COASTAL • Allmine

Dining: Coastal

THE OSIDER JULY / AUGUST 2022

Lucas Moreira, Roxana Pavel, and Beau Bonham

ALLMINE: PIZZA, WINE, AND BEER

WORDS: SHELBY ROWE PHOTOS: ZACH CORDNER

While the concept of allmine is simple, the delivery is far from it. One step into the quaint Coast Highway restaurant and you’ll quickly realize the team is up to more than just making pizza. Building on a passion to serve the freshest, finest, and most sustainably sourced ingredients directly from the Oceanside farmer’s market, owner Roxana Pavel has taken a simple concept—pizza, wine, and beer—to mind-blowing measures. Thanks to her Executive Chef Beau Bonham and Sous Chef Lucas Moreira, everything that comes out of that kitchen is not only made from scratch, but is pure magic. Take the Bianca pizza as a perfect example, which is a house favorite and highly recommended with prosciutto. Made with a cream base, thinly sliced red rose potatoes, globs of ricotta, fresh rosemary, roasted garlic, lemon olive oil, and black salt, the Bianca pizza offers flavors unique and explosively delicious to the palette.

If you prefer the classics, then you’ll love the Caprese pizza. Topped with homemade burrata, pesto, and mountains of confit tomatoes, this masterpiece is a cheese lover’s dream. But, we can’t talk about masterpieces without mentioning the Never Ending Summer. It’s a dessert that’s almost too beautiful to eat. With sweet and tangy lemon curd, fresh mulberries, and homemade cookie crumble spilling out of a tilted mug, this Alicein-Wonderland-reminiscent dessert invites you down the rabbit hole. And, trust me—it’s delicious. While the menu is crafted by the expertise of Bonham and Moreira, the natural wine menu is driven from Pavel’s passion. A wine connoisseur at heart, Pavel is dedicated to only carrying natural wines from local vendors that have very little intervention with little to no additives. Pavel has taken all of her experiences—from those in her career to those she cherishes with friends and family—and created a restaurant that’s incredibly personal to her, her journey, and all those who have been with her along the way.

Even her bar seats have a heart-tugging detail. Every seat bears the name of a family member or close friend who has passed away, making her restaurant a personal ode to her life and those she has been lucky enough to share it with.

“Everything in my life has led me to this exact moment—from my experiences to my relationships,” Pavel said. “And, I always wanted these people to have a seat at my bar.”

You can expect more from allmine—like their first Chef’s Table set for July 13th with a five-course meal focusing on Brazilian cuisine by Chef Moreira. Tickets can be bought online.

ALLMINE 119 South Coast Highway (760) 966-6888 allmineoceanside.com @allmine.oceanside