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Fries Included

Fries Included

"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 ...

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Wild Pile at Lion Coffee

Wild Pile at Lion Coffee

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 ...

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Who's Dick?

Who's Dick?

"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 ...

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Serious Coffee

Serious Coffee

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

Walk and Glug

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

Champion Chew

"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

O’Hungry Boy

"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

Totally Wicked

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!

That Meat Melts!

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

Belly-Fillers at Landini's

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...

When in El Salvador...

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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