There are many reasons why people come back to Red Sails Inn restaurant-bar in Point Loma.
\n“I\u2019m like a lot of restaurants. We want to stay fresh,” admitted owner Bill Dargitz, who\u2019s been at the helm of Red Sails, at 2614 Shelter Island Drive, the past 22 years. “But the thing about us people like is that we\u2019re kind of old-school. Our menu doesn\u2019t change very often. If you had calamari here 10 years ago, you can come in and it will taste and be prepared exactly the same way.”
\nThe waterfront location and the traditional menu are just the start of Red Sails’ appeal.
\n“Definitely, our big draw is that patio,” said Dargitz, pointing at the 22-table deck, where people were being served breakfast while gazing out at moored boats the day after Mother\u2019s Day.
\n“This is such a comfortable place that people come back for the people as much as they do for the product,” said Dargitz.
\nAnd then there\u2019s the restaurant staff.
\n“One of the reasons they\u2019re coming in is because of my staff,” said Dargitz, noting, “My short-time waitress has been here five years. My bar manager has been here 32 years. I have waitresses who\u2019ve been here more than 20 years. People come in and ask for them by name.”
\nRed Sails has been a fixture in San Diego since the \u201920s and \u201930s. The restaurant started out at the foot of G Street downtown before moving to its present location. Dargitz started out in Seattle before his restaurateur dad enticed him down to join him in San Diego.
\n“I was vacuuming floors when I was 4 years old,” said Dargitz, adding he previously bussed tables, washed dishes, waited tables and did some management for his father, who\u2019d partnered with Red Sails\u2019 previous owner, nearly 80 years old and looking to get out of the business.
\n“I had been doing maintenance work for a hotel for 11 years,” Dargitz said, “but my dad called me and said, \u2018I really need some help.’ So my wife and I came down with our 5-year-old. He\u2019s 27 now, married, happy and a CalPoly master\u2019s grad who works at Salk Institute. Everything worked out wonderfully.”
\nRed Sails is known for specializing in seafood \u2014 swordfish, halibut, sea bass, mahi mahi. But that\u2019s just the half of it.
\n“We do a really good lunch,” pointed out Dargitz, adding that “half the menu is just sandwiches and burgers. The other half is seafood, fish and chips, et cetera. But we do a breakfast now that we serve until 2 p.m.”
\nDargitz said a Red Sails breakfast can be either traditional, bacon and eggs, or nontraditional, featuring delicacies like crab legs or veggie Benedict.
\nThe restaurateur said customers can customize their meals.
\n“If we have a product, I\u2019ll sell it to you, meaning if you come in and order calamari with pasta, we\u2019ll see what we\u2019ve got,” Dargitz said. “Why not? We\u2019re not a real stickler on you can\u2019t substitute.”
\nAnd the oceanside restaurant is also known for its Louis salads, which Dargitz noted are impressive. “People say, \u2018Oh my God, I can\u2019t eat that much,'” he said.
\nRed Sails is Dargitz\u2019s pride and joy.
\n“I love this place,” he confessed. “There\u2019s no 90-degree angles here. There\u2019s no ferns hanging in the corner. And we get a million-dollar view every time we come to work.”
\nDargitz said he does a good tourist business in the summer, but he added, “Our bread and butter is the locals. We\u2019re a locals hangout where people go for a beer, a steak or an omelet.”
\nLooking ahead, Dargitz wants to do more with craft brews. Right now, he has four or five brews on tap. He\u2019d like to expand to eight or 10.
\nThe restaurateur said he doesn\u2019t mind having customers drift in.
\n“If they just want to come over and have a beer out on the patio, that makes me feel good: They\u2019re here,” he said, noting Red Sails is open every day of the year except Christmas.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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