The Balboa South

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The Balboa South on Chula Vista's Third Avenue is a Latino-owned and women-owned craft burger concept that expanded from its original Bankers Hill location in 2019. Every patty is ground in-house from never-frozen beef and pressed onto house-baked brioche buns, a scratch-kitchen approach shared by the craft beer program next door at Chula Vista Brewery. The menu builds beyond the signature Balboa burger with a BBQ bacon cheeseburger, grilled chicken sandwich, and hand-cut garlic fries tossed to order. A full back-room bar with four times the capacity of the Bankers Hill original anchors the Third Avenue Village dining corridor alongside Savoie Italian Eatery. The kitchen's 10-ounce signature patty is seasoned with a proprietary blend, seared on a flat-top griddle at 450 degrees, and finished with house-made aioli and mazapán milkshake options blended from imported Mexican confections.