Sola's works because the comfort food has clear anchors, not just broad categories. Dill-brined fried chicken, birria beef, fish and chips, poutine, wings and stone-oven pizza give the menu enough weight for repeat beach meals.

The kitchen's centre is sturdy comfort food: wings, poutine, loaded nachos, burgers, fish and chips, schnitzel, souvlaki, and a veggie curry. It is broad enough for a mixed group but still reads like a beach-town bar-and-grill.

The menu is concentrated in a clear comfort-food lane: burgers, dogs, chicken fingers, Fries, Poutine, Onion Rings, and Sweet Potato Fries. It is not trying to be broad; it is trying to be the reliable beach-day burger-and-sides stop.

The seafood side has comfort built in: Lobster Mac and Cheese, Old Bay Fried Chicken, Smash Burger, and Steak Frites give the menu heft for diners who want more than oysters and patio snacks.