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Fries Included
Published Feb. 8, 2012
"What’s that guy eating?” yells Carla. “It looks ginormous!” “Say what?” “I said…” We’re shouting at each other at the new Nicky Rottens place in Coronado. Carla wanted to meet here at the bay end of ...
Wild Pile at Lion Coffee
Published Feb. 1, 2012
Anastasia from Vladivostok brings my waffle. Melissa — her family is from Guam — hands me my coffee. The coffee’s Kona, from Hawaii. The waffle is from…heaven. Sigh. Love a surprise. Here I was, ambling along ...
Who's Dick?
Published Jan. 25, 2012
"Don’t rush me!” Dion’s voice cuts through the noise. She’s barking at a customer who wants to pay up and go. “Besides, you haven’t drunk enough yet. We have rules!” Dion walks away muttering, under a ...
Serious Coffee
Published Jan. 18, 2012
It hangs below four others like it, an ancient rifle from ancient wars. Did it kill people? Did it save someone’s life? As I stand ... More Post a comment
Walk and Glug
Published Jan. 11, 2012
If I’d known then what I know now, I might have stuck to life east of the I-5. I swear, what a hike. I get ... More Post a comment
Champion Chew
Published Jan. 4, 2012
"More people worldwide are killed by donkeys than die in plane crashes every year. True, or shit?” Tom’s standing on the stage where the band ... More Comment (1)
O’Hungry Boy
Published Dec. 28, 2011
"Malagueña salerosa…” Krizanto sings his heart out. I chomp into my $5 dinner: ribs, carrots, broccoli, blob of mash, white-bread bun, and butter. Take a ... More Post a comment
Totally Wicked
Published Dec. 14, 2011
Who says there’s no more new food to create? Last big food invention I can remember around here happened a century ago, when Caesar Cardini ... More Post a comment
That Meat Melts!
Published Dec. 7, 2011
Whew. Walking, walking... North up Mission Boulevard. I’m in P.B. Looking for breakfast, dammit. Okay, so it’s lunchtime. Need a place that doesn’t cut off ... More Post a comment
Belly-Fillers at Landini's
Published Nov. 30, 2011
My buddy John turned me on to Landini’s. He works at Caffe Italia, farther down India Street, here in Little Italy. It was a couple ... More Post a comment
When in El Salvador...
Published Nov. 22, 2011
It was a dark and rainstormy night. Marvel as our hero tramps undaunted through the dripping streets of Grant Hill. Crosses 26th, 27th, 28th, ever ... More Comment (1)
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