceanside is the place to be—especially in summer! It’s a playground for both locals and tourists with plenty to keep the summer months jam-packed with fun. The Osider has compiled a list for both adults and kids to keep active and enjoy our beautiful city by the ocean.

For more information, suggestions, and to purchase discount local attraction tickets, make sure to stop by the California Welcome Center (located at 928 North Coast Highway). The friendly staff and volunteers are knowledgeable and ready to help plan your Oceanside adventures!

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SURF CAMPS & LESSONS

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In Oceanside, the majestic Pacific Ocean offers perfect waves throughout the year. Groms and visitors can benefit from quality surf camps and lessons. Summer is the ideal time to find the right surf camp or lesson. Listed below are triedand-true professionals in delivering a memorable surfing experience:

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Learn to Rip Surf Lessons 999 North Pacific Street A210 (760) 579-1791 learntoripsurflessons.com

Surf Ride Surf School

Surfride Surf School 1909 South Coast Highway (760) 433-4020 surfride.com/surf-camp Surfin Fire Surf School (760) 438-0538 surfinfire.com SoCal Surf School (760) 729-4934 socalsurfschool.com

Alex Road Skatepark, a.k.a. Prince Park

SKATE PARKS

Amazing skaters have descended upon Oceanside because of the quality of the skate scene. The City of Oceanside values recreational skating and has provided plenty of outlets for skate enthusiasts.

There is a park for every ability and most of the skateparks are housed within a traditional park with something for every family member.

Alex Road Skatepark Alex Rd & Foussat Road Martin Luther King Skatepark 4300 Mesa Drive John Landes Skatepark 4215 Lewis Street Libby Lake Skatepark 504 Calle Montecito Melba Bishop Skatepark 5306 North River Road

GOLF CAMPS & LESSONS

Oceanside has always been big on golf. Some of the best golf courses in North County are located here. Golf is a great way to get outdoors this summer and learn or practice a new sport. Oceanside offers two venues to perfect your swing.

Emerald Isle Golf Course is a 2,440-yard par 56 golf course that has amazing greens, welcomes all skill levels, and has a laid-back vibe. Emerald Isle offers private lessons with golf instruction and player development, PGA Junior League Golf, and yoga for golfers.

For more info on how to sign up for lessons, please visit emeraldislegolf.net/lessons.

Emerald Isle Golf Course 660 S El Camino Real (760) 721-4700 emeraldislegolf.net THEOSIDER.COM

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NCJGA at Goat Hill Park

Originally built in 1952 as a regulation length 9 hole par 36 layout, Goat Hill Park (formerly known as Center City Golf Course) was the first golf course in San Diego County. After some renovations in 2015, Goat Hill is now a 4,500-yard 18-hole par 65 “short course” has always been a favorite “go-to” golf course for locals and celebrities like Bill Murray, Mark Wahlberg, and pro surfing legend Kelly Slater.

Goat Hill offers both private lessons and camps as part of the North County Junior Golf Association (NCJGA). A summer of fun events are planned, including three camps offered July 16th19th, July 30th-August 2nd, and August 13th-16th.

For more information on the NCJGA and how to sign up for lessons, please visit ncjga.com Goat Hill Park 2323 Goat Hill Drive (760) 433-8590 goathillpark.com

SUMMER CAMPING

Oceanside provides four amazing and completely contrasting settings for both tent and RV camping.

Guajome Regional Park provides a bucolic backdrop for camping with 4.5 miles of multi-use trails, playgrounds, basketball courts, fishing ponds, and restrooms. It’s open year-round, fills up for peak summer season, and reservations are required.

For more information and to make reservations, please visit sdparks.org/content/sdparks/en/ park-pages/Guajome.html Guajome Regional Park 3000 Guajome Lake Road (760) 724-4489

Camping at Guajome Lake

Oceanside Harbor Parking Lot 11B is true Oceanside-style camping at the beach. There are no reservations, so it’s “first come first serve” and is busy during summer season. The spaces are black-top and there’s no tent camping or awnings allowed. It’s approximately $28 per day with a 5 night limit.

Oceanside Harbor Parking Lot 11B 1201-1343 North Pacific Street (760) 435-4500 Originally opened in 1978, Paradise By The Sea Beach RV Resort is a family-run beachside RV park. A local favorite for many years, kids who grew up camping with their families there now have families of their own, and continue the tradition of coming to Paradise By The Sea every summer. It’s RV only with no tent camping.

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Paradise By The Sea Beach RV Resort 1537 South Coast Highway (760) 439-1376 paradisebythesearvresort.com Oceanside RV Park’s closeness to the Harbor and Pier is a major plus. Always catering to their guests, the park has many onsite amenities including full hook-ups (30 AMP), free WiFi, privacy fences, laundry, and a pool with spa.

Provides both RV and tent camping.

Oceanside RV Park 1510 South Coast Highway (760) 722-4404 traveloceanside.com

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JUNIOR LIFEGUARDS

The Junior Lifeguards program is run by the City of Oceanside and is taught by Oceanside Lifeguards for kids ages nine to seventeenyears-old. Junior guards meet at Oceanside Harbor beach. Registration is required and all participants must pass a swim test in advance.

For more information, please visit ci.oceanside. ca.us/gov/fire/div/jrlifeguards.asp

PUBLIC POOLS

Swimming is a local favorite recreation and Oceanside has two public pools. Both pools offer recreational swim and swim lessons and are open to the public for summertime fun.

