Updated 4 October 2018
Dinning Around Harbour Vista 2016
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posted 16 December 2016
Dinning Around Harbour Vista
Mama’s 39 restaurant & bar was a unique experience for this official connoisseur of American eatery. Mama’s 39 is not your everyday common restaurant, but a sophisticated dabbler into unknown reaches of the human taste pallet. This place is located in a small strip mall at the corner of Beach Blvd. near Atlantic Ave. doesn’t appear from the outside to be anything special with their sign that reads simply Mama’s 39, but inside is a different matter!
Chicken Club Sandwich
 This first time customer selected the Mama’s chicken club sandwich with shoestring fries and also the Boston BBQ burger was our other choice. My club sandwich was the best I ever had! My first bite, I nearly jumped out of my chair! I never tasted a club sandwich as good before. Fokes, it was that good! It was big! I could only eat half of it! The rest I took home with me, and the next day, and I STILL had a great sandwich!
BBQ Burger
 The BBQ burger was juicy and well-seasoned, making it a super tasty experience, and their homemade potato chips have to be personally tried to be believed! I’m eyeing the menu for future possible selections that I will explore on my return visit, for sure!
Highly Recommend
 My trip to Mama’s 39 restaurant was a great lunch, and this is one place that I highly recommend. They get 4 stars in all categories! Mama’s 39 has a two story ceiling giving it a airy feeling, it’s not a stuffy place! Mama’s proudly boast of her wide selection of spirited version of cocktail drinks. The servers are friendly and happy to serve you with quick service! to be forwarded to Legal Council for review. ■ 
MAMA'S ON 39
21022 Beach Boulevard
Huntington Beach, CA 92648
Phone: 714-374-1166
Web: http://www.mamason39.com
Mon-Thr 8:30am - 9pm
Fri, Sat, Sun 8:30am-10pm |
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posted 27 August 2016
Dinning Around Harbour Vista
Little Thai Restaurant
 For authentic Thai food a small restaurant with about 10 tables Thai Harbor is very nice place to go. The food is moderately price and the lunch specials are really great deals.
Pineapple Fried Rice
I have been going to Thai Harbor for a little while, so I ordered one of my favorites Pineapple Fried Rice with Vegetables. It tried this with chicken, by I prefer it with just vegetables. This dish included exotic mild curry fried with egg, pineapple, onion, tomatoes, cashews and raisins. Very fresh ingredients fair price and good portion enough for two to share.
Spicy Thai Cashew Plate
 Another dish ordered was the Spicy Thai Cashew Plate which offers of a choice of meats. I picked beef. The plate came with sautéed onion with carrot, water chestnuts, cashews, bell pepper, green onions and whole dried chili peppers. For someone like myself who doesn't like spicy food it was really great. But you can ask for it to be spicy.
Spicy Thai Lunch Special
 I tried the Spicy Thai Lunch Special with beef. It came with a tasty side salad with some sweet ginger dressing, Jasmine rice again perfectly cooked as well as an egg tofu soup which was extremely good.
Pineapple Curry Lunch Special
 The Pineapple Curry lunch Special was served in a bowl. It looked somewhat like soup. At first I was disappointed as it came in a bowl. However, it turned out to be extremely tasty with pineapples, tomatoes, bell pepper, basil leaves, and coconut milk with a red curry paste. The lunch special came with the same sides as the Spicy Thai Cashew Plate.
Fresh and Taste
 The interior is simple, and the food is fresh, the service friendly, and the restaurant is normally not crowded, but the food is fresh,and the service good. It is always a good place to visit during the weekdays for fresh and tasty dinner with great deals for friends for lunch specials.■
Thai Harbor Thai Restaurant
16103 Bolsa Chica (Near Edinger)
Huntington Beach, CA, , 92649
Phone: (714) 846-8986
Mon thru Fri - 11am-3pm, 5pm-9pm
Sat-Sun - 12am-3pm, 5pm-9pm |
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posted 25 August 2016
Dinning Around Harbour Vista
 Let your imagination run wild at this quaint little sandwich shop nestled in the corner mall on Warner Ave. and Springdale Avenue, Fritzankotter’s Sandwich Factory reminds me of days gone by when all the great stars from golden years of Hollywood trotted down the boulevard for all their fans to see. Now, we can run wild through Fritzankotter’s menu spotting your favorite star, and wondering how tasty they will be with mustard, mayo or secret sauce compliment!
