http://www.ponovision.com/articles/2006/11/28/san-diego-gaslamp-review-lees-cafe en-us 40 Adventures in dating. <img width=350 height=350 src="http://bachelortodd.com/files/mapimage.gif"/><br/> Man I love living downtown. <br/><br/> San Diego is a great city, with every imaginable kind of restaurant. Thai, Peruvian, Afghan. You can also find whatever ambiance suits you. Casual, Hip, Swank.... Homeless. <br/><br/> Lee's Cafe (5th between F&G) <br/><br/> I may have mentioned Lee's before... it is the hub of crazy people. If this were a video game, it's where the monsters would come out of. The spawn point if you will. All the crazies/homeless guys eat there. In fact, I even saw a guy NOT eat there. He had no arms. He came in and sat down.. grumbled a bit.. they said hi.. and he left. You know you are a cool place when patrons just come in to grunt. <br/><br/> It's also where *I* eat breakfast whenever I manage to eat breakfast or I'm hungover (yes yes.. I'm sure that says something). I imagine being homeless in San Diego is like having every night be a REALLY late night out, so it makes sense. <br/><br/> Mr. and Mrs Lee have been there for a *long* time. My theory is that they are Chinese slackers. They showed up 20 years or so ago, and excitedly opened their establishment... doing all the exciting "starting a company things". <br/><br/> cutting out cereal box covers and taping them to the wall as a sort of kindergarten menu. <br/><br/> VERY carefully pricing the items on their vast menu to some exact formula (the equation written in Chinese for added complexity). <br/><br/> Everything has an odd price, like $2.36. After that they said "Fuck it, putting those little numbers on the board is a bitch", and never changed the prices again. <br/><br/> That's Lee's Cafe to this day. The most expensive thing on their menu is a T-Bone(no relation) steak , and that costs.... seriously... $7.48. You can get anything there. T-Bone steak and smokes? 10 bucks (and 3 cents). <br/><br/> You can get a FULL BREAKFAST there (a guy breakfast.. 2 eggs, bacon, hash browns, toast, and coffee), for THREE DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS. <br/><br/> Mr. and Mrs. Lee aren't great business people. Hell, they don't really even have a sign, but they make good bacon. <br/><br/> It's easy to tip them more than the meal costs, because you almost feel like you are ripping them off. I mean hell, once you factor in the smoke damage, I couldn't even *make* breakfast for $3.50. <br/><br/> Recently it came to my attention that many of the old places in the Gaslamp have absurdly cheap leases from the government or something. Like, $0.25-$0.35 per square foot which means they need to sell like 700 eggs per month to pay the rent.... <br/><br/> everything else <strike>has</strike> is gravy. <br/><br/> I suggest you check it out. If you want company, just scream out the door like you are on fire... I'll come over and say hi. Tue, 28 Nov 2006 01:01:00 -0500 urn:uuid:d1627452-654c-4104-9ca3-c56b47a8ba80 todd http://www.ponovision.com/articles/2006/11/28/san-diego-gaslamp-review-lees-cafe San Diego Nutjobs. gaslamp food homeless http://www.ponovision.com/articles/trackback/401 Giocate al jackpot casino più in voga tra i campioni di Las Vegas e imparate a giocare come loro ai giochi del casinò. Sat, 01 Dec 2007 07:59:46 -0500 urn:uuid:c504cdef-e9dd-41a6-aafb-94adc1d372c8 http://www.ponovision.com/articles/2006/11/28/san-diego-gaslamp-review-lees-cafe#comment-2391 I migliori Jackpots e Bonus si trovano in questi giochi dei casino virtuali che abbiamo reperito per voi su Internet. Sat, 01 Dec 2007 01:08:18 -0500 urn:uuid:41399c7a-a68d-4414-a463-fa1a03ab8f56 http://www.ponovision.com/articles/2006/11/28/san-diego-gaslamp-review-lees-cafe#comment-2386 Dwayne: Nice! If you want some local flava check out Kiyos sushi..it's the best in town. -T Thu, 28 Dec 2006 21:43:51 -0500 urn:uuid:fa36a375-0fac-49b3-b3c6-598b7aedccbe http://www.ponovision.com/articles/2006/11/28/san-diego-gaslamp-review-lees-cafe#comment-2248 I'm visiting San Diego this week. I will add Lees to my list of places to see. Thu, 28 Dec 2006 21:17:46 -0500 urn:uuid:cc33d40e-79d0-422f-8d30-d7f6424acf71 http://www.ponovision.com/articles/2006/11/28/san-diego-gaslamp-review-lees-cafe#comment-2247 haha... Yup, it is! Less drunks too. Sun, 24 Dec 2006 16:29:03 -0500 urn:uuid:b01b5a08-888c-438e-9f2b-ff5e6120babd http://www.ponovision.com/articles/2006/11/28/san-diego-gaslamp-review-lees-cafe#comment-2232 Shit. Thats cheaper than Taki's. Fri, 15 Dec 2006 07:06:11 -0500 urn:uuid:48740f6a-7501-4a7c-9f69-752c40ac6126 http://www.ponovision.com/articles/2006/11/28/san-diego-gaslamp-review-lees-cafe#comment-2226