How Old Bay Tots Became Palmy’s Signature Every brunch spot has a dish regularly ordered without looking at the menu. At Palmy’s in Pacific Beach, that dish isn’t the acai bowl or the chicken and waffles – it’s the Old Bay tots. What started as a crispy, Chesapeake-seasoned side has quietly become the ingredient that...
A few blocks from Crystal Pier, in a converted craftsman bungalow with trailing plants and rattan chairs, sits the kind of beach house cafe Pacific Beach locals talk about before out-of-towners ever hear the name.