Located on the north side of downtown San Diego, Spike Africa’s is named after the free spirited and revered schooner boat captain, Spike Africa. Stories of this enigmatic seafarer are told in virtually every port on the West Coast from Seattle to San Diego, describing him as “President of the Pacific Ocean.” Spike is best known for his adventurous voyage with the actor Sterling Hayden and their families ending in Tahiti in 1958, and chronicled in Hayden’s classic Sea Novel “The Wanderer.” As a “Seabee” Lieutenant in WWII, Spike fought in the bloody battle of Peleliu Island as depicted in the HBO mini-series “Pacific.” The restaurant Spike Africa’s pays homage to the memory of a true sailor, the mystique surrounding his adventurous life and the love he had for the ocean. An inviting place that mirrors the attributes of Spike himself, Spike Africa’s is a place for friends, great times and good food.