Boathouse Restaurant opens in former 1887 on the Bay facility

CORONADO – Bluewater Grill Seafood Restaurants of Newport Beach, Calif., is in the process of converting the historic former Hotel Del Coronado boathouse on Coronado Island into a sustainable seafood restaurant. Formerly 1887 on the Bay, the sale of the restaurant to Bluewater Boathouse Seafood Grill formerly closed on May 31, with an anticipated opening date of June 21. This will be the first Bluewater Grill restaurant in San Diego County, with a total of six restaurants located in Redondo Beach, Tustin, Phoenix, Ariz., and Avalon. According to Bluewater co-owner and co-founder Jimmy Ulcickas, he and his partner Rick Staunton have long had their eye on a waterfront location in San Diego. He says the realization of obtaining the historic Coronado Boathouse Restaurant (1887 on the Bay), in the cupola-adorned building that has been part of the Hotel Del Coronado since 1887, is a dream come true. Formerly the Coronado Chart House, before being renamed Boathouse 1887, the restaurant is housed in one of the oldest landmarks in Coronado. The structure predates the historic Hotel del Coronado by one year — and the building once served as the hotel’s boathouse, where daysailers, paddleboats and fishing boats were stored for guests. Scripps Institution of Oceanography conducted...