Oceanside Junior Lifeguards

For complete schedules and to register for swim lessons, please visit www.ci.oceanside.ca.us/ gov/ns/parks/pools.asp Marshall Street Swim Center 1404 Marshall Street (760) 435-5535 Brooks Street Swim Center 130 Brooks Street (760) 435-5225

OCEANSIDE MUSEUM OF ART

Oceanside’s own fine art museum is located in a beautiful building in downtown and is open to the public. OMA provides exhibits, events, and education. Be sure to not miss First Friday Art Walk on Friday, July 6th, and August 3rd from 5-8pm, where local artists showcase original artwork throughout downtown Oceanside in a pedestrian-friendly event for the family.

Summer Art Camps are available for kids throughout July & August. Registration is required.

Brooks Street Swim Center Oceanside Adventures at the Harbor

For more info, please visit oma-online.org/camp Oceanside Museum of Art 704 Pier View Way (760) 435-3720 oma-online.org

HARBOR ACTIVITIES

A staple in North County, Oceanside Harbor is full of summertime fun with tons of fun things to do and places to eat. A trip to the harbor is a must for locals and visitors.

Oceanside Boat Rentals provides a great way to get a view of the harbor from the water.

Rentals include power boats, fishing boats, electric boats, pedal boats, jet skis, SUPs, and kayaks.

Oceanside Boat Rentals 256 Harbor Drive (760) 722-0028 boats4rent.com/oceanside THEOSIDER.COM

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Helgren’s Sportfishing at the Harbor

Oceanside Adventures Luxury Cruises go out to sea two times daily on a 50-foot catamaran with soda and adult beverages available for purchase to view whales, dolphins, and other Pacific Ocean sea life.

Helgren’s Sportfishing offers half day, threequarters, day, overnight, and multi-day fishing trips—including twilight and shark fishing trips.

Reservations in advance are recommended and boats go out daily.

Oceanside Adventures 256 Harbor Drive (888) 507-1130 oceansidewhalewatching.com

Helgren’s Oceanside Sportfishing Trips Inc. 1395 1/2 North Harbor Drive (760) 722-2133 helgrensportfishing.com

Sea Star Sportfishing Charters is a private group charter fishing vessel that offers an ideal way to fish for bass, bonita, mackerel, yellowtail, halibut, sculpin, and a variety of other fish during peak season. They also offer whale watching and floating marine science labs for charter.

California Sea Lions have made Oceanside Harbor their home. The best viewing is near the man-made wooden dock on North Harbor Drive.

There’s a man-made float the sea lions sunbathe on and they usually swim around the dock. Make sure to observe them from a distance, as sea lions are wild animals both dangerous and protected by the Marine Mammal act. But they usually put on a good show!

Fire Pits at the harbor beach are free of charge and available on a first-come basis.

Sea Star Charters 315 Harbor Drive (760) 966-0111 seastarsportfishing.info

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For for rules and regulations, please visit ci.oceanside.ca.us/gov/pw/harbor/info Oceanside Harbor Village is an adorable place to shop and eat. The iconic Lighthouse draws both locals and tourists for a quaint harbor experience and souvenirs to remember.

For more info, please visit oceansideharborvillage.com

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BUENA VISTA AUDOBON & NATURE CENTER

The Buena Vista Audobon and Nature Center is the perfect place to explore nature. The Nature Center offers kid-friendly interpretive displays, bird walks, nature walks, and gorgeous views of the Buena Vista Lagoon. It’s free and is open to the public.

Buena Vista Audubon Society 2202 South Coast Highway (760) 439-2473 bvaudubon.org/nature-center

SKYDIVE

Soar the skies for an unforgettable experience and different view of Oceanside and its beautiful coastline. Oceanside has become a popular destination for skydivers, and once you check out our city from the air—you’ll quickly see why.

GoJump Oceanside at Oceanside Airport is the only tandem skydive in Southern California that offers a full view of the Pacific Ocean. Skydivers must be eighteen years old and no previous experience is necessary. GoJump is the perfect place for a first jump or a seasoned vet.

Buena Vista Audobon & Nature Center

GoJump Oceanside 480 Airport Road (760) 390-5867 gojump-oceanside.com iFly Oceanside Indoor Skydiving offers a great way to experience skydiving without actually jumping out of an airplane! For ages three years and up. Children 18 and younger must have a parent signed waiver. iFly Oceanside Indoor Skydiving 3178 Vista Way (760) 606-4359 iflyworld.com/oceanside

HELICOPTER TOURS

Waverider Helicopter Tours offer a stunning and relatively affordable way to view gorgeous San Diego County from the sky. They have tours going from Oceanside all the way down to La Jolla every day.

Waverider Helicopter Tours 480 Airport Road (760) 691-9144 waveriderhelicoptertours.com/book-now

THE PAINT BALL PARK AT CAMP PENDLETON

Located on the Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base, the Paintball Park is open to the public for walk-on-play from 8:30am to 5pm every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, and it’s open seven days a week for private groups of fifteen-plus players. Make sure to check out thier website as it provides complete details for getting on base as a civilian.

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OCEANSIDE DOWNTOWN HISTORY WALK

Hosted by Kristi Hawthorne (or John Daley) of the Oceanside Historical Society, the Oceanside Downtown History Walk happens the second Saturday of every month from April to September.

Everyone meets in front of the Civic Center at 9am and it lasts ’til 11am. There’s a lot of walking, so wearing comfortable shoes is recommended. The educational walk is free and suitable for all ages.

For more info, please go to visitoceanside.org/ events/downtown-oceanside-history-walk Civic Center 330 North Coast Highway (760) 435-5600

BIKE RENTALS

Jump on a bike (or surrey) and enjoy a great way to explore Oceanside—it’s fun for the whole family. Here are two local bike rental shops that’ll take care of you.

Opened in 2013, SoCal Bike is an ideal shop for renting bikes or booking a guided biking tour. With a friendly and knowledgeable staff, SoCal Bike is the “go to” bike rental shop. They’ll also deliver rental road, hybrid, and mountain bikes to your location as well.

