Cafe Pacifica
2414 San Diego Ave.
San Diego, California 92110
USA

Cuisine. Californian-Mediterranean
Proprietor/General Manager. Frank Busic
Telephone. 619.291.6666
 Fax. 619.291.0122
Email. info@cafepacifica.com
Website. www.cafepacifica.com
Hours.
Monday-Saturday: 5:00pm - 10pm
Sunday: 5:00pm - 9:30pm
 
Since 1980, Cafe Pacifica has been on the cutting edge of innovative cuisine, providing locals and visitors with the quintessential California dining experience. The menu artfully combines cutting-edge cuisine with Mediterranean flair to create an innovative style that is flavorful, healthy and imaginative. Our focus has always been the vast selections of ocean-fresh seafood, but we also showcase the highest-quality meats, innovative pastas, salads and inspiring seasonal specials.
 

 

Owner Frank Busic		 Conveniently located in the heart of San Diego's historic Old Town, Cafe Pacifica features contemporary, fresh seafood cuisine with a distinct California dash of the day's locally-grown herbs and produce.
Cafe Pacifica serves only the very Freshest Fish, as well as a variety of delicious Pasta dishes, Lamb Chops, and Steaks.


It “may be an oldie but it certainly is a goodie” smile sentimentalists about this 25-year-old seafooder on the “main drag in Old Town”, a “treasure” for its “classic”, “thoughtfully prepared fish dishes”, plus the “best crème brûlée in the city”; sure, the “decor could stand a little freshening”, but the “twinkly” “little white lights still work their magic”, and picky patrons are pacified by service that stays “friendly” “even when it’s packed.”
- Zagat Survey
 



Dinner Menu



Oysters on the Half Shell

Blue Point (Long Island)
each $1.80


Special Daily Oyster
each $1.80


Broiled Oyster with Spinach and Parmesan Cheese
each $2.10

 




Appetizers


Grilled Portobello Mushroom
Stuffed with Crab Meat over a Balsamic Tomato Sauce. $11


Wonton Wrapped Yellow Fin Tuna
Stuffed with Sweet Peppers and Ginger Served over a Salad of Baby Bok Choy on Chili-Infused Oil and a Plum Cabernet Reduction. $12


New Zealand Green Lip Mussels
Steamed in Chardonnay with Garlic and Fresh Herbs. $11


Petite Pacific Halibut
Served over a Sweet Carrot Puree, Grilled Polenta and Asparagus with a Plum Cabernet Reduction. $11


Blackened Rare Hawaiian Ahi
Over a mix of Seasonal Greens with a Creamy Tarragon Dressing. $12


Quesadilla
With Sun-Dried Tomatoes, Smoked Mozzarella and Guacamole. $8
With Smoked Chicken or Rock Shrimp, add $2.50
 

Soups and Salads


Cafe Pacifica's Romaine Caesar Salad
with Sourdough Croutons. $8


Spoonleaf Spinach
with Cucumber, Red Onion, Tomatoes, Kalamata Olives, Roasted Pepitas and Feta Cheese Tossed with an Herb Vinaigrette. $11.25


Sliced Pear and Caramelized Walnut Salad
with Fresh Farm Greens and Crumbled Blue Cheese. $10.50


Fresh Green Salad
with a Creamy Dijon Cucumber Vinaigrette. $6
With Crumbled Bleu Cheese, add 50¢


Roasted Corn - Blue Crab Claw Salad
with Spoonleaf Spinach and Baby Arugula Tossed with a Ginger and Champagne Vinaigrette Served in a Wonton Shell. $11.50


Our Fresh Soup of the Day
or
The Cafe's White Clam Chowder
Cup: $5.25 | Bowl: $6.25


 


The Cafe's Spicy Garlic Seafood Fettuccine
$21.90

Linquini and Manilla Clams
Steamed in Chardonnay with Garlic and Fresh Herbs $20.90

Black Sake Braised Sea Bass
Served over a Jicama and Granny Smith Apple Relish with a Chipotle-Cilantro Vinaigrette. $25.90

Seared Hawaiian Mahi Mahi
Over Cilantro-Sesame Rice with a Roasted Corn Relish and a Chipotle Beurre Blanc. $25.05

Three Herb Crusted Salmon
With a Gingered Plum Sauce atop Wasabi Mashed Potatoes
and Asparagus. $29.15

Hawaiian Ahi Seared Rare
With Shiitake Mushrooms and Ginger Butter. $27.80

Angel Hair Pasta
With Rock Shrimp and a Fresh Tomato Basil Sauce. $21.10

Griddled Mustard Catfish
$20.90

Cafe Shrimp Scampi
Shrimp Sauteed with Garlic, White Wine and a Lemon Caper Sauce over Angel Hair Pasta. $23.90

Seared Northern Halibut
Stuffed with Marinted Ginger and Crusted with Sesame Seeds over a Wasabi Vinaigrette. $26.20

Sole Stuffed with Dungeness Crab and Rock Shrimp
$24.75

Bouillabaisse
A Cornucopia of Seafood in a Lobster Broth Perfumed with Anise. $24.50

Simply Grilled
Each of these may be ordered with your choice of sauce: Housemade Barbecue Sauce, Roasted Garlic and Fresh Herbs, Papaya and Cilantro Salsa, Sweet Mango Sauce, Spicy Black Bean or Fresh Tomato Basil Salsa.


 

Simply Grilled

Each of these may be ordered with your choice of sauce: Housemade Barbecue Sauce, Roasted Garlic and Fresh Herbs, Papaya and Cilantro Salsa, Sweet Mango Sauce, Spicy Black Bean or Fresh Tomato Basil Salsa.

Served with Fresh Seasonal Vegetables.

 

King Salmon
$25		 Sea Bass
$22		 Swordfish
$24

Chicken Breast
$19


 

Hawaiian Ahi
$25		 Jumbo Shrimp
$22

Northern Halibut
$23

 

Simply Grilled Extras:

 

Wild Rice
$4.50		 Celery Root Mashed Potatoes
$4.50
 

Extra Vegetables
$5.20

 

Pine Nut Encrusted Chicken Breast
Served over Sun Dried Tomato Mashed Potatoes and a Cilantro Pesto. $21.50

Grilled Rack of Lamb
Served with Celery Root Mashed Potatoes and a Fig, Balsamic and Shiitake Mushroom Reduction. $34

Cheese Tortellini
with Smoked Chicken, Roasted Garlic Tomato Sauce, Shiitake Mushrooms and Basil . $19.75

Grilled Filet Mignon
with a Madeira Sauce. $27.25



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Simply Grilled
Served with Fresh Seasonal Vegetables
Each of these may be ordered with a sauce of: Housemade Barbecue Sauce, Roasted Garlic & Fresh Herbs, Paya & Cilantro Salsa, Sweet Mango Sauce, Spicy Black Bean or Fresh Tomato Basil Salsa
King Salmon
$22		 Sea Bass
$22		 Swordfish
$24
Hawaiian Ahi
$25		 Chicken Breast
$19		 Northern Halibut
$23

 

 

Jumbo Shrimp
$22

 

 


Simply Grilled Extras
Wild
Rice
$4.50		 Celery Root
Mashed Potatoes
$4.50		 Extra
Vegetables
$5.20

 

 

 


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