Group 2012 March

Open and Shut archive for March, 2012

Beer Touring: Rough Draft Brewing Company

The first time I walked into the tasting room at Mira Mesa/Miramar nether regional Rough Draft Brewing Company was in ...

Beer Touring: Societe Brewing Co.

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/mar/29/21824/ Most people figure the best part of a brewery tour is the tasting component. They’re right. But the most ...

Beer Touring: Wet 'N Reckless

Any tour of multiple breweries carries with it both the possibility of discovering the next big thing or the next ...

Beer Touring: White Labs

One of the most interesting stops on my craft beer tasting room tour was at a non-brewery. The powers that ...

Beer Touring: Stumblefoot Brewing Company

Days spent hitting up four or five local breweries used to be something I’d devote two or three days a ...

Pizza Port Real Ale Festival: Only the Good Die Young

It's the end of an era. An era of scarcity for drinkers in search of cask beer. Referred to in ...

Urban Eats Rising From Taco Banh's Ashes

If at first you don't succeed...shut down, board up the joint, and overhaul into something different. This scenario plays out ...

Big Upgrades in the Works for Karl Strauss

Soon, fans of Karl Strauss Brewing Company will be able to get their brews straight from the source. San Diego’s ...

A More-Than-Conceptual Taste of Puesto

Back in December, I shared architectural models of what Puesto, downtown La Jolla’s new spot for farm-fresh tacos and bowls ...

Evolve: Modernist Cuisine, No Letdown

When I reported that chef Daniel Barron was teaming up with fellow gastronomes Flor Franco, Jeff Bonilla and Mike Yen ...

One Gaijin Doing Right by All Others

Celebrating its grand opening this weekend, Gaijin Noodle + Sake House is an example of the delicious things that can ...