SoCal Bike 328 South Coast Highway (760) 710-1478 socalbike.com Wheel Fun Rentals at Oceanside Pier offers fun bike vehicles to explore the Strand and surrounding areas at an affordable hourly or day rate. Rentals include Surreys, cruiser bikes, tandem bikes, kid’s bikes, and bike trailer attachments.

Wheel Fun Rentals 300 The Strand North (760) 828-0166 wheelfunrentals.com/ca/oceanside /oceanside-pier/

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SCOOTER RENTALS

New to Oceanside and just in time for summer 2018, Ride Oside Scooter Rentals offers a fun, affordable, eco-friendly way to cruise around the city. The electric scooters are available for an hourly rate with discounts offered if reserved before 1pm.

Ride Oside 306 North Cleveland Street (760) 583-8737 rideoside.com

SUMMER READING PROGRAM

The 2018 theme for Oceanside Library Summer Reading Program is “Reading Takes You Everywhere!” The program runs from June 4th to August 11th, and offers incentives for readers of 51

all ages to read throughout the summer. To sign up for the Summer Reading Program, stop by an Oceanside Library.

For more info, please visit ci.oceanside.ca.us/gov/lib LIVE THEATER The Star Theatre Company will be presenting Catch Me If You Can on July 20-29 at the historic Star Theatre in downtown Oceanside. Live theater is an excellent way to enjoy a hot summer day with talented actors and reasonably-priced tickets.

Star Theatre 402 North Coast Highway (760) 721-9983 startheatreco.com

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LOCAL BUSINESS (L to R): Andrew Stonebreaker, Richard Stonebreaker, and Gerald Alvarez.

ROYAL ROOTER WORDS: ERIC KLIER PHOTO: ZACH CORDNER

The beautiful beaches and the longest pier in California are usually the first things that come to most people’s minds when they think of Oceanside. The truth is that the people and the community is truly what give this city its fabric. Richard Stonebreaker is one of many entrepreneurs and small businesses making up the foundation of our city. For well over a decade, he’s brought impeccable service, professionalism, and integrity at Royal Rooter—a plumbing and drain clearing service.

Richard grew up in Oceanside and is a graduate from El Camino High School. He started his business in 2005, and it was incorporated in 2007. Along with his partner, Gerald Alvarez, who also grew up in North County, they’ve been in the THEOSIDER.COM

plumbing trade for well over twenty years and pride themselves on commitment, quality, and integrity.

Richard is an ex law enforcement officer and he brings those qualities to his successful business.

Royal Rooter is family-owned-and-operated, and Richard’s son Andrew is also an employee— he also graduated from El Camino and went on to graduate from SDSU. Royal Rooter has been recognized for its exceptional business and has won many awards, and that’s led to many government contracts, such as Cal Trans and military housing. They’re not only just a North County business as they’re often working all over San Diego.

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for so many years. They also have warranties on all of their services, showing that they stand by their work. That leaves customers satisfied and not worrying, knowing that Royal Rooter will get it right the first time. Customer satisfaction and consistent reliability have kept them going for all these years. Whether it’s a leaking faucet or a water line repair—no job is too big or too small for the team at Royal Rooter.

Royal Rooter 603 Seagaze Drive Ste. 216 (760) 435-9310 royalrooterinc.com

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SOCCER MEXICO WORDS: DANIEL XIMENEZ PHOTOS: CHRISTOPHER DONEZ

A Native of Michoacan, Mexico, Maria Moreno migrated to Oceanside, California in the early 1980s. As a teenager, she sold fruits and vegetables at a local market in her hometown of Jacona. In 1988, Maria started working as a housekeeper at the Carlsbad Inn with the goal of saving money to start her own business.

Maria created Soccer Mexico in 1995 and started selling her merchandise at the Oceanside Valley drive swap meet. It was during this time that her husband and local community leaders started Liga Azteca de Futbol, a youth soccer league. The league was intentionally developed with low registration fees to encourage kids of all communities to participate—particularly youth from Crown Heights, Mesa Margarita, and the Eastside neighborhoods in Oceanside.

In 1999, Moreno opened their first physical storefront at the Mission Bazaar—Oceanside’s infamous indoor swap meet, which mostly housed Mexican and Korean immigrant business owners/entrepreneurs. The store was successful and was known to have customers from all over San Diego County. This success led Moreno to open a second location in Vista in 2006 that’s still open today.

After fifteen years of running her business inside the community market place, the Mission Bazaar closed in 2014. Then in 2017, she relocated and reopened the store in the shopping center across from Oceanside High School.

Now within the boom of e-commerce, Soccer Mexico also sells jerseys online and in store— however, Moreno still prefers to sell in person by connecting and talking to customers.

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Soccer Mexico offers affordable uniforms, cleats, and a wide variety of soccer and sports supplies. This summer is an exciting time for the business as the world celebrates the sport of soccer through the World Cup. This is a great time for the sport because so many people have the opportunity to watch and support their team.

Seeing the love and support of soccer grow tremendously in Oceanside throughout the past couple of World Cups brings Soccer Mexico a lot of joy.

Being a long-time resident of Oceanside, Maria appreciates the changes in the city. When she first moved here, there was more neighborhood violence amongst the youth and that has since lessened. She’s proud that she was able to show her sons and daughter how to start a business. Her daughter regularly helps run the business in Vista, and in 2014 her sons started MadStrange—a brand that sells men’s, women’s, and kids apparel. Madstrange also works with local businesses and youth organizations like Oceanside Pop Warner, Oceanside Valley Little League, and Oceanside Breakers.