No Burger Joint
If you’re looking for burg ers fries or hotdogs, this is not the place for you, but if you want something that taste good and served quick and fresh, you’re in the right place. This place must be where Subway got their original concept, because they have been at it for nearly 45 years now.
I ate s Mickey Rooney!
But I could have had a Red Skelton or Hitchcock or a George Burns, they are all my favorites! Roast beef, turkey, ham, pastrami, corned beef, salami, tuna, liverwurst, and egg salad are a perfect (aka) match for  Hollywood stars like: John Wayne, Sally Fields, Frank Sinatra, and dozens of other celebrities have made it to their honored list called a menu!
Celebrity Will Surprise Me?
My only disappointment was “Soup of the day” didn’t have Soupy Sales on the list!
This place is worth going back to, I just have a sneaky suspicion that some celebrity will surprise me by turning up just to visit with their old pals!
Confort Food
 Fritzankotter’s serves comfort food without the cooking and cleanup. You can sit down at a table without a waitress and no one will bother you while having a quiet friendly conversation. I’m ready for a re-visit!■
Fritzankotter’s Sandwich Factory
5936 Warner Ave.at Springdale
Huntington Beach, CA, , 92649
Phone: (714) 714-846-4438 FAX:714-846-4439
Mon. thru Fri. 10am-7pm
Sat.- 10am-4pm
Web: http://www.hbrackhouse.com |
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posted 21 August 2016
Dinning Around Harbour Vista
 The old “House of Brews” is now the new “Harbour Rackhouse” for the better. Located at the corner of the Huntington Harbour mall at Davenport street, this quant sports bar has the Leisure environment that you’re looking to relax and unwind, with pool tables and electronic games, and you might just rub elbows  with one or two millionaires to boot, and we found the food to be was quite good as well, when I ordered a king sized cheeseburger that came with world class  French fries, our other choice was a super thick steak that was juicy and good, which reminded us of filet mignon that came with mashed potatoes and fresh asparagus that was out of this world!
Many Appealing Choices
 The menu had many appealing choices which I was eager to try, but your stomachs can only take the
food that’s at hand for one sitting. To be sure, we will be visiting Rackhouse again in the near future.
We visited this place for lunch, and we had a pleasant conversation without the loud boisterous crowd,
But the night time could be a different story. They had many  nice booths to sit in, with adequate spacing
between booths so we wouldn’t be overheard, and with a wide open floor plan felt very comfortable.
The Rackhouse has everything you would ever want to drink, and a full bar and appetizers if you want to
stop by for happy hour. ■
Harbour Rackhouse
16903 Algonquin Street
Huntington Beach, CA, , 92649
Phone: (714) 377-3893
Web: http://www.hbrackhouse.com |
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posted 23 June 2016
Dinning Around Harbour Vista
 New to the area, we found a favorite to share with friends and family-River’s End Cafe. It is located on a wide sandy beach at the end of the San Gabriel River in Seal Beach (about 6 miles from Harbour Vista). The views include Seal Beach Pier, Long Beach Marina, Palos Verdes and Catalina but best of all, you are practically on the beach looking out at the ocean.
Except Major Holidays
The restaurant is open every day except major major holidays from 7am-2:30pm for breakfast and lunch. The owners are Mike and Carolyn and their staff take good care of the place.
