Longtime La Jolla Breakfast Destination The Cottage Unveils Del Mar Location

July 26, 2024

La Jolla's decades-old breakfast destination The Cottage has unveiled its newest outpost in the heart of San Diego's North County city of Del Mar. 

The Cottage was founded within a former Victorian-style home in La Jolla in 1985 by Nanci Long, but the restaurant has had several owners over the years and is currently operated by Jason Peaslee. Over the more than 30 years since its opening, The Cottage has become a hotspot for its menu of traditional American and Southern California comfort dishes available for breakfast, brunch, and lunch. 

In summer 2022, Peaslee, along with his business partner Bernardo Kanarek, opened a new outpost of The Cottage restaurant within Encinitas Village Shopping Center in San Diego's North County community of Encinitas. Following a ribbon cutting ceremony, the third area location of The Cottage has now opened on the ground floor space that previously housed Del Mar Rendezvous/Morning Muse within Del Mar Plaza. 

The Cottage Del Mar offers an open air feel with large windows letting in sunshine and an al fresco patio on Camino Del Mar. Like the other branches, expect the restaurant to serve a morning-focused menu of pancakes, French toast, omelets, Benedicts and other breakfast dishes, as well as a list of beer, wine, mimosas and rice liquor cocktails.

The Cottage Del Mar opens this weekend at 1555 Camino Del Mar, Suite #102, on the ground floor of Del Mar Plaza. For more information, visit cottageencinitas.com.