Group 2011 June

Open and Shut archive for June, 2011

Sneak Peek: Local Habit in Hillcrest

The Hillcrest space that formerly housed Pizza Fusion has undergone a transformation and will reopen on July 4 as Local ...

Hitting the Bottle in Little Italy

Li'l Italy's Art District has traded reds and whites for ales and lagers with the arrival of Bottlecraft (http://www.bottlecraftbeer.com), a ...

Just Another BLAH Place in the Inner City

There's a sign up in the windowed front portal that formerly gave way to Soho (and before that, Vesuvio) at ...

Curses...Eden Tries to Silence Hillcrestian Specters

Something new is sprouting up at Eden in Hillcrest. Actually, from the sounds of it, very soon EVERYTHING will be ...

Lame Duck a L'Orange in 4S Ranch

Fans of French Food in America's Finest City know the name Philippe Verpiand. He first cut the Dijon mustard at ...

Local Guys Make Good (Book)

Marine Room chefs Bernard Guillas and Ron Oliver, the duo behind their globally inspired debut cookbook Flying Pans: Two Chefs, ...

RIP: Clay's

Clay's, on the top floor of the Hotel La Jolla, is no more. The hotel has been sold, and the ...

Cafe Sevilla reopens, big party -- ole!

Real-life Spanish food (as opposed to "global tapas", "small plates," etc.) is an endangered species here. Cafe Sevilla does a ...

What's All the Hubbub, Bub's?

So, yesterday, I expressed my belief San Diego would someday become one of America's top 10 best dining cities. In ...

Another R.I.P.?

Talk about R.I.P: One more place to worry about. Babbo Grande (1731 University, Uptown/Hillcrest area) has a notice on its ...

R.I.P. Red Velvet Wine Bar

So, I awake to an otherwise awesome Saturday, fire up the ol' email, and click open a message from one ...