Mastiff Kitchen La Mesa at 4253 Palm Avenue grew from a made-from-scratch sausage food truck launched in 2013 into a standalone La Mesa restaurant that opened in 2023 after a 2016 residency inside North Park Beer Company. The 30-tap draft wall rotates San Diego craft selections from local breweries and beyond, placing Mastiff alongside destination taprooms like Hearth House in La Mesa's expanding craft-beer scene. Crispy pan pizzas bake in rectangular pans with a cheese-crusted edge, using Ezzo cupped pepperoni and house fennel sausage on a base of pecorino romano and red sauce. Smash burgers press double patties with butter-braised onions on potato buns, and housemade bratwurst is served with whole-grain mustard and house-fermented sauerkraut—a sausage program that adds a Central European element to the Village dining corridor anchored by concepts like City Tacos. The most complex build layers Ezzo cupped pepperoni, ricotta, fresh jalapeño, and local honey over red sauce and pecorino romano on a crispy pan-pizza base.