This week, the fried-chicken spinoff of one of the city’s top restaurants (Juniper & Ivy) opens a new joint on Pacific Beach’s main drag.
The Crack Shack first debuted on what was once a quiet street in Little Italy. Some called the location premature, but culinary director Jon Sloan knew he had some winners—like the sloppily magnificent Señor Croque breakfast sandwich, and the whole Jidori fried chicken with schmaltz and Crack-spiced fries. A few locations later—Encinitas, Las Vegas, Costa Mesa—they’re ready for the youthful always-always land of PB.
Opening at 4525 Mission Blvd., between Garnet and Felspar, The Crack Shack will begin welcoming guests in the next week or so. It’s an area Sloan calls the perfect intersection of busy but still growing.
And Crack Shack fans’ prayers have finally been answered: the signature housemade sauces (ranch, fry sauce, barbecue, pineapple mustard) will be bottled and sold for the first time at the PB location.
