happy father’s day to the dads, stepdads, bonus dads, and badasses who raised us. 🖤 we see you, we appreciate you, and we’re celebrating you the only way we know how—raw, real, and ridiculously good food.
pull up a seat this sunday—let’s eat.
a huge thank you to @heytroyjohnson and @sandiegomag for selecting us as the Best Restaurant in Oceanside, and one of San Diego’s Best Restaurants of 2025. and a massive thank you to all of the readers who selected us as the runner up, and to all of the restaurants in Oceanside that keep raising the bar and making this town so great.
we love this community and this city with our entire hearts, and it’s both an honor and a pleasure to serve you. we truly couldn’t do any of this without you, and are so stoked to have your love and support.
much love from the entire Wrench family 🤘❤️
it’s an intimate little dinner on Mondays and Tuesdays right here at Wrench, where we can celebrate everything we’re excited about, and have conversations about sustainability and weird food — or as @davinwaite likes to describe it “it’s a pop-up, inside a pop-up, that started as a pop-up.” 😎🤘
well, we’ll keep popping up, as long as you guys keep coming. so make sure to grab your seat at the link in our bio, because we can’t Waite to see you.
— a fun one from Chef Loren Waite 🔥🔪
what specials does he have on deck for tonight?
come on in and find out 🤘
Hungry for change?
All Things Waite is where the rules get rewritten. Jessica and Davin Waite are flipping the script on food — serving up bold flavors, zero-waste hustle, and a fierce commitment to healing the planet. This isn’t just sustainability. It’s a revolution.
👉 Dive into the movement at AllThingsWaite.com
— it’s a two-hour deep dive into the depths of where bold flavor meets culinary rebellion. 🤘🔥
Curated by Davin and Jess on select Monday & Tuesday nights, this limited-seating experience brings you face-to-face with the chaos, creativity, and intimacy that defined the early days of Wrench: a small room, a handful of curious diners, and the electric charge of genuine connection.
Part tasting menu, part food lab, and full-on Davin debauchery, Waite & Sea is a journey, and we can’t Waite for you to join us.
This Sunday, we’re honoring the mamas and mother figures who’ve shaped our stories— celebrate with an unforgettable dinner at Wrench & Rodent.
Join us for a bold, boundary-pushing dining featuring sustainable seafood and the creative flavors you love. Whether you're dining with Mom, raising a glass to a mentor, or gathering chosen family, we’d be honored to serve you.
Let’s toast the nurturers, the warriors, the moms we adore—with sake, sushi, and soul. 💖
with pickled fennel + stems, charred fennel top vinaigrette, fronds, ogo and tangerine oil. course 1 on Omakase, courtesy of Chef Loren Waite.
At Wrench & Rodent, we’re always chasing flavor—and dry aging fish is one of our favorite ways to level up the experience. Dry aging concentrates flavor and creates a buttery, melt-in-your-mouth texture that you have to taste to believe. We carefully control temperature, humidity, and airflow to let time work its magic, bringing out deep umami notes and perfecting each cut.
Curious? Hungry? Both?
Come hang out with us. Pull up a seat, ask questions, and let us feed you something special. We’ve got fish aging in-house right now that’s just waiting to blow your mind.
See you at the bar. 🐟🔪
Nigiri? Fresh and fire. Sashimi? Sliced to perfection. Omakase? A wild ride. Add in daily specials, epic rolls that hit hard — yeah, it’s time you got in here.
two pickled gingers + a wild-caught bluefin tuna.
some of it’s going straight on nigiri and some of its hanging out in our dry ager.
@lorenwaite13 @davinwaite @catalinaoffshoreproducts
North County’s Chef/Wizard Davin Waite of Wrench & Rodent Seabasstropub transformed a single dry-aged, Oceanside-caught, California sheephead into nine incredible creations— including delicate nigiri, sashimi, crudo, to seared collars, battered ribs, and crispy fin and fish skin “chips” and “chicharrones.”
Thank you for treating us to this dreamlike vision of zero-waste local seafood. Respect for the catch - it’s a revolution that we hope will catch on.
Shout out to Chef Loren! Happiest of birthdays. You truly do bring the magic🥂✨
🔥 Feast your eyes, indulge your cravings. 🔥 Follow Wrench & Rodent on Instagram for unapologetically bold bites, behind-the-scenes mischief, and the kind of food that makes you weak in the knees. You know you want to… 😘🍣 #FollowTheFlavor