After 23 years as a business owner, Maria is very proud of the growing popularity of soccer in Oceanside and its influence in the community.

From all those years ago when her husband first started Liga Azteca to inspire youth to learn about soccer until now, she’s very proud to have served on behalf of our community’s love of the sport and to see the togetherness it’s brought to Oceanside. Maria hopes to continue to inspire that sense of community through her business for many years to come.

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If there were one restaurant that’s synonymous with downtown Oceanside, it’d have to be Anita’s Mexican Cantina. Founded in 1973, Francisco Alvarez set out to share his authentic family recipes with our community, military personnel, and tourists alike. They moved their business from the original Pier area to the historical building on Coast Highway, where they’ve been serving their patrons amazing Mexican cuisine for the last twenty-plus years. Eventually, Francisco’s son Frank took over the family business in 1989, as continuing the tradition of authentic Mexican food and family.

Around that same time period, they opened up a second location with the Ceja family, who now own the El Camino location separately. Just last year, the historical building was sold, and after many years, Anita’s was on the move once more, but this time Frank and his wife Rosie chose the growing South Oceanside area. It THEOSIDER.COM

made perfect sense to continue their legacy in such an up-and-coming neighborhood where they could build new patrons and continue to serve their faithful following. Don’t worry, though—they offer the same great food and family atmosphere, but in their completely renovated building, which used to be the old Gibson’s Market back in the day.

The new look has an amazing vibe, vaulted ceiling, and open floor plan with a hint of traditional Mexican cantina mixed in. The bar offers a full selection of margaritas, beer, wine, and cocktails run by their sons Damien and Mateo. There’s plenty of parking in the back, and there’s also a new patio in the works for al fresco dining and events. So come on down, grab an amazing craft margarita, chips, salsa, and a combination plate. We promise that you’ll leave full and happy—just the way Francisco likes it.

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(L to R): The Alvarez family.

Damien, Mateo, Rosie, and Frank

Anita’s Mexican Cantina and Restaurant 1714 South Coast Highway (760) 722-6323 @anitasoceanside101

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GM Marcus Diaz and owner Joe Flores Jr.

Located on Coast Highway, the recently opened Fat Joe’s Kitchen & Arcade has instantly become a local favorite. Owner Joe Flores (son of Joe’s Credit Furniture owner Joe Flores Sr. and current owner of Killer Pizza From Mars) opened Fat Joe’s, along with general manager Marcus Diaz, this past June to a packed house and a lot of happy, smiling faces.

Back in the good ol’ days, Van Der Linden Electric used the building for many years, and even before that, it was a car dealership that had a “drive-thru” going through the building. “When we first originally demo’d the wall, we found a sign that said, ‘Beep Horn,’ smiled Marcus. “They were able to drive their cars through the building and come out the other side. It was a full-on drive thru.” The drive thru has since been built over, but you can totally see where it was located when you cruise in to the restaurant.

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80s arcade video games. They’ve got quite a few classics like Asteroids, Space Invaders, Jr. Pacman, Golden Tee Golf, and they even have a tabletop Galaga/Ms. Pacman/Donkey Kong arcade game that'll take you right back to the 80s and your early childhood (if you grew up in the 80s, that is). There’re also pinball machines, an air hockey game, and a basketball shooter game.

A main highlight at Fat Joe’s is the two mini bowling lanes. It costs $3 dollars a game to play and you’ll probably spend most of your time bowling, as it’s a blast to play with friends and family.

The food at Fat Joe’s is high quality at an affordable price. “It’s very family friendly here.

Fat Joe’s is priced for the community. Everything is under $12.99 in this place. That’s on purpose.

People that live here should be able to afford to take their families out to dinner. It allows you to go out twice a week instead of once,” said Marcus.

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Americana food that includes burgers, pizza, and wings. Some local favorites include Buffalo Wings, Spicy BBQ Wings (my personal favorite), Supreme Pizza, Chili Cheese Tater Tots, Cheeseburgers, and a Side Salad. Fat Joe’s comes through with a solid menu with prices everyone can afford.

With 50 beers on tap and fifteen flat screen TVs on the walls, it’s pretty safe to say that Fat Joe’s is the place to be to watch the game, some rad surfing/skateboarding clips, or play some of your favorite retro 80s arcade games, all while you eat like a King and sip on a few brews—it’s all there for you to enjoy.

Fat Joe’s Kitchen & Arcade 424 South Coast Highway (760) 722-5637 @fatjoesoside

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SZECHWAN CUISINE WORDS: KATIE LALICATA PHOTOS: DANIELLE JACKSON

In a world where businesses are constantly changing or “evolving,” there’s something to be said about those businesses that stay the same.

Abiding by the golden rule of “if its not broken don’t fix it”, Chin’s Szechwan has been doing just that. For over 30 years, Chin’s has been serving up delicious traditional Americanized Chinese family favorites. They aren’t going anywhere— having survived two of the worst economic times in recent history is a testament to what a staple they are to this community. “Thank God people love us,” said Mary Stanford, general manager and family to Chin’s owner. And they love the community back. Involvement with the locals is something they value, staying active in fundraisers and supporting as many different local organizations as they can.

Over the years, the core of Chin’s has not changed. According to their newer manager, Howard Tsai (also known as “the golden child”) that’s one of the coolest things about this place.

“For generations parents have been bringing their kids, and now those kids are bringing their kids, and they’re still able to enjoy their favorite dishes from when they were young.” Even after all these years, Chin’s is still a “mom and pop” restaurant. Through the past several decades, Chin’s has expanded and also downsized, but the four original restaurants in north San Diego County remain. In my book, food and family are synonymous, and following an afternoon with the THEOSIDER.COM

Chin’s “family,” I’ve found that they resoundingly enforce this belief.

