“It became Dogpatch in 1956 or 1957. The owner at that time had about 400 poodles out in the back. It looked like a patch of dogs, so she changed the name from Canyon City Cafe to Dogpatch.”
April 11, 1985
News & Stories
Dogpatch, U.S.A. – only about an hour's drive from downtown San Diego
Gouging gas customers on North County I-5
Smoking cigarettes and drinking coffee, auto mechanic Alec Smith sits at a booth inside a surfers' dive on First Street, Encinitas. Five months earlier, he had quit a North County service station, where he’d worked …
April 11, 1985