Old Townhouse Restaurant • 1973

Chris and Soula Caplaneris turned their American dream into Ocean Beach reality in 1973, transforming a Greek immigrant's aircraft mechanic wages into a family-run breakfast haven. The kitchen still turns out homemade Greek-American comfort food—fluffy omelets, cinnamon-dusted French toast, and south-of-the-border breakfast plates—all served with the kind of hospitality that treats strangers like cousins. Decades later, it's the warmth as much as the food that keeps neighbors coming back to this cozy corner of Newport Avenue.