The staff is sweet as can be and so accommodating. They all know each other’s families and kids, and as a guest—no need goes unattended. The general manager, Mary Stanford, has been with the company since the beginning and spending time with her is like returning home after a long trip abroad and being loved up and spoiled rotten by your mom or Grandma. This energy continues to translate from her staff and to the guests. Everything on Chin’s menu is crafted in their kitchen with original recipes from one of the owners. He has even decorated the dining room with his own personal collection of teapots. The food here is fun! Everything is served family-style, and that makes connection, conversation, and love around the table a must. The Pupu platter is a combination of different appetizers all served together and a favorite of the kids. It’s served with an open flame that sizzles as you cook the mini skewers to your desired perfection. The most popular dish is the spicy honey chicken.

“It’s to die for,” said Mary. Although sometimes the menu is tweaked to accommodate dietary desires like the health conscious guests wanting more veggies, not to worry—if you are a regular, they aren’t messing with the good old-fashioned favorites. Don’t just take my word for it—go visit them yourself!

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BAR AND GRILLS

BAKERIES 101 BAGELS & SUBS 323 North Coast Highway (760) 421-6555 ELENA’S CAFE FRENCH CREPES 511 Pier View Way (240) 644-3205 HILL STREET DONUT HOUSE 1926 South Coast Highway (760) 439-7741 LA PERLA TAPATIA 1910 Mission Avenue (760) 721-8486 LE RENDEZ-VOUS FRENCH BAKERY 4225 Oceanside Boulevard (760) 414-9109 MISSION DONUT HOUSE 1502 Mission Avenue (760) 757-2979 MR. DONUTS 1950 Oceanside Boulevard (760) 967-6508 O'SIDE BAKERY 3815 Mission Ave. Suite 101 (760) 305-9500 OHANA CUPCAKES 2455 Vista Way (760) 757-4262 PETITE MADELINE BAKERY 223 North Coast Highway (760) 231-7300 petitemadelinebakery.com SAM’S DONUT SHOP 3504 College Boulevard Suite A (760) 945-0416 SK’S DONUTS 1129 South Coast Highway (760) 722-0455 SAN LUIS REY BAKERY & RESTAURANT 490 North El Camino Real (760) 433-7242

CABO BAR & GRILL 212 North Tremont Street (760) 637-2450 DANI P’S CORK & TAP 560 Greenbrier Drive (760) 967-0128 THE DRAFT RESTAURANT & SPORTS BAR 4225 Oceanside Boulevard (760) 631-4700

PRIMO FOODS 606 Morse Street (760) 439-8711

STRATFORD AT THE HARBOR 280 South Harbor Drive (760) 453-2073

MISS KIM'S BY THAT BOY GOOD 207 N Coast Highway (760) 433-4227

ST TROPEZ BISTRO & BEYOND 524 S Coast Hwy (760) 966-0985

THAT BOY GOOD 326 North Horne Street (760) 754-1275

SWAMI’S CAFÉ 202 North Coast Highway (760) 966-1203

BREAKFAST DINERS AND CAFÉS

BREWERIES/TAP ROOMS

FAT JOE’S O’SIDE 424 S Coast Hwy (760) 722-5637

101 CAFÉ 631 South Coast Highway (760) 722-5220

IRINA’S BAR & GRILL 3375 Mission Avenue (760) 433-5086

BEACHBREAK CAFÉ 1802 South Coast Highway (760) 439-6355 beachbreakcafe.net

JUNKYARD GRILL & SPORTS BAR 3613 Ocean Ranch Boulevard (760) 231-6600 MISSION AVENUE BAR & GRILL 711 Mission Avenue (760) 637–2222 missionavebarandgrill.com OSIDE SPORTSBAR & GRILL 113 South Coast Highway (760) 722-5968 PCH SPORTS BAR & GRILL 1835 South Coast Highway (760) 721-3955 pchsportsbarandgrill.com RED ROOSTER 1985 Oceanside Boulevard (760) 754-8383 ROOKIE’S SPORTS GRILL 2216 South El Camino Real (760) 757-1123 TONY’S SPORTS BAR & GRILL 274 South Harbor Drive (760) 433-8466 TREMONT STREET BAR & GRILL 311 North Tremont Street (760) 435-9555 BBQ FELIX’S BBQ WITH SOUL 3613 Ocean Ranch Boulevard (760) 439-7072 GUAHAN GRILL 4259 Oceanside Boulevard (760) 806-4826

BREAKFAST CLUB DINER 228 North Coast Highway (760) 722-3124 bcdc-oceanside.com THE BROKEN YOLK CAFE 2434 Vista Way (760) 967-9655 BUCCANEER CAFÉ 1508 South Pacific Street (760) 966-1804

BAGBY BEER COMPANY 601 South Coast Highway (760) 270-9075 BARREL REPUBLIC 215 North Coast Highway (760) 435-0042 barrelrepublic.com BELCHING BEAVER BREWERY 1334 Rocky Point Drive (760) 599-5832 BLACK PLAGUE BREWING 2550 Jason Court (760) 631-8110 BREAKWATER BREWING 101 North Coast Highway (760) 433-6064

