San Diego Reader

• Restaurant

The Old Mill Café

• 3949 Ohio Street, San Diego, CA 92104 | Directions
• 619-294-3804

Just had the fillingest breakfast for $3.99 – at 8.30 at night. But that's Harry Kim. He's one of the two cooks you can see back there in the kitchen. I thought he was just one of the kitchen crew. But no, he owns this venerable old-school Old Mill Family Restaurant. Has for four years now. Believes in hands-on, Korean-style. He says “Give the customers what they want. I know. Thirty years in food. I tell the girls, ‘Service counts. Because here, we’re not on the beaten path.’”

He's right about that. Ohio ain't 30th and University. But they do have this great old Fifties Moderne barn and tons of parking. Full tonight with a fab array of old Cadillacs and Chryslers that make you think you’re in a total time warp.

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