The Coaster is a sleek passenger train that travels between downtown San Diego’s Santa Fe Depot and the coastal city of Oceanside. Parking is available at all eight train stations along this route. Eleven trains make the hour-long trip on weekdays and four trains run on Saturday. For information about The Coaster, check out their website shown below. Pay special attention to the schedules as the last train departs around the dinner hour on weekdays and approximately an hour earlier on Saturdays.
If you board The Coaster at the downtown San Diego station (Santa Fe Depot), it is a 35-minute scenic train ride to the Solana Beach station. Once you disembark at the Solana Beach station, Pizza Port Solana Beach is located just to the west, across Coast Highway. You can’t get more convenient than that! Pizza Port has a great selection of beers on tap (check out their website below for their beer list!) as well as tasty morsels such as salads, spicy chicken wings, cheese sticks, portzels (giant handmade pretzels made from wholegrain beer crust topped with pizza toppings!) and of course, their signature pizzas. Mmm, I’m getting hungry (and thirsty) just thinking about it!
While in Solana Beach, you may want to visit the art and home deco shops at the Cedros Avenue Design District. This two and one half block district contains more than 85 shops and is located across the street from the Coaster station. To reach the Cedros District from the Coaster station, walk south and cross Lomas Santa Fe Drive. And of course, there’s always the beach! The beach can be accessed by walking west along Lomas Santa Fe Drive, which becomes Plaza Street after crossing Coast Highway.
What a great way to enjoy the southern California coastline--a scenic train ride, a stroll down Cedros Avenue Design District, a walk on the beach topped off with world-class craft beer and California-style cooking at Pizza Port in Solana Beach!
James Omlid, San Diego is Brewing
The Coaster: http://gonctd.com/coaster_intro.htm
Pizza Port, Solana Beach: http://www.pizzaport.com/solana.htm
Cedros Avenue Design District: http://www.cedrosdesigndistrict.net/
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