Group 2013 February

Hillcrest archive for February, 2013

Heat Bar and Kitchen

New restaurant for North Park outdoes itself for happy hour.

Despite the fact that it’s right up in my neighborhood, I seldom travel Park Boulevard south of University. What can ...

Toe The Line at Planet Rooth Design Haus

Friday's closing night party for Toe The Line Art Show celebrates the art of folks who all just happen to be tattoo artists.

One of the goals of SD-Too.com, besides being an online tattoo artist directory for San Diego, is to “expose the ...

Project Pie making progress in Hillcrest

"Build your own pizza" lands at 4th & University

Fourth and University is a tough piece of Hillcrest real estate to make a restaurant stick. Project Pie is the ...

Street Style San Diego: She Bangs

How women in San Diego wear the fringe

2013 is the year of the bang. Fringe hairstyles are showing up on everyone from Zooey Deschanel to Katy Perry ...

New proposal from Mayor's Office opens commercial areas to medical marijuana dispensaries

New zones would include some commercial and light industrial areas.

Medical Marijuana patients in San Diego may not have to travel to remote industrial areas to get their medication, that ...

Martinis Above Fourth

Stick with the silly drinks and you'll be OK.

Martini’s Above Fourth (3940 Fourth Avenue) and I disagree on what, exactly, constitutes a “Martini.” I’ll argue in favor of ...

Homebrews for guide dogs

Local Habit hosting homebrew-driven fundraiser for service dog trainers

On Saturday, February 23, the statement “this restaurant’s gone to the dogs” will take on new meaning when Local Habit ...

Punk Rock at Ion Theatre

In Lord of the Flies (1954), William Golding isolates a group of young British students on a deserted island. In ...

Beer of the Week: Sweet Tea Session IPA

Monkey Paw brews up a beer for Hillcrest farm-to-tablers

Of late, I’ve been writing a lot about breweries crafting beers for specific bars and restaurants. Typically, the impetus for ...

Acoustic in Middletown: Unplugged beer comes to oldest brewery!

Expect noise. Acoustic Ales Brewing Experiment about to rock old Mission Brewery

Actually it was the nose, not the noise. Started twitching as I walked up Washington from the trolley. That sexy, ...

Crawfish & Euphoria Brass Band highlighted at Saltbox and Local Habit

Both local eateries host separate Crawfish Boils this weekend complete with signature beers and music by Euphoria Brass Band.

Two 5th Avenue eateries are celebrating Mardi Gras a touch early with the time-honored Louisiana tradition of a crawfish boil. ...

Incoming on Washington!

The old Brian's building is finally getting a makeover after a long dormancy.

I mourned the loss of Brian’s American Eatery like I’d experienced the passing of someone who was almost, but not ...

Voyou: Great little wine bar but…

Looking for best bang for Le Buck at Hillcrest's French wine bar

I’m not the first to burst into this cubby-hole of cool. Ian Pike gave a connoisseur’s four-course breakdown last year ...

Lunch at Saigon on Fifth in Hillcrest

The Vietnamese food place that's Actually on University Avenue

Finding an available parking meter in the heart of Hillcrest is like finding a stiletto in Ocean Beach. Fortunately, there's ...

An illegitimate Phrase

An Illegitimate Phrase By: Anthony Conwright The preamble of my college years was something of a wakeup call. On the ...

Point Blank. Finding your place on the gun control continuum

Hidden within the pages of our nation’s gun control history, you can find the story of the infamous Black Panther ...