{"id":317,"date":"2006-03-30T21:15:00","date_gmt":"2006-03-30T21:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/docwiggly.wordpress.com\/2006\/03\/30\/restaurant-review-paradise-lounge\/"},"modified":"2006-03-30T21:15:00","modified_gmt":"2006-03-30T21:15:00","slug":"restaurant-review-paradise-lounge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/2006\/03\/30\/restaurant-review-paradise-lounge\/","title":{"rendered":"restaurant review: Paradise Lounge"},"content":{"rendered":"

restaurant review: Paradise Lounge & Grill
\n(full bar, & next door: Deja Vu Showgirls)
\n2730 Midway Drive, San Diego<\/a>
\nphone: 619-225-8110<\/p>\n

review by Kent Manthie<\/p>\n

Next door to the Midway area D\u00e9j\u00e0 Vu, where the old Boll Weevil Restaurant used to be, new life has been breathed into this colorful little building, in the form of Paradise Lounge and Grill.<\/p>\n

In the front part of the place is the \u201cGrill\u201d part \u2013 literally, as they have a little kitchen area \u2013 a prep counter and a frying counter \u2013 to make burgers. Delicious, made to order burgers that are big and huge, available in two sizes: 1\/3-pound and half-pound. More than one style too: they make \u201cplain\u201d hamburgers, cheeseburgers, Hawaiian burgers, burgers made with chicken (the \u201cChicken Sando\u201d). Also available are chicken wings, fish tacos and even a Greek Salad, plus more… right now for $6.00 you can get a \u201cBurger, Fries and Coke\u201d, the current special.<\/p>\n

Separating the front area from the back \u201cLounge\u201d part of the Paradise is a little section with two bar-sized pool tables for those who have a bit of the pool shark in them.<\/p>\n

In the back, where the bar is, you can sit at the bar and chat up the cute female bartender or you can opt to chill out in a big, relaxing booth. Either way you serve it, the lounge is a comfortable space.<\/p>\n

The Paradise Lounge and Grill is not a fancy place, not a shiny bright plastic fast food place. It has a dark ambience inside, juxtaposing the brightly colored paint job outside \u2013 a kind of bright orange with a powder blue trim. The tables are all wooden square things with dark, hard chairs surrounding each; they\u2019re comfortable, though; better than those ugly plastic things one sees at McDonald\u2019s or Burger King. The bar in back was a little sparser \u2013 only 2 booths and a bar that was an all-around, square bar, about maybe 12\u2019 x 12\u2019, more or less. In fact, one might say that the back bar area looks like it\u2019s still a work in progress.<\/p>\n

Come in for lunch if you want, or stop by after work for a drink and some grub. Paradise opens daily at 11:00 am and the grill stays cooking until 10:00 pm, while the bartenders pour until 2:00 am nightly. Live entertainment is occasionally offered in the form of a three-piece band.<\/p>\n

If watching naked strippers makes you hungry, you can stop by after a hot time at D\u00e9j\u00e0 Vu, which is, as I said, next door. Or maybe eating burgers and fries makes you horny, well, you won\u2019t have to go far at all. Strippers and food, food and strippers\u2026 a good, symbiotic combination, especially since this particular D\u00e9j\u00e0 Vu has girls but doesn\u2019t have a kitchen or liquor!<\/p>\n

The afternoon I stopped in the bartender was pouring away in the back. I helped myself to a quick tour of the place \u2013 there were tables and chairs and a grill in front and I had the pool tables all to myself in the middle of the restaurant. You can come back on the weekend when the crowd in here for some excitement or stop by anytime during the week for a good lunch. Paradise is waiting for you. KM<\/p>\n

(Editor\u2019s note: Just a bit of background \u2013 this building is actually where the first Boll Weevil<\/a> restaurant was, and where the San Diego-based chain of the same name was started. Next door, where the D\u00e9j\u00e0 Vu<\/a> is now, was the Cotton Patch Steakhouse. It was an upscale steak restaurant but they had plenty of ground beef that was produced by the kitchen so the owners wanted to make a separate place where the beer and burger crowd could eat. And that folks is how the first Boll Weevil restaurant was founded, many years ago. RR<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

restaurant review: Paradise Lounge & Grill (full bar, & next door: Deja Vu Showgirls) 2730 Midway Drive, San Diego phone: 619-225-8110 review by Kent Manthie Next door to the Midway area D\u00e9j\u00e0 Vu, where the old Boll Weevil Restaurant used to be, new life has been breathed into this colorful little building, in the form of Paradise Lounge and Grill. 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