MARCH 28, 2019 – SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT TO THE BEACON
READERS CHOICE AWARDS
R E TA I L / S E R V I C E S
2 0 1 8 Readers weigh in on Ocean Beach favorites In 1887, developers Billy Carlson and Albert Higgins changed the beach community's name from Mussel Beach to Ocean Beach to make the neighborhood a little more appealing for would-be investors. Carlson and Higgins were also skilled businessmen whose acumen rested on fairness and customer service. Ocean Beach retail merchants still observe and practice those beliefs. They know how to tailor their products and services to the customer's goal, whether it be that extra-attention food co-op, that friendly optometrist looking after your precious vision or that forward-looking estate planner with only your family's future interests at heart. Accordingly, we often ask our readers to pick the “best of” retail and services industries around Ocean Beach – after all, you know the
merchants as well as the merchants know themselves, because you stroll our business districts every day in search of their services. Here, in the Peninsula Beacon Readers Choice Awards 2018, you're the judges – more important, you're the jury. And not only did you weigh in on the neighborhood's best of the best; you also chose the categories under which their names appear, making this project a truly reader-intensive enterprise. Ocean Beach's merchants are proud to welcome you to this unique San Diego neighborhood, and they're ready to return the favor by justifying the faith you've shown. Thomas Melville Editor