Founded on St. Patrick's Day in 1999, Hooleys Public House brought its scratch-kitchen Irish pub concept to Grossmont Center in La Mesa as its second San Diego County location. The kitchen produces boxty — an Irish potato pancake rolled around fillings like wine-braised chicken, smoked salmon, or corned beef and cabbage — a traditional preparation that distinguishes the menu from the American grill formats at Grossmont Center neighbors like BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse. Corned beef drives multiple menu items including a San Diego-Irish fusion taco served on a corn tortilla with shredded cheddar and cabbage, alongside the traditional corned beef and cabbage dinner plate. The full whiskey program stocks Irish and Scotch pours alongside a craft beer tap list and a Guinness line poured to proper two-stage nitrogen cascade standards, a draft portfolio that shares Grossmont Center Drive foot traffic with the frozen dessert counter at Menchie's Frozen Yogurt. Private dining rooms accommodate large-format bookings, and the scratch kitchen produces its fish and chips, shepherd's pie, and Irish stew from raw ingredients rather than pre-portioned supplier packs.