Located where a Japanese restaurant would be more appropriately found, Karl Strauss has a fine selection of beers, if not the best selection of food. Japanese architecture and even a koi pond seem almost too fancy for the type of food served: an odd mixture of German and Creole food (the likes of which I have yet to see elsewhere). Very romantic at night; this is probably the best atmosphere one can get in the Mira Mesa area.
Pros: atmosphere, lots of parking, walking path
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