Post #246009 by arriano on Mon, Jul 31, 2006 8:59 PM

Name:Don the Beachcomber -- former San Diego location
Type:restaurant
Street:1590 Harbor Island Drive
City:San Diego
State:CA
Zip:92101
country:USA
Phone:
Status:closed

Description:
I recently came upon an old Don the Beachcomber matchbook that was from its San Diego location. I searched the Net but wasn't able to find out where it was located (there was no address on the matchbook). But thanks to some enterprising librarians at the San Diego Public Library, they undercovered an ad for the place. It was located at 1590 Harbor Island Drive and was part of the Sheraton Hotel. I think Don the Beachcomber was only there a few years in the early '70s. Later it was an El Torito restaurant for quite awhile. Currently the location is being used as a Mediterranean restaurant called Alfiere. Looking around the place there's nothing I could see that would indicate Don had ever been there. It's a shame, but at least it's a mystery solved.

[ Edited by: arriano 2006-07-31 21:00 ]

[ Edited by: arriano 2006-08-01 08:47 ]