Test Kitchen — Restaurant in San Diego

I ate here for the first time after it was recommended to me by my Physical Therapist, whose office is one building away. First thing I noticed when I walked in was the owner Mack; he amazingly friendly, personable, and was wonderful to converse with. When I went, the restaurant dining area was a bit clustered with boxes and they were only doing take out at that moment, not a problem just something to note if you're going.

As recommend by my Physical therapist, I tried the turkey, bacon, and avocado sandwich on sourdough. Let me start by saying, the bacon on the sandwich was some of the best bacon I had ever eaten; if available, I would go back just to order the bacon by itself. The sandwich was delicious, everything was fresh and well put together; the sourdough bread was toasted perfectly, which made the sandwich that much better. From what I saw, If you need gluten free options they those available as well.

Their menu is quite small, which is good because I can be indecisive when ordering food; the menu consists mainly of hot or cold sandwiches and salads. They have a turkey chili which I will be getting the next time I go.

If you're in the area, I recommend stopping by and getting something from here. I will definitely will be going back and trying some of the other items...

Arrived around 1:40pm, waited for 5+ minutes alone until Mack finally came out of the kitchen and greeted me at the register. I ordered the Turkey Bacon Avocado sandwich on Sourdough, He proceeded to yell my order through the window to the kitchen as I spoke it to him and then said “Last order, TOGO!”, almost as if he wanted me to know they were closing right then. Once he rang my order in, he left the register and went to tidy up to close, I stood there for another few minutes waiting for him because the register froze. He sighed and proceed to tell me about all of the hand written orders he has taken today because of the register being down and how many people he had lined up out the door, as if I cared. I showed very clears signs that I didn’t. Also, they have a sign that reads “No Gluten Free Bread Unavailable” so I asked Mack if they have gluten free bread, and his response was “read the sign”. Anyways I was disappointed in the food as well, given the hype, because my sandwich looked and tasted of something I made myself in elementary to...

The place is great. It is convenient, of course, for me as they are just down the street. A fire caused the previous store to close. When the space was rebuilt, Test Kitchen opened up. Every time I have been there the food has been fantastic. The service is just a great, as they are always upbeat, welcoming, and friendly. The only think I can say bad is that i go...