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Burger nation
Oceanside council approves second In-N-Out
On December 17, the Oceanside City Council approved a second In-N-Out Burger location for the city.
A council well known for their divisive three-two vote splits on most issues, its members voted unanimously for the project. (Note: city hall is five blocks south of the new location.)
To be located at the town’s northern entrance on I-5, perched high above the south bank of the San Luis Rey River, the site is currently occupied by a Carrows restaurant at 936 North Coast Highway.
On December 29, I spoke with customers of Carrows as they were leaving the restaurant. Cheri from Oceanside said, “Its obvious they’re on their last leg. The booth upholstery is ripped; the music playing is all crankily like the speakers are blown. It was really wasn’t pleasant.”
Vickie from San Juan Capistrano said she meets a friend from Escondido about four times a month. Of Carrows’ menu, she said, “Their breakfasts are good, but the rest of their menu sucks.”
A family of three visiting from Iowa said they knew all about In-N-Out Burger and would have enjoyed it more than this Carrows visit.
The manager inside the Carrows said she was prohibited from talking to anyone about the alleged impending closure of her restaurant.
An In-N-Out Burger spokesperson said the city’s approval is relatively new, and the restaurant might not be completed in 2015. When opened, it will be the chain’s eighth North County location, and the county’s 19th.
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Burger nation
Oceanside council approves second In-N-Out
Burger nation
Oceanside council approves second In-N-Out
On December 17, the Oceanside City Council approved a second In-N-Out Burger location for the city.
A council well known for their divisive three-two vote splits on most issues, its members voted unanimously for the project. (Note: city hall is five blocks south of the new location.)
To be located at the town’s northern entrance on I-5, perched high above the south bank of the San Luis Rey River, the site is currently occupied by a Carrows restaurant at 936 North Coast Highway.
On December 29, I spoke with customers of Carrows as they were leaving the restaurant. Cheri from Oceanside said, “Its obvious they’re on their last leg. The booth upholstery is ripped; the music playing is all crankily like the speakers are blown. It was really wasn’t pleasant.”
Vickie from San Juan Capistrano said she meets a friend from Escondido about four times a month. Of Carrows’ menu, she said, “Their breakfasts are good, but the rest of their menu sucks.”
A family of three visiting from Iowa said they knew all about In-N-Out Burger and would have enjoyed it more than this Carrows visit.
The manager inside the Carrows said she was prohibited from talking to anyone about the alleged impending closure of her restaurant.
An In-N-Out Burger spokesperson said the city’s approval is relatively new, and the restaurant might not be completed in 2015. When opened, it will be the chain’s eighth North County location, and the county’s 19th.
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At least In and Out pay far more that the rest of the chain burger joints. Their business model is way ahead of the Mac 'n Dons style joints that rely on the taxpayer to support their low wage no benefit workers.
That Carrows has been fading for a long time. Most times when I pass by it, there aren't enough cars parked in the lot to account for the staff, let alone some customers. Which came first, the deterioration of the business or the lack of customers? While that spot seems like a great one, southbound I-5 travelers may not notice it until it is too late to exit. And where to exit? It isn't obvious at all that the next exit, with a double-back trip to the north is the way to get there.
As for northbound motorists, they'll never see the sign until they are far beyond the exit and across the bridge and heading up into the "no speed limit" part of I-5 on Camp Pendleton. Find another exit and go back? Only if you know the area. I wish I-n-O the best with the location. I'm just not confident that anyone can do well at that spot now.
You are, as always Visduh, correct. That is a very strange, seemingly forgotten in time, little stretch of the old coast highway between the I-5 exits of Coast Hwy/76 and Harbor Dr. A bait shop, paint ball store, strip joint, the vacant Flying Bridge (with that view there's a gold mine for someone) and the former hooker/junkie motels that now pose as national chains. If it wasn't for that huge bridge, that whole area would have been wiped clean when I-5 was built.
The Flying Bridge was a wonderful view property. Supposedly it needed too much maintenance to keep open, and the business just didn't support it. But then, in more than forty years of passing by the place, I never once went in there. I don't remember any advertising that would have made me think of going there. Someone will buy it and fix it up and make it into an attraction again, but it may be many years from now. That stretch of the old highway also hosted an unfinished furniture store for a long time. But there don't seem to be any of those any more. I'm told that Ikea put them all out of business. That's sad, 'cause I really enjoy finishing a good piece of furniture.
Ya know, I can remember when IN-N-OUT opened up in San Juan Capistrano back in the 80's, making it, at the time, the closest one to San Diego. Being IN-N-OUT aficionados, yes, we would drive up their just to eat. And now, I read that San Diego County will so have IN-N-OUT location number 19. I think that's about the same number as in the Phoenix metro. WOW. San Diego, you're growing up so fast. I guess you're truly not the sleepy little beach town any more.
I too spent many a Saturday night driving up to the INO at Avery Parkway in OC. Or when coming back from LA? It always a must stop. It still special to us even though we have 18 now.