Sweat equity! Pedal off the pounds on your progressive dinner
Aimée Anundsen’s Movable Feast spawns guilt-free gluttony
Progressive dinners may never be da same again. This gal Aimée Anundsen... http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jul/24/49977/ ...has the crazy idea of creating progressive dinners downtown…on a multi-person bike that looks more like a caterpillar. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jul/24/49978/ This manic machine “employs” eight people to sit …
Crab cakes and heroism
New crab cake food truck was at Ground Zero on 9-11
“We’re the only crab cake food truck in San Diego, or LA,” says Vonniejune Kendall. “And we only use blue crab from back east.” Wow. Suddenly seems like I'm seeing crab cakes all over (See Tin Fish blog). Here in …
Comicon: This place rings my bell
Tin Fish wins as Ed's most atmospheric eatery in Comicon, for the second year.
I tried. Honest, I looked everywhere. But once again, Tin Fish, the eatery at the bottom of Fifth (170 6th Avenue, downtown, 619-238-8100), turned out to be the most Comicon-spirited eatery in the Gaslamp. For me, at least. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jul/19/49493/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jul/19/49500/ …
1887 on the Bay: Happy hour racing ribs!
The renovated Coronado Boathouse gives you front row seats to...San Diego’s America’s Cup?
Man! This is like having bayside bleachers at the America’s Cup. Out on tiny Glorietta Bay, maybe a dozen big yachts — 30-40 footers — cut and weave in between each other as they fight for primo position at the …
Felix's BBQ: Eat your tomatoes - green
Ed finds an old "southern" tradition might not be southern after all
Fried Green Tomatoes. That’s why I had to come in. Seen the movie, jes’ had to eat the title. Standing outside Felix’s BBQ With Soul (342 South Euclid Avenue, in the Market Creek Plaza, 619-266-8881). http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jul/16/49208/ Ian Pike had written …
Bassam’s: A glass of wine, a baklava and thou…
Five bucks for a glass of port, $3 for a baklava, your sunset hour is complete.
“Ah. The baklava. Good choice. They have the best here.” The merry-faced lady in purple watches me as I put down the plate with the greeny-topped baklava and the bulging glass of port onto the wooden-slat table. The port’s $5, …
Asia Wok, where it’s OK to pile your plate as high as you want
At this Market Creek Plaza eatery, if you can fit it in, it’s yours
This gal is an artist. Her medium? The Mongolian Barbecue in Asia Wok here in Market Creek Plaza in Lincoln Park (324 Euclid Avenue, #405, 619-266-8881). http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jul/11/49007/ I’m watching Kimberly pile beef, pineapple, broccoli, green and red bell peppers, onions, …
Goofy Foot? Dad, daughter deliver dee-lish dog
Original taste combos give this truck wings
The yellow lunch truck’s parked in front of Mission Brewery (1441 L Street, at 14th, East Village), not far from Father Joe’s. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jul/09/48794/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jul/09/48795/ Gal sticks her head through the delivery hatch. “Like something?” “It’s a Dog’s World,” says the …
The Lemonade Stand: alive and well over Fourth July.
Coronado kids set up for summer with their own sno-cone business
Just across C Street from Coronado's Spreckels Park, four kids are making out like bandits with their version of Lucy’s lemonade stand. Except they're selling sno-cones, $2 each. Mackenzi, Eli, Keira and Amy have their family’s Spreckels Sno-Cone stand outside …
The tortilla ladies: Delivering it fresh and hot on San Diego Avenue
Cafe Coyote's Tourist Central for Fourth July weekend, but the tortillas are still great
Okay, we're in the middle of the day, in the middle of the Fourth of July weekend in the middle of tourist central, Old Town. Cram City. Crowd right here on San Diego Avenue is making a bulge around the …
Southpaw: Wild life behind the batting cage
Petco Park's newest hang-out has East Villagers going wild!
It’s open, at last. Southpaw Social Club (815 J Street, 619-269-2255) has only been in business a few days, but seems to have struck just the right note among those wild and crazy East Villagers. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jul/05/48626/ Where El Vitral, which …
Bermuda Triangle claims another victim…in Old Town
Jason West’s Old Town Market Café rolls down its canvas for the last time
“I’ll miss the apple fritters,” sighs Suzie. She’s a guide with Old Town Trