Dinner sounds great!
Some of the locals have been consulting:
Hiyo will be there, and he suggests Fidel's,
Don Chuy or
Tony's Jacal in Eden Gardens, all Mexican.
LLM will be there, she's sugesting
Sammy's Woodfired Pizza (they have pasta, chicken, steak also) at Carmel Valley.
Earlier
UCBeau suggested
Pacific Coast Grill
Anything is fine with me, although I'm leaning away from the Pacific Coast Grill simply because I don't eat seafood, but no reason others should suffer. It's also a bit pricier than Mexican or Italian.
The Yard House is in the Gaslamp. Can you make it to Solona Beach
markbach?