Fly-By, tales from the Watt

If you've forgotten what I'm naming, you're gonna long to reclaim it one day.               
Because that summer feeling is gonna haunt you, one day in your life.   -Jonathan Richman
Summer trippin'. F'k the churn-line...eye on the sand. Holiday's, 7/29/2019.

   Dammit Man! Another coastal summer flying by us once again. Company visits. Company trips. It has made for a spotted stretch as surf sessions have gone. Not to say that we haven't been immersed in the season's buzz, however surf is what it's always been about...and food...and beer (and such). The past week's conditions were difficult to manage to say the least. Due to business travel for both myself and LWatt, we changed to a Monday. Target was terribly vexed as we were bungling his routine. Fortunately he relented. The waves were thigh at best; half-assed, wrinkly, sudsy, right-handers that were pretty near shorebreak. I still managed a few, laid out on a few, and Target caught a few...of both. I can say a couple weeks earlier the surf was a bit more active, a waist-plus glass memorable session that was ended by a thunder head rolling through. Oh, and a crowd. Our crowd actually, but many people doth not an accurate criticism make. Family and friends are always welcome, yet it can be difficult to hear through the din of commotion. Hence, we put off the watering hole review 'til this round.

Scraping the wall. Clean Holidays swell, 7/18/2019.

   Not a newbie last evening. The Longboard Cafe was previously visited for the first time by the Crew back in '15. Four years later, and their success was reflected by the crowd we observed as we drove up. We managed to squeeze into a corner at the bar as our barkeep took our drink orders. Loaded with surf motif and even a surf documentary on the tube, this place screamed "carve it!" and we did just that with the menu.

LWatt ordered up the Huntington Pier Cobb, one of the more loaded salads we've been served this year, piled high with chicken, bacon, 'maters, sliced egg, avocado, and feta. Nice flavor that left LWatt happy with her selection. Target and I brought on the Longboard Wings and the Crabby Flat Bread. The wings were tossed in "addiction sauce," a spicy-sweet sauce topped with blue cheese crumbles and bacon dust.

Meaty and hot, they had a nice honey accent to the taste with a slight kick...maybe a hair too sweet for Target. The flat bread resembled a pizza more than a flat bread, and tasted pretty good. Still, it could have used more crab. Decent beer selection, however the glasses could have used some chill. The large crowd slowed the service a bit, and made the music difficult to hear. The place was definitely in tourist mode, which also up-priced the tab. Like the surf, some great bites, and a few mushburgers. As I mentioned before, we love the beach, and this place fits in. We will return... in less than four years... maybe. Like our summer, time flies by. It's all about the Journey.

THE RATINGS-

Longboard Wings: B+

Crabby Flat Bread: B-

Huntington Pier Cobb: B+

Beer: B-

Atmosphere: B-

Value: C

Overall Score = 2.79