Franchised from a 1976 Honolulu drive-in with 200-plus locations, L&L Hawaiian Barbecue in Point Loma's Midway District operates this Sports Arena Boulevard outpost steps from Pechanga Arena. The plate-lunch format layers teriyaki chicken, Kalua pork, Katsu chicken, or Korean-cut Kalbi short ribs over two scoops of rice and a mound of macaroni salad — a multicultural template blending Japanese, Filipino, Portuguese, and Korean home recipes that the chain branded as Hawaiian Barbecue when it hit the California mainland in 1999, entering a Pacific Rim counter-service lane now shared with sushi-bar concepts like Kiiro Sushi Izakaya on the same corridor. Loco Moco stacks a hamburger patty and fried egg under brown gravy on rice, and Spam musubi wraps the grilled-Spam-and-rice block in nori for a grab-and-go format. Entrepreneur magazine has ranked the parent franchise in its Franchise 500 for 15 consecutive years, and the brand holds the #1 Asian food franchise designation from 2017 through 2024. This Sports Arena location sits in the Midway District San Diego event corridor where pre-show and post-show dining volume spikes on concert and arena nights, alongside seafood counter-service at Point Loma Fish Shop nearby. Party-tray catering scales the full plate-lunch menu into aluminum-pan builds for office events, holiday gatherings, and game-day spreads.