Beach Hut Deli in downtown San Diego brings the Sacramento-born franchise's surf-themed sandwich concept to 900 Bayfront Court, inside the Lane Field development along the waterfront near the Convention Center. Founded in 1981 near Folsom Lake in Northern California, the chain now operates over 40 locations across California, Nevada, and Oregon, with each shop built around surfboard tables and surf memorabilia — a format distinct from the standard waterfront counter service at Carnitas' Snack Shack - Embarcadero nearby on the harbor. The sandwich builds stack top-quality deli meats with cream cheese, fresh-sliced avocado, and produce combinations that differ from traditional cold-cut formulas — a construction style the chain has refined over four decades. The San Diego Bayfront Court location sits within walking distance of the Convention Center and the Hilton and Marriott hotel clusters on Harbor Drive, drawing both convention traffic and waterfront tourists. Menu depth extends beyond sandwiches into wraps and salads, with a catering program that assembles tray orders for hotel-room deliveries and convention-floor lunches at a scale few single-unit delis in the harbor area — including Papanani's Deli on Shelter Island — can match. The most elaborate build on the menu layers multiple premium proteins with the chain's signature cream-cheese-and-avocado base on house bread, producing an overstuffed sandwich engineered for post-surf or post-convention recovery.