Eclectic Menu
 The menu is eclectic with all american, southern Caribbean and Central American style dishes. Our favorites are the huevos rancheros which is served with 3 eggs, on warm corn tortillas, lots of black beans with melted jack and cheddar cheese, topped with avocado and ranchero sauce. But that’s not all…you get tasty breakfast potatoes too at $11.50. The french toast full stack is $7.50 and it’s 4 slices of  bread…which we have to share with our table because it’s so good and so much. The other favorite is the chorizo scramble with beef chorizo, scrambled eggs with black beans, rice and tortillas at $11.50. Our friends said the fish tacos with the halibut were fabulous and they come with the black beans and rice as well.
Not Fancy
 The portions have always been plentiful since I’m always walking out with a to-go box. Being in the food business all our working life, and married to the chef of 39 years, I can always suggest to Nick, Rivers End and he’ll say yes! It is not fancy but the staff are helpful and fast as they can. It’s a busy place so there might be a little wait, but go check out the beach first instead after to walk off all the yummy food■
RIVER'S END CAFE
15 1st Street
Seal Beach, CA 90740
Tel: 562-431-5558
http://riversendcafe.com |
Breakfast & Lunch:
7am - 2:30pm (Everyday)
Dinner:
3pm - 8:30pm (Thr - Sun)
April 7th to Oct. 31st
(Summer Hours) |
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posted 5 June 2016
Dinning Around Harbour Vista
This quaint little restaurant located in a mini-mini mall just around the corner by Starbucks, is not a bad place for that genuine Mediterranean taste! For the past 6 years now Olive Pit Grill has provided a unique taste that many would drive miles to get, and yet this little piece of heaven is within easy walking distance to our home here at Harbour Vista!
Stake Kabob Lunch
Two hits we found on the list for us were the spaghetti and the stake kabob lunch. The kabob steak came through big with flying colors, it was perfectly cooked, it was tender and juicy and it tasted delicious. This plate was rounded out with fries (frites) and an assortment of superbly cooked vegetables of your choice.
Perfectly Cooked Spaghetti
The second selection was a shockingly large plate of spaghetti that was perfectly cooked with a
sensational sauce, and topped off with two humongous turkey meat balls with a sprinkle of graded cheese on top, and I enjoyed every bite, although it was hard to consume the second meat ball. The dish was so perfectly balanced I couldn’t find fault anywhere, I thoroughly enjoyed every bite, and my only regret that I didn’t have the room for the second meat ball!
On My "A" List
 This place made me think I was in Italy, but you have to realize your just feet from our home at Harbour Vista. This restaurant has jumped way up on my “A” list!
Wide and Varied
The menu is wide and varied with entre plates for lunch and dinner. Non-alcohol beverages and sodas  are available. ■
On a side note, if you visit the Olive Pit at the right time, your server might be one of your Harbor Vista neighbors .
Olive Pit Grill
16365 Bolsa Chica Street,
Huntington Beach, CA, Suite F, 92649
Phone: 714-794-6267
http://www.olivepitgrill.com |
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posted 22 April 2016
Dinning Around Harbour Vista
You have all experienced driving down a lonely country road, and all of a sudden this restaurant
pops out in front of you amid nowhere, you know you just got to stop and check this out! That’s the first impression you get with My Place, a sports bar & grill, but it’s located in the heart of Huntington beach industrial park! What a find!...order” experience, without leaving our neighborhood
Goes Back a Long Time
My first experience goes back to the early eighties under a different ownership, in fact several Ownerships since then, but today’s edition has really got it right.
Favorite Onion Rings
 We started with our favorite onion rings, and BINGO! These rings were made right, with a crispy golden brown shell for every ring, they were the best I’ve tasted in years.
Cheeseburger with Fries
My lunch specialty was an ordinary cheeseburger with fries, but what I got was far greater than ordinary. Their burger was exceptional that would rival “In and Out” restaurants best, and their fries were not far behind either. It was an exceptional lunch.
Wide and Varied
 Their menu is wide and varied and I’m sure they have something for everyone. My Place has a complete children’s menu that will interest any kid, and they are large enough to accommodate parties and gatherings for school functions alike.
