Milton's Delicatessen
Del Mar
Although this was the wife's first visit, I've been to
Milton's a couple of times before. Unfortunately, the last
time I was there was the night I had my heart attack and died twice, on the
living room floor at midnight...
This time, it was shortly after my monthly appointment at the
VA in La Jolla.and we were hoping to avoid the horrendous traffic for the
County Fair in Del Mar. We seem to have lucked out as traffic was very light and
we zipped right in.
After looking at their menu online, the wife had already
decided to try brisket french dip with au jus and horseradish, slaw & home
made potato chips. I wanted to check out their Monte Cristo
with a side order of their home made fries and an iced tea.
The wife says it's the second best dip she's ever had (the
best is Philippe's in LA, where it was invented) and Milton's home made
potato chips are to die for. The Monte Cristo is also the
second best I ever had (the first was at Pirates of the Caribbean in Disneyland,
where it was invented). The fries were very good and served in a miniature deep
fryer basket.
Service was slow but steady, very professional and due to language constraints, there was a mix up with our order which
cost us a couple of bucks. Evidently you get cole slaw with the Monte Cristo and
fries with the dip but since I wanted to swap the slaw for the wife's fries, we
ended up getting charged for side orders...
BTW, the portions were huge and next time, we'll split an
order (I vote for the Italian Beef Sandwich).
Our total was $38 and coin and we tossed in a fiver as a tip,
despite the mix up.
And by the time we left, traffic had backed up several miles,
waiting to get into the last week of the fair but fortunately, it was on the
other side (north bound) of I-5 and we missed it all.
The web site: http://www.miltonsdeli.com/
