A Life of Hospitality and Hard Work Lessons | Cali BBQ History

There’s an old photo I look back on fondly. It shows me at 14 years old washing dishes in my family’s restaurant — the same restaurant I now own. I hated washing dishes on the weekend in Spring Valley while all my friends were in La Jolla playing sports outside. Now more than two decades […]
The “Low and Slow” History of Cali Comfort BBQ

The San Diego area is where Cali Comfort BBQ owner Shawn Walchef grew up. It’s where Shawn played sports with friends, learned lessons in school, and was taught values by his family. This is the community the restaurant owner still calls home to this day, now with a growing family of his own. As owners/operators […]