Single Fin Surf Grill, at 3844 Mission Blvd. in Mission Beach, held its one-year anniversary party on Monday, June 29. Two years ago, a group of friends – Benjamin Zuber, John Waterson, Dominic Coleman, Gio Morelli, Bryan Coleman, Adolphus Davenport, Frank Flores, Kristopher Eklund and Mikey Beats – who had worked together in the bar and restaurant industry in the past had a dream to create their own establishment.
Drawing on all their experience and knowledge from having worked as bartenders, servers and cooks, respectively, in the San Diego area for years, they decided to live their dream. They snatched up a great location in Mission Beach, which had previously been the Sneak Joint, and worked hard to remodel and build the Single Fin Surf Grill. The investors, all being avid lovers of the ocean and surfing, decided to build a fun local bar with a surf theme. They used items such as driftwood to build the bar, table tops and decorations inside. For the menu, they wanted to serve up great bar food with a unique foodie-lover style, like the Sriracha shrimp tacos.
Single Fin is a place where friends in the industry, tourists visiting the beaches and locals can just step off the sand, or stop by while on a bike ride around bay or beach, and fit right in to a friendly atmosphere. — John Cocozza