China Camp
posted by at Friday, October 16, 2009
Friday, October 16, 2009
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In honor of Jane Emerson, long-time San Diego resident and activist
posted by at Friday, October 16, 2009
5 Comments:
Never been to China Camp, but we used to hang out at the Fat City bar occasionally -- especially after meeting people at SAN (fastest gate-to-bar time if you eliminate airport bars). It's pretty good.
Did it revert to another restaurant? For years it was a Denny's. lol.
I've only been to China Camp once;but I've been to the Denny's many times--it is in another part of the building. Just north of the Dennys is an office, and in the second story window, an owl on a perch (I've never seen it move!).
I think it was a Topsy's before the Fat family took on the project.
Richard(SAN)
We used to go there ever so often back in the 80s - before the Denny's was there. It was a hangout for navy recruits looking for girls, fun and loud. It was everything you would expect from a place with a neon sign and a name like that. :)
It used to be Tops. Then it morphed into a Japanese eatery....classy place. After that Tom Fat attempted two resturaunts before he gave up and added a Dennys's. China Camp has delightful decoration that sits just rotting because it will cost too much to fix, and some middle of the range Chinese American food. The steak house serves some excellent meats that we have always enjoyed.
Tom Fat was a wonderful host, and it is a great loss to have both he and his wife die within a year of each other.
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