The College Restaurant
and
The Daily Grind Cafe

6695 El Cajon Blvd

A 1950s photo from the SDSU archives

I grew up on Montezuma Road so College Restaurant was close by and a favorite place to eat.  My mom would pretend she forgot to take meat out of the freezer (no microwaves in the 1950s) so off we would go to eat a delicious fried chicken dinner at the College Restaurant.  Mr. Shirts, the owner, would always stop by our table to chit-chat with us.  When my husband and I bought a home in the outskirts of college area, we would enjoy Sunday breakfast at the College Restaurant.  Their homemade cinnamon buns were delicious.  If you ordered their huge, delicious pancakes, they would place a small, metal container that housed melted butter to pour on your pancakes and a pitcher of maple syrup - yum!  Lots of good eating memories!  As the news article stated, it was not gourmet food, but delicious "comfort" food.  Thanks for sharing — Judy Lyle MacInnes ’62.

We used to eat at the College Restaurant frequently on Sundays.  Here is a photo of me on one such Sunday — Joel R. Dennstedt ’67

The Daily Grind Cafe • January 2202




San Diego Union June 7, 1985

OH GOSH - - It must have been the College Restaurant we went to for my dad to get liver and onions after we kids complained about mom making it in the house!  I knew we went somewhere, but I didn't realize, until just now, that it most likely was The College Restaurant!   -- Patty Bremner Brubaker '72

San Diego Union July 27, 1980