Founded July 3, 1987 by Chris Stavros at age 29 and awarded a 2014 historical plaque by the Ocean Beach Design Committee, The Olive Tree Marketplace at 4805 Narragansett Ave is the independent upscale grocery and deli on the corner of Sunset Cliffs Boulevard that drew its concept from a market Stavros frequented in Rimini, Italy. The deli counter earned San Diego Magazine's Best Sandwich distinction and runs a hot-and-cold sandwich program featuring the Manhattan pastrami, chipotle chicken, clam chowder, and rotating housemade soups, alongside gourmet groceries, farm-fresh produce, imported cheeses, and an imported-beer selection that holds its own against tasting rooms like California Wild Ales. Julian Pie Company delivers fresh pies every Tuesday and Friday, and the in-house wine tasting room pours vintage selections Thursday through Saturday from 4 to 9 in the evening. The hand-selected Italian, Spanish, and California wine program functions as the retail companion to neighborhood fine-dining rooms like Cesarina, which rely on grocers of this caliber for last-minute ingredient runs. The brick-clad interior, an East Coast little-market aesthetic added by the owner, includes a UPS Access Point locker for package pickup and drop-off. The most complex operation the store runs is the integrated grocery-deli-wine-tasting-room floor plan: a sub-supermarket footprint that handles a full beer and wine retail license, a hot sandwich line, a roasted-chicken rotisserie, a Julian Pie standing delivery, and a European-style tasting bar under one roof with a 97 out of 100 San Diego County Health Score.