Parkhouse Eatery in University Heights, San Diego has anchored the brunch scene on Park Blvd since 1996, serving modern American breakfast and dinner from a converted 1930s-era house at 4574 Park Blvd in the 92116 ZIP within the Normal Heights community. The building previously housed a Saint Vincent de Paul thrift store, and the conversion preserved three distinct seating environments: an outdoor garden patio with string lights, a front living room with cafe tables, and a hearth room centered on a wood-burning fireplace. The brunch menu runs signature plates including Lemon Ricotta Pancakes with house-made blueberry sauce and whipped butter, Churro Pancakes topped with cinnamon sugar and condensed milk, Chilaquiles with house carnitas, the PH Benedict, and a Grilled Breakfast Pizza with eggs, bacon, and fontina-mozzarella. After-brunch dessert options along the Adams Avenue corridor include Mariposa Ice Cream, where the small-batch production complements the seasonal approach Parkhouse applies to its own pastry case. The restaurant holds a 97-out-of-100 health inspection score and operates a full bar pouring mimosa flights, Bloody Marys, and locally roasted Café Moto coffee. Restaurants in University Heights occupy a stretch of Park Blvd that connects directly south to Balboa Park, and Parkhouse's converted-house format suits the residential-scale architecture of the surrounding blocks. Community events and live performances along the Adams Avenue corridor include the annual Adams Avenue Street Fair, which routes festival traffic through the streets adjacent to Adams Avenue Theater and the surrounding dining cluster. The garden patio seats roughly 40 under a canopy of string lights and mature landscaping, with dogs permitted on the patio and a changing-table-equipped gender-neutral restroom inside.