Surf & Soul Spot runs a dual-menu takeout operation at 7229 El Cajon Blvd in San Diego's College Area, 92115, rotating between a "Surf" seafood menu Monday through Wednesday and a "Soul" Southern comfort menu Friday through Saturday. The Surf side builds around fried and blackened catfish, salmon sandwiches on toasted buns, shrimp and grits, and a lobster roll dressed in melted garlic butter on brioche—a seafood lineup that taps into San Diego's coastal dining identity while grounding it in Southern preparation techniques. The Soul rotation fires golden fried chicken wings, fried pork chops in a crunchy seasoned batter, catfish fillets in cornmeal crust, and a rotating meat-of-the-day special, each plated with a choice from sides including baked mac and cheese, candied yams, smoked-turkey collard greens, and bay rice with smoked turkey. The El Cajon Blvd address puts Surf & Soul on the same College Area corridor near SDSU where Woodstock's Pizza SDSU and a dense cluster of international kitchens draw the student and residential population that treats this stretch of the boulevard as its default dining strip. Combo plates run one meat with two sides or two meats with two sides, and the compact takeaway window operates without table service, sending customers to their cars or nearby seating with bags that hold up to transit. Jerk chicken nachos topped with pour-yourself queso, pico de gallo, crema, and fresh jalapeños bridge the Surf and Soul menus on select days, and the Salt & Pepper Chicken Sandwich layers a golden-fried breast with Bang Bang sauce, tomato, and arugula on brioche. Cookie Crunch Banana Pudding and a rotating dessert of the day close out both menus, and the banana pudding in particular has become a social-media draw that generates its own pickup traffic independent of the main menu. The restaurant has operated for roughly five years from a compact storefront that originally rented space in a local church's banquet hall before establishing its current El Cajon Blvd presence, and the catering arm scales the same Surf and Soul menus for private events booked through venues such as AB Event Center in College Area. Watermelon lemonade and housemade sides rotate with the seasonal menu, and the kitchen's cornmeal-battered catfish—fried to a salt-and-pepper finish with a crunchy exterior and moist center—anchors what has become one of San Diego's strongest soul food programs east of the 15 freeway.