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o.k. My fellow sleevers. I am coming to San Diego for a convention during the summer and I will just be phasing out from soft foods to real food. Where should I eat? What are some great places I should hit up? Is there a market, other than Whole foods, where I can get prepared food for a sleever? Lastly, any cool places I should hit up? Thanks.

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I live an hour north of SD but only know of "unhealthy" good places to eat in. I like to take visitors to Coronado Island and Casa beach in La Jolla to see the seals or the drive-in thats down there but you might have more of those back in Illinois...not sure if that stuff is your type of thing! Enjoy your trip and I hope you find some good healthy places to eat :)

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I live an hour north of SD but only know of "unhealthy" good places to eat in. I like to take visitors to Coronado Island and Casa beach in La Jolla to see the seals or the drive-in thats down there but you might have more of those back in Illinois...not sure if that stuff is your type of thing! Enjoy your trip and I hope you find some good healthy places to eat :)

After six weeks of being a good boy, I am ready for a little bad stuff. Do you know any places? I heard Slater's 50/50 has bacon.

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Ooooooooh man Slater's 50/50 looks SO good!!! My sister had been pushing me to go there pre-op but I never made it. First time going there was when I was DD for her birthday and I was still on Clear liquids. I had to sit there drinking my Water while everyone dug into their fried mac n cheese and gourmet burgers. If you choose the 50/50 patty, yes it is half bacon and half beef. They give you this paper where you pick how you want it and what you want on it (they have a million things you can put as toppings)...you could get it lettuce wrapped as well. I was miserable and felt deprived when I was there but I had to have won some kind of karma good sister award :) It would be a bit of a drive for you...it is like 30-45 minutes north of me.

If you are in to burgers, there's a place called Hodad's in Ocean Beach. Its a cute little hamburger surfer-type joint right near the beach. Also burger related, most visitors want to try in-n-out. They can make their burgers "protein" style (lettuce wrapped)....I had one a week ago and just ate the hamburger patty. It kind of takes away from the experience when you can't have the whole thing though!

You will be able to find a ton of fresh seafood restaurants in the area as well. Personally, I liked fish taco's from a chain restaurant called Rubio's pre-op (their fried fish tacos were great)....havent been there post-op, they may have a grilled version that I never noticed. Or Wahoo's fish taco....pretty good (never had fish tacos there but the food is good!).

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I live an hour north of SD but only know of "unhealthy" good places to eat in. I like to take visitors to Coronado Island and Casa beach in La Jolla to see the seals or the drive-in thats down there but you might have more of those back in Illinois...not sure if that stuff is your type of thing! Enjoy your trip and I hope you find some good healthy places to eat <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />

Where are you, B?

I'm in Murrieta awaiting insurance approval with Dr. Suh...

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Ooooooooh man Slater's 50/50 looks SO good!!! My sister had been pushing me to go there pre-op but I never made it. First time going there was when I was DD for her birthday and I was still on Clear Liquids. I had to sit there drinking my Water while everyone dug into their fried mac n cheese and gourmet burgers. If you choose the 50/50 patty' date=' yes it is half bacon and half beef. They give you this paper where you pick how you want it and what you want on it (they have a million things you can put as toppings)...you could get it lettuce wrapped as well. I was miserable and felt deprived when I was there but I had to have won some kind of karma good sister award :) It would be a bit of a drive for you...it is like 30-45 minutes north of me.

If you are in to burgers, there's a place called Hodad's in Ocean Beach. Its a cute little hamburger surfer-type joint right near the beach. Also burger related, most visitors want to try in-n-out. They can make their burgers "protein" style (lettuce wrapped)....I had one a week ago and just ate the hamburger patty. It kind of takes away from the experience when you can't have the whole thing though!

You will be able to find a ton of fresh seafood restaurants in the area as well. Personally, I liked fish taco's from a chain restaurant called Rubio's pre-op (their fried fish tacos were great)....havent been there post-op, they may have a grilled version that I never noticed. Or Wahoo's fish taco....pretty good (never had fish tacos there but the food is good!).[/quote']

You are awesome! I will write these suggestions down!

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If you want fish tacos hit up blue Water market and grill off the 5 near airport, they are amazing! So is the fish n chips and onion rings...even though I could only eat one lol! Portions are big, my unsleeved hubby could only eat 1 taco. It was also on DDD(diners, drive ins and dives of food network) http://www.bluewater.sandiegan.com/

The best Mexican food is Casa de Pico off the 8 in east county. This restraunt used to be in old town but needed more room or it's awesomeness lol! Everything here is amazing! http://www.casadepico.com/

There is also a great diner that was on DDD too called studio diner. I love this place pre and post op! This is the place i chose for my bday meal...its that good! Pot pie, meatloaf, burgers and more! http://studiodiner.com/

Send me a MSG if there is something in particular your looking for!

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SDCC? I will be there this summer too! I loved Tin Fish right across from the convention center. We split a meal there and that was pre-sleeve. Maryjane's connected to hard rock had good food late. (they rename it Cafe Diem durning SDCC).

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Hey All!!

I live in San Diego

There is plenty of yummy Mariscos here( Mexican seafood)

I have had ceviche and caldo de cammaron( shrimp soup)

YumI am now almost 6 weeks post op.

Hope you all have fun at SDCC!!

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San Diego here too (originally from the burbs of Chicago)! My favorite restaurant is Piatti in La Jolla. Also in La Jolla, the La Jolla Shores Hotel has a great happy hour and a view of the ocean. We always take out of towners there. If you're downtown, Pokez is awesome Mexican and Cafe Sevilla is really good tapas. Have fun at SDCC!

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San Diego here too (originally from the burbs of Chicago)! My favorite restaurant is Piatti in La Jolla. Also in La Jolla' date=' the La Jolla Shores Hotel has a great happy hour and a view of the ocean. We always take out of towners there. If you're downtown, Pokez is awesome Mexican and Cafe Sevilla is really good tapas. Have fun at SDCC![/quote']

Thanks everyone for the suggestions. I will be there for a tech educator conference.

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Hi,

You might try the cheese cake factory in fashion valley they have a variety on the menu or TGI Fridays in UTC area.Good luck and a good time in San Diego

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