{"id":54061,"date":"2016-07-04T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-04T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/?p=54061"},"modified":"2019-06-20T21:10:22","modified_gmt":"2019-06-21T04:10:22","slug":"the-crack-shack-san-diego","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/index.php\/the-crack-shack-san-diego\/","title":{"rendered":"The Crack Shack San Diego"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/crack-shack-3-of-6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-56941\" src=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/crack-shack-3-of-6.jpg\" alt=\"crack shack (3 of 6)\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/crack-shack-3-of-6.jpg 650w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/crack-shack-3-of-6-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/crack-shack-3-of-6-500x282.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/crack-shack-6-of-6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-56971\" src=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/crack-shack-6-of-6.jpg\" alt=\"crack shack (6 of 6)\" width=\"366\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/crack-shack-6-of-6.jpg 366w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/crack-shack-6-of-6-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 366px) 100vw, 366px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/crack-shack-5-of-6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-56961\" src=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/crack-shack-5-of-6.jpg\" alt=\"crack shack (5 of 6)\" width=\"366\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/crack-shack-5-of-6.jpg 366w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/crack-shack-5-of-6-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 366px) 100vw, 366px\" \/><\/a><em>I have never seen a bit of wordplay I enjoyed more than this barnyard joke.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/crack-shack-4-of-6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-56951\" src=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/crack-shack-4-of-6.jpg\" alt=\"crack shack (4 of 6)\" width=\"366\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/crack-shack-4-of-6.jpg 366w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/crack-shack-4-of-6-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 366px) 100vw, 366px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A while back on Facebook, I saw my dad check into someplace called &#8220;The Crack Shack&#8221;. At first I was glad that it wasn&#8217;t, you know, an actual shack for crack because no one wants to sit down and have the talk with their dad about substance abuse, but upon second glance, I knew I&#8217;d have to visit for myself, because their chicken sandwiches looked like something I&#8217;d potentially stab a guy to try. Thankfully, their sandwiches were plentiful on the date that I visited and I didn&#8217;t need to find out exactly how deep my anger and gluttony issues run.<\/p>\n<p>I bought two sandwiches to try: the Se\u00f1or Croque (<em>crispy chicken, fried egg, cheddar, miso-maple butter on brioche<\/em>) and the Coop Deville (<em>crispy chicken, pickled fresno chilies, lime mayo, napa cabbage on brioche<\/em>) and an array of their house made dipping sauces for little bits of chicken picked off of the sandwiches so as to better get the whole flavor picture. The Se\u00f1or Croque was delicious (ALL THE UMAMI) but far too rich, the kind of sandwich you have to stop eating after a bite or two lest you feel ill for the rest of the day, the kind of sandwich that would be far better served as a slider. The Coop Deville, on the other hand, was sandwich perfection. A good sandwich has an interplay of flavors and textures, and this one had hot crunchy chicken (with a crackly fried crust that wasn&#8217;t grease-saturated), spicy-sweet slaw, the tang of the lime in the mayo, all rounded out with buttery soft brioche.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/transcendent.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57901\" src=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/transcendent.gif\" alt=\"transcendent\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>All that, and a &#8220;cluck off, I&#8217;m hangry&#8221; t-shirt. Eggsellent. 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