Lomas Santa Fe Plaza — Local services in Solana Beach

Lomas Santa Fe Plaza has been around since the 1970’s, and I recently had the privilege of getting to know the Property Manager of 40 some odd years, who provided a lot of insight I was not previously aware of. The whole experience gave me a sense of nostalgia for the old city of Solana Beach.

There are many great stores worth visiting, located in the freshly renovated Plaza. Solana Beach residents enjoy the ability to get in and get out rather quickly, especially with the extremely close vicinity of the Interstate-5 (I-5) Freeway, which is within stones throw of the mall. Also, with the recent addition of a very expansive Home Goods store, the Store Directory has only become more impressive as well as expansive, and has really been an overall improvement in one’s shopping experience.

The stores at the Lomas Santa Fe Plaza worth Noting are: Home Goods, Vons Grocery Store, The Samurai Sushi Restaurant, The Postal Annex, 24 Hour Fitness, FastFrame art & picture framing store, Pizza Nova Gourmet Pizza, Jersey Mike’s Subs, Primos Mexican Food, Starbucks Coffee Cafe, Einstein Bagels, The Habit Hamburger joint, We-R-Fabrics, Continental Dry Cleaners and Leo Hamel’s Fine Jewelers, along with many lesser known, but rather fine establishments, most with a specific niche to which to cater.

I have always thought that this Plaza would benefit from the addition of a second story, which would change the ambiance quite a lot, and would add a greater selection and variety of stores. Based on the height of the current structures, as well as the ample parking throughout the grand plaza, I believe this is something which would greatly increase traffic to this location, making the store owners and property managers happy, but would also change the Lomas Santa Fe Plaza to a destination place, rather than a shop and go strip mall. Just remember what happened to the Fashion Valley Mall after they renovated, while in the process, adding a second story; Fashion Valley Mall went from a slum of second-rate stores, to a gem of high fashion brand stores overnight.

Based on the fact that the Flower Hill Mall somewhat recently had a major facelift, and is now considered a great mall, by most everybody’s standards, in addition to the soon to be opened One Plaza, off of Del Mar Heights and El Camino Real, I see a rebranding or major facelift happening at the Lomas Santa Fe Plaza within the next 5 or so years, or so a little birdie might have expressed this to me.

I have lived within a mile of the Plaza for roughly 40 years, give or take, and know just about everything there is to know about this location. I would be happy to help answer any questions anybody may have, if you are an Individual simply looking to visit and shop, or a Commercial Business looking to Rent...

Great selection of small and big shops, conveniently located near the I-5 with properly sized parking spaces. Home to North County Repertory Theatre, a well stocked large Vons Pavilion, stores for fabrics, home furnishings, sporting goods, sushi restaurant, dance studio, gym, postal annex, great burger place, coffee and several other dining options. Worth noting: here is one of Pizza Nova's three locations - a family owned restaurant with tasty home cooked style food and good bar. Nicely landscaped shopping plaza, there is...

North Coast Repertory Theater's outstanding production of Desperate Measures tonight had an extra special treat. Immediately after the rousing applause after the last curtain call one of the cast members, the excellent Elijah Rock who portrayed Sheriff Martin Green asked us to welcome his girlfriend who had come all the way from Boise, Idaho. He called her down to the Stage and then got down on one knee and proposed as reflected in the photos to the delight of her, her family and we patrons ! Oh yeah,...