1973 San Diego guide to cheap eats How to eat on a dollar a day 1973 San Diego guide to rock music Best clubs 1973 San Diego guide to movies Grim harvest 1973 San Diego …
September 12, 2022
Weinstein was recruited by Kathleen Woodward to write restaurant reviews for the Reader. He won a writing contest in 1976, writing about Mission Beach. In 1989, he was interviewed by Judith Moore, and he was encouraged to write other stories for the Reader in the 1990s. Weinstein later became restaurant critic for New York's Village Voice.
Articles by Jeff Weinstein
1973 Reader guide to jogging, bookstores, cheesecake
San Diego writers open up: Jeff Weinstein, John Brizzolara, Dave Zielinski
Hard-boiled local Brizzolara recalled an evening when, together with three other suspense writers, he was invited to Grounds for Murder, a San Diego mystery bookstore, to discuss his work. “There was some controversy about Wirecutter. …
November 1, 2021
San Diego vs. L.A. – guess who wins?
Two Views of San DiegoI used to consider San Diego roads relatively sane, compared to L.A. Now the freeway is full of lunatics. Everyone’s trying to go faster than the next guy. People used to …
July 24, 2021
San Diego early foodies: the Prophet, Grant Grill, Gatekeeper
I Didn’t Chew My Rice Enough As I sat down to write this review, a woman I know told me not to lie: “I’ve never read an honest restaurant review in San Diego (she said). …
July 11, 2021
Apple Tree's produce man talks, writer joins Gulf Coast Grill cooks, donut immersion
Banana Man Across the aisle, is another table like yours neatly stacked with oranges, grapefruits, pineapples, papayas, and other fruits. That table, as well as the rack against the wall, are refrigerated. Your table is …
January 31, 2021
What was thought hot 45 years ago
1973 San Diego guide to San Diego guidebooks What Neil Morgan never told you. 1973 San Diego guide to the San Diego Reader Who are these people? 1973 San Diego guide to cheesecake Supermarket, specialty …
January 5, 2019
Village Voice food critic Jeff Weinstein revisits his gustatory past in San Diego
There's an unbroken line from highchair to dining chair that follows my profile faithfully.
May 1, 1997
Last suppers ordered by inmates on Texas's death row
My friend James recently left an astounding list on my desk: "Final Meals Requested by Inmates Executed in Texas." Two pages, 34 names (all men), 28 meals. He picked it up from a Mr. Brown, …
November 21, 1990
San Diego overview – writing contest winner
san diego, lyrics: mr. history looks down on the city i don’t want you to think san diego sounds funny. i don’t understand why the most powerful feeling this city evokes, at sunset, a sort …
December 9, 1976