It is a Sport Bar
If you want peaceful lunch it can be had if you don’t go when there is a televised sporting event like a week day lunch, but weekends are high decimal, so bring the proper ear protection.
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MyPlace
5452 Commercial Drive
Huntington Beach, CA
Near McFadden Ave. and Graham St.,
(one little block north on Graham)
Phone # 714-892-8706
Owner: James Sdrales, a supporter of local area high schools.
Website: http://myplacesportsbar.com
Open 7 days. M-Thr 10:30-9;Sa 9-10;Su 9-9 |
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posted 30 December 2015
Dinning Around Harbour Vista
If Authentic Mexican food is what you’re looking for, then MARIO’S restaurant in Huntington Beach
will definitely fit the bill in every possible way . Located at the corner of Edinger & Springdale Ave’s,
 MARIO’S has been ingrained in our community for more 50 years now, providing many generations with
the finest in “south of the border” experience, without leaving our neighborhood
Still the Same
My first visit was in 1975 and the food quality and taste are the remarkably the same as they are now.
Mario’s is made for the whole family even the smallest of children, you will find quite accommodating.
Large Menu
They have a large menu selections starting with appetizers, over the years I’ve tried to sample them all.
Famous Fritos and Guacamole
But I still enjoy starting with their famous Fritos and guacamole plate while I enjoyed a tasty margarita.
 Chicken, beef and pork dishes are featured throughout the menu as well as fish and sea food choices.
Chicken Quesadilla
But over the years, I have always enjoyed the chicken quesadilla with a side of guacamole, and their
chicken and beef tacos are something to dream about!
Cantina and Bar
MARIO’S cantina & bar is a wonderful place to visit as well, with a complete selection of spirits for you
to choose from
Two Location in Huntington Beach
I don’t think anyone will be disappointed with MARIO’S restaurant, in fact you’ll take some home
with you when you leave.
For your convenience MARIO’S has a second location at 5 Points Shopping Center. For Springdale location (at Edinger) call 714-894-2896. For 5 Points Shopping Center (at Ellis and Beach) call 714-842-5811. ■
Hours: 11:am-10:pm Every Day
http://www.mariosmexicanfoodcantina.com/ |
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posted 11 January 2016
Dinning Around Harbour Vista
 Established in 1939 in Sunset Beach, Harbour House Café has been continuously doing business under the Quick family since 1970 satisfying the diverse residents of Huntington Beach and Huntington Harbour areas. This restaurant, located on PCH near the huge water tower (now Condo) across from Peters Landing, this humble looking red and white trim eatery defies all the goodness that lies inside.
Antiquish
The antiquish inside, it’s hard not to notice all the movie stars and posters that crowed the walls, even  the ceiling the restrooms are well represented with little pleasant surprises. I could go on and on, but you don’t visit this place for its décor.
Breakfast. Lunch and Dinner
The menu is fully stocked with many pages of great temptations and delights:
For Breakfast, they have all the traditional plates, like pancakes and waffles, eggs and Bacon or Sausage, but the omelet section is gigantic enough to take your breath away! You must be hungry if you want to be able to consume one, but most people don’t, and their breakfast Quesadillas was quite a surprise as well as many other desirable Mexican dishes.
Lunch time is ripe for discovery too with several combinations you can build to suit, and they have many side dishes to compliment anyone’s taste. Burgers and chicken and pork are high on the list and offer many various styles and toping’s for a variety of flavors, it will be fun looking through all the selections offered on the menu. Specialty eating is found on a large appetizers list, giving everyone a chance to find something that they want.
 Dinner time presents an expanded menu in which you have many great selections, but my absolute favorites are the Roast Beef or Turkey dinners which I’ve had many times over the years.
Can’t Do Justice
Honestly, I can’t do this place justice listing only a few great items, it would take up the whole Newsletter, my best advice is to hop on down to this fantastic place and capture your own experience. ■
Harbour House Café
16341 Pacific Coast Hwy,
Sunset Beach, CA 90742
Tel: 562-592-5404
Web: http://www.harborhousecafe.com
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