Kono's Cafe
Skip the breakfast lines at Mission Beach. Kono's does omelets, pancakes, and breakfast burritos at 7 AM with half the wait. Order to-go, eat on the sand a block away. You'll beat the crowds by an hour.
The breakfast burrito. The omelets are solid. The burrito is why locals queue up here instead of two blocks south.
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- 704 Garnet Ave, San Diego, CA 92109, USA
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