When it opened on Jan. 25, 1951, Food Basket, on the northwest corner of Mission Boulevard and Garnet Avenue, was touted as the “largest supermarket in San Diego County,” built at a cost of $500,000. When it closed 10 years after this photo was taken in 1986, it had become Lucky Market and was deemed too small by the chain that owned it. Fatburger dominates the same corner today. — John Fry is an “almost” native San Diegan who moved to Mission Beach in 1967 after graduating from San Diego State, then to Pacific Beach in 1970. He has lived in the same house on Haines Street since 1972. In 1979, he and the late Howard Rozelle founded the Pacific Beach Historical Society. Contact John at (858) 272-6655 or [email protected].