FIRE WATER SALOON 406 Pier View Way COME ON OVER BOUTIQUE & CAFE (760) 722-2216 2405 Oceanside Boulevard (760) 687-6193 LEGACY BREWING CO. 363 Airport Road (760) 705-3221 DON’S COUNTRY KITCHEN 1938 South Coast Highway MASON ALE WORKS (760) 722-7337 2002 South Coast Highway (760) 429-7424 ELENA'S CAFE FRENCH CREPES 511 Pier View Way MIDNIGHT JACK BREWING (240) 644-3205 3801 Oceanic Drive Suite 101 (760) 637-9670 GRANDMA’S RESTAURANT midnightjackbrewing.com 539 Vista Bella (760) 757-8777 NORTHERN PINE BREWING 326 N. Horne St. HARBOR HOUSE CAFÉ 760.754.1434 714 North Coast Highway (760) 722-2254 OCEANSIDE ALE WORKS 1800 Ord Way HONEY’S BISTRO (760) 721-4253 608 Mission Ave (760) 291-1040 OCEANSIDE BREWING COMPANY 312-314 Via Del Norte MARY’S FAMILY RESTAURANT (760) 453-7900 307 North Coast Highway (760) 722-3052 POUR HOUSE 1903 South Coast Highway START FRESH CAFÉ (760) 730-5944 1034 South Coast Highway (760) 439-7940

STONE COMPANY STORE 310 North Tremont Street (760) 529-0002

QUIK WOK 2184 Vista Way (760) 439-2228

PIER VIEW COFFEE COMPANY 300 Pier View Way (760) 966-1150

SURFSIDE TAP ROOM 507 North Coast Highway (760) 730-5449

HIBACHI GRILL BUFFET 3766 Mission Ave #111 (760) 721-1889

SAN DIEGO COFFEE TEA & SPICE 1722 South Coast Highway (760) 439-8001

TAP THAT 3207 Roymar Road Suite E (760) 433-4827

THE MANDARIN 1058 Mission Avenue (760) 439-0288

TAPIOCA EXPRESS 2611 Vista Way (760) 722-8279

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ANGELO’S BURGERS 621 North Coast Highway (760) 757-5161

BANANA DANG 115 South Coast Highway (760) 846-0162

REVOLUTION ROASTERS 1836 South Coast Hwy (760) 529-9736

ANGELO’S BURGERS 1050 South Coast Highway (760) 757-4064

BLACK ROCK COFFEE BAR 1918 Oceanside Boulevard (760) 722-7133

101 BAGELS & SUBS 323 North Coast Highway (760) 421-6555

ANGELO’S BURGERS 2035 South Coast Highway (760) 757-4064

BROWN CUP 401 North Coast Highway (760) 231-7968

BEACH HUT DELI 280 Mission Ave (760) 529-9767

THE HABIT BURGER GRILL 2267 South El Camino Real (760) 433-3390

BUBBLE TEA 318 Pier View Way (760) 967-0088

THE CHEESESTEAK GRILL 1771 South Oceanside Boulevard (760) 529-0077 thecheesesteakgrill.com

PAUL’S PLACE 3671 Mission Avenue (760) 721-0124

CAPTAIN’S GROUNDS COFFEE 1832 South Coast Highway

PIT STOP DINER 3825 Mission Avenue (760) 901-4299 RUBY’S DINER 1 Oceanside Pier (760) 433-7829 TY’S BURGER HOUSE 515 Mission Street (760) 757-5890 CHINESE CHIN’S SZECHWAN CUISINE 4140 Oceanside Boulevard (760) 631-4808 CHINA FUSION 4225 Oceanside Blvd (760) 726-8888 CHU’S QUIK WOK 815 College Boulevard (760) 726-7771 GREAT WOK OF CHINA 4635 Frazee Road (760) 439-8939 PICK UP STIX 125 Old Grove Road (760) 967-4081

THE CUP 206 Wisconsin Avenue (760) 231-9817 EVERBOWL 2535 Vista Way (760) 754-1572 JB JUICE & COFFEE 4635 Frazee Road (760) 529-0807 JITTERS COFFEE PUB 510 North Coast Highway (760) 967-7886 KONA HUT 1940 South Freeman Street (760) 757-7873 LIVING TEA BREWERY & TASTING ROOM 302 Wisconsin Ave (760) 231-9986 THE LOOSE LEAF 408 Mission Avenue (760) 231-8338 NAUTICAL BEAN COFFEE CO. 240 Harbor Drive South (760) 722-4851 PANELS COMIC BOOK COFFEE BAR 713 Mission Avenue suite A (760) 696-3276

DELI/SANDWICHES

CREAM OF THE CROP 2009 South Coast Highway (760) 433-2757 creamofthecropnatural.com FIREHOUSE SUBS 2619-B1 Vista Way (760) 721-4321 HARBOR PELICAN 1380 North Pacific Street (760) 722-5853 I LOVE BAGELS CAFE 3910 Vista Way (760) 945-3838 I LOVE BAGELS CAFE 4101 Avenida Del Oro (760) 216-6611 PORT OF SUBS 510 Oceanside Boulevard (760) 439-3354 RED & WHITE MARKET 510 Vista Way (760) 433-5516 SUBMARINA 3809 Plaza Drive (760) 945-7840 Z-MARKET 3200 Mission Avenue (760) 967-2184

GASTROPUB 101 PROOF 2002 South Coast Highway FLYING PIG PUB & KITCHEN 626 South Tremont Street (760) 453-2940 flyingpig.pub LOCAL TAP HOUSE 308 South Coast Hwy (760) 547-1469 localtaphouse.com MASTERS KITCHEN AND COCKTAIL 208 South Coast Highway (760) 231-6278 mastersoceanside.com URGE GASTROPUB & WHISKEY BANK 2002 South Coast Highway (760) 429-7424 urgegastropub.com GERMAN IRINA’S BAR & GRILL 3375 Mission Avenue (760) 433-5086 HAWAIIAN AIGA ISLAND GRILL 55 400 Mission Avenue (760) 453-7537 L&L HAWAIIAN BARBECUE 4225 Oceanside Boulevard (760) 726-0888 MAUI HAWAIIAN BBQ 2455 Vista Way (760) 722-8383 OHANA HAWAIIAN BBQ 459 College Boulevard (760) 630-6800 ICE CREAM/ FROZEN YOGURT BASKIN ROBBINS 4201 Oceanside Boulevard (760) 631-1286 BASKIN ROBBINS 1112 South Coast Highway (760) 722-0654 FRUGOS YOGURT 3509 Cannon Road (760) 732-1000 GELATO ETC. 224 North Coast Highway (858) 761-4479

