San Diego Reader

"We've been working on this ten weeks," says Pat Gallaher, the foreman. "I'd give it another ten days we should be good to go."

Pat

This is a few days ago. He's talking from a little crane inside this ol' building at 639 J, at 7th. Right now, this is his baby. He's overseeing the creation of - drum roll please - The Blind Burro...

...which comes from the owners of Bub's, Block 16, Lucky's, Tipsy Crow...looks like these guys are on a roll.

So still a work in progress. But what can we expect?

"Good food, Baja Coastal, like grilled fish, chicken, shrimp," says Pat, "plus walk-up bar streetside, and lots of tequila."

Why "Blind Burro"?

"Blind to the border," says Sean Green the manager.

Sean

Nice thought.

The walk-up bar also sounds good to me. But bottom line: Hope ten bucks will get me into that shrimp.

Stay posted.

Ooh arr, me hearties! This be a coastal seafood place

Iron chandelier dates back to when this was the Fleetwood. Sean says it stays