Group 2012 August

Open and Shut archive for August, 2012

Italy meets Japan at Sora

Noriyoshi Teruya worked under world-famous chef Nobu Matsuhisa at his namesake flagship in New York City. From there, he went ...

Cavin snacking, shacking up at El Take It Easy

Last week, in reporting chef Lhasa Landry’s departure from The Lion’s Share, I mentioned that restaurant was my favorite new ...

Prepkitchen Del Mar preps for re-open

Yesterday’s post was all about a high profile restaurant (The Lion’s Share) losing its head chef. Today’s is the opposite. ...

Plan 9 Alehouse

Escondido resident Aaron Calles loves his community, and has a plan to give back to it. Plan 9! OK, that ...

Two Kids Brewing

Do what you love. Rob and Sam Dufau — 25-year-old lovers of beer, brewing, and each other — take that ...

Intergalactic Brewing Company

A pair of out-there brewers will be looking to “pilot” their way through the San Diego craft beer nebula when ...

RPM Brewing / Analog Ales

As stated yesterday, there are over 20 brewing companies in the developmental stages within San Diego County. While those that ...

Opening next Monday: Ogawashi, at… Oga Wa Shi?

“In Korean,” says Mr. Yi, “‘Ogawashi’ means ‘5th and C’. Oga means ‘Fifth,’ wa means ‘and,’ and shi means ‘C’.” ...

Indian Joe Brewing

The Brewers Association, a trade association representing U.S. breweries, recently released official numbers indicating there are 2,126 breweries operating within ...

First Look: 100 Wines Hillcrest

In some cities, diners are just as interested in who designed a new restaurant as who designed its menu. While ...

Coming Soon (Finally!): The San Diego Public Market

It’s remarkable that San Diego doesn’t have a permanent public market, like most major and many small cities. We all ...

Coronado Brewing New Beer Notes & New Brewery Photos

Last Friday, I headed out to the Tecolote Canyon area between Linda Vista and Bay Park. What brought me here? ...

New in University City: Amardeen Café

Ian Pike did a nice piece on Aladdin’s Mediterranean Café a while back, so I was happy to see that ...

A Different Kind of B&B

When I wrote my piece about two of the owners of Bailey Wood-Pit BBQ pulling out of that business venture, ...

First Look: KS4S

There was a time long ago when I drank Karl Strauss beer with greater frequency than suds from any other ...

Plumeria: New Vegetarian Restau in University Heights

Despite the fact that I'll leap at the chance to eat something while it's still alive, I love a good ...

Hillcrest's Newest Sake House

Well, I liked Tre Porcellini, the Italian place that was next to Baja Betty's and closed down a little while ...

Super Jr. Market Grows Up

Even if downtown’s Best Damn Beer Shop (1036 Seventh Avenue) were a one-trick pony, it’d be one to bet the ...

Scenes from The Sky Room: Part Two

The elevator doors open. That was a relief. The chief reason the La Valencia’s white linen restaurant, The Sky Room ...