BAR AND RESTAURANT GUIDE MENCHIE'S FROZEN YOGURT 2525C Vista Way (760) 730-5728 NANA AND POP’S SWEET SHOP 280 Harbor Drive (760 722-1723 OCEAN RAINBOW 3784 Mission Avenue (760) 435-0750 RED CUP FROZEN YOGURT 301 Mission Avenue (760) 637-2189 RICOS ANTOJITOS 3753 Mission Avenue (760) 231-7793 INDONESIAN DIJA MARA 232 S. Coast Hwy (760) 231-5376 ITALIAN/PIZZA BIG BOB’S BEST PIZZA 3617 Ocean Ranch Boulevard (760) 231-5050 BROOKLYN BOYZ PIZZA 2183 Vista Way (760) 757-4992 CARMINE’S 119 South Coast Highway (760) 966-6888 CUSIMANO’S PIZZERIA 3809 Plaza Drive (760) 414-1200 DOMINIC’S AT THE HARBOR RESTAURANT & PIZZERIA 268 Harbor Drive South (760) 754-1881 FRATELLI’S 3915 Mission Avenue (760) 696-9007 fratellisitaliankitchen.com GIANNI’S PIZZA 3910 West Vista Way (760) 724-2670

KILLER PIZZA FROM MARS 3772 Mission Avenue (760) 722-6060

GO GO JAPAN SUSHI 4121 Oceanside Boulevard (760) 630-1288

THE WHET NOODLE 1815 South Coast Hwy (760) 453-2738

KNOCKOUT PIZZA 401 Mission Avenue (760) 722-8888 kopizza.com

HARNEY SUSHI 301 Mission Avenue (760) 967-1820 harneysushi.com

WRENCH & RODENT SEABASSTROPUB 1815 South Coast Highway (760) 271-0531

LA CASA PIZZA 209 North Tremont Street (760) 722-1949

HON SUSHI 1733 South Coast Highway (760) 529-0255

WU LAN RAMEN TAP HOUSE 4645 Frazee Road Suite F (760) 453-7526

MOUNTAIN MIKE’S PIZZA 455 College Boulevard (760) 295-3121

KAMPAI SUSHI 1906 Oceanside Boulevard (760) 757-1484

YUKIYA SUSHI 2415 Vista Way (760) 439-3283

THE PRIVATEER COAL FIRE PIZZA 1706 Pacific Coast Highway (760) 453-2500 theprivateercoalfirepizza.com

LOVE BOAT SUSHI 125 Old Grove Road (760) 721-3737

KOREAN

ROMA’S PIZZA & GRILL 617 North Redondo Drive (760) 757-2003 ROUND TABLE PIZZA 3440 Marron Road (760) 434-5977 SHAKEY’S PIZZA PARLOR 4141 Oceanside Boulevard (760) 940-4243 TONY PEPPERONI PIZZERIA 805 College Boulevard (760) 726-6400 TWO BROTHERS FROM ITALY 4760 Oceanside Boulevard (760) 758-3638 1001 South Coast Highway (760) 758-3638 UPPER CRUST PIZZA 4196 Oceanside Boulevard (760) 630-9330 VENETOS 608 North Coast Highway (760) 722-1228 ZIGZAG PIZZA 333 North Myers Street (760) 433-1555 JAMAICAN ONE LOVE ISLAND CUISINE 4225 Oceanside Boulevard (760) 685-4618 JAPANESE/SUSHI CAFÉ DE THAI & SUSHI 4196 Oceanside Boulevard (760) 945-5533

POKI POKI 3480 Marron Road (760) 295-9086

MARU RESTAURANT 3744 Mission Avenue (442) 615-7438 MEDITERRANEAN

POKI POKI #2 4140 Oceanside Blvd (760) 295-4924

MAAN’S MEDITERRANEAN GRILL 4259 Oceanside Boulevard Ste.107 (760) 726-2249

RAMEN MENMA BASSO DRILLMAN OCEANSIDE 509 Mission Avenue (442) 500-8080

MEXICAN

RISING SUN SUSHI 272 South Harbor Drive (760) 277-0582 SUNSHINE POKE & SUSHI 224 North Coast Highway (760) 231-5481 SUSHI N JOY 2530 Vista Way (760) 721-1888

ANITA’S MEXICAN RESTAURANT & CANTINA 2250 South El Camino Real (760) 757-7745 ANITA’S MEXICAN RESTAURANT & CANTINA 1714 South Coast Hwy (760) 722-6323 CAFÉ ROSARITA 1816 Oceanside Boulevard (760) 722-6224

CARLITO’S CHICKEN SUSHI4REEL 158 Roymar Road 4750 Oceanside Boulevard Suite A-20 (760) 433-3427 (760) 659-6784 CEJA’S MEXICAN DINER & GRILL TERI CAFÉ 4259 Oceanside Boulevard 2216 South El Camino Real (760) 945-2199 (760) 722-8399 CHRONIC TACOS TERI CAFÉ II 208 North Coast Hwy 3809 Plaza Drive (760) 435-1178 (760) 945-8888 COLIMA’S MEXICAN RESTAURANT UMI JAPANESE GRILL & CAFÉ 404 Pier View Way 401 Mission Avenue (760) 439-4045 (760) 439-3566 COMPADRES CHICKEN WARAII SUSHI 4225 B Oceanside Boulevard 4225 Oceanside Boulevard (760) 806-6867 (760) 630-3770 DAVINA’S MEXICAN RESTAURANT WICKED POKE 3320 Mission Avenue 2401 Vista Way (760) 722-8017 (760) 529-0774

DE KOTIJA’S TACO SHOP 3504 College Boulevard (760) 758-0399 DIEGO’S MEXICAN FOOD 1030 South Coast Highway (760) 721-1985 EL CHAPÍN 3753 Mission Avenue (760) 842-7683 EL MUNDO DE MARISCOS 3110 San Luis Rey Road (760) 754-8922 FIESTA MEXICANA 3784 Mission Avenue (760) 757-9872 GOURMET TAMALES 3616 Ocean Ranch Boulevard (760) 439-3343 JALISCO CANTINA 213 North Coast Highway (760) 429-1679 JOHNNY MANANA’S 308 Mission Avenue (760) 721-9999 KING BURRITO 3490 Marron Road (760) 720-9747 LA FUENTE DE MARISCOS 2936 Oceanside Boulevard (760) 529-0150 LA PERLA TAPATIA 625 North Redondo Drive (760) 722-2877 LA PERLA TAPATIA 1910 Mission Avenue (760) 721-8486 LOS TACOS 2183 Vista Way (760) 757-8226 MARIETA’S 485 Vandegrift Boulevard (760) 967-1769 MARISCOS EL PULPO LOKO 1906 Oceanside Boulevard (760) 547-5624 MARISCOS ENSENADA 1405 South El Camino Real (760) 967-6024 MI ASADOR MEXICAN AND SEAFOOD RESTAURANT 4750 Oceanside Boulevard (760) 806-6684

MIRAMAR FISH TACOS & BEER 41 Douglas Drive (760) 721-2147 PEDRO’S TACOS 656 Benet Road (760) 722-7221

JOLLY ROGER 1900 Harbor Drive North (760) 722-183 LIGHTHOUSE OYSTER BAR & GRILL 262 Harbor Drive South (760) 433-1900 lighthouseoceanside.com

POLLOS MARIA 125 Old Grove Road (760) 435-9071 pollosmaria.com

MARISCO’S ENSENADA 1405 South El Camino Real (760) 967-6024

ROBERTO’S TACO SHOP #13 518 Oceanside Boulevard (760) 757-2377

OCEANSIDE BROILER 1325 North Harbor Drive (760) 722-3474

ROBERTO’S TACO SHOP 2983 Via Las Rosas (760) 433-5004

TIN FISH OCEANSIDE 302 North The Strand (760) 966-0007

SAN LUIS REY BAKERY & RESTAURANT 490 North El Camino Real (760) 433-7242

STEAKHOUSES

TONY’S FRESH MEXICAN FOOD 2983 Via Las Rosas (760) 433-5004 VALERIE’S TACO SHOP 3617 Ocean Ranch Boulevard (760) 712-1296 VALERIES TACO STAND 2213 S El Camino Real (760) 231-5458

333 PACIFIC 333 North Pacific Street (760) 433-3333 HUNTER STEAK HOUSE 1221 Vista Way (760) 433-2633

VIETNAMESE I LOVE PHO 3809 Plaza Drive (760) 630-8889 MR. PHO 4750 Oceanside Boulevard (760) 940-1306 ND BANH MI 4160 Oceanside Boulevard Ste. 169 (760) 726-4650 PHO HOUSE 3753 Mission Avenue (760) 754-9999 PHO KITCHEN 4121 Oceanside Boulevard #203 (760) 295-5445 PHO OCEANSIDE 518 Oceanside Boulevard (760) 754-2828 YUMMY PHO 4225 Oceanside Boulevard (760) 631-1800 WINE BARS/WINERIES

THAI

BEACH HOUSE WINERY 1534 Sleeping Indian Road (760) 732-3236

CAFÉ DE THAI & SUSHI 4196 Oceanside Boulevard (760) 945-5533

THE BUNKER HOUSE 322 North Cleveland Avenue GOLDEN COAST MEAD 4093 Oceanside Boulevard Ste G. (760) 630-4468

PERUVIAN

OCEAN THAI 2455 Vista Way (760) 722-9779

PANCA PERUVIAN CUISINE & ROTISSERIE 1902 South Coast Highway (760) 722-3396 PancaPeruviancuisine.com

OCEAN THAI 3846 Mission Avenue #A3 (760) 967-9901

HOLME ESTATE CELLARS 216 N Coast Hwy (760) 305-8435 holmeestatecellars.com

SEAFOOD

RIM TALAY 508 Mission Avenue (760) 435-2007

MATTUCCI WINERY 3830 Oceanic Drive, Suite 407 (760) 305-8435

SABAI SABAI THAI KITCHEN 1906 Oceanside Boulevard (760) 529-5597

THE MILLER’S TABLE 514 S Coast Hwy (442) 615-7200 themillerstable.com

333 PACIFIC 333 North Pacific Street (760) 433-3333 HARBOR FISH & CHIPS 276 Harbor Drive South (760) 722-4977 harborfishandchips.net.com HELLO BETTY FISH HOUSE 211 Mission Avenue (760) 722-1008 hellobettyoceanside.com JOE’S CRAB SHACK 314 Harbor Drive (760) 722-1345

SAVORY THAI 3829 Plaza Drive (760) 806-9606 THAI GARDEN 4750 Oceanside Boulevard (760) 940-1009 THAI TABLE 1910 Oceanside Boulevard (760) 721-4850

THE PRIVATEER MARKETPLACE & WINE BAR 1704 South Coast Highway (760) 453-2254 privateer-marketplace.com

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