In the fall on 1979, News 8 took a look inside a popular – but somewhat hidden – San Diego lunch spot. The Godfather Restaurant on Clairemont Mesa Boulevard had been opened by Chef Isidoro Balistreri and his wife Maria five years earlier. Our “Unknown Eater” remarked on the large portions and called the food “delicious.” The lunch specials in those days were under $4 and our reporter said the dinner offerings came in bit higher but with even bigger servings – “an offer you can’t refuse.” Forty years later The Godfather is still serving up Italian favorites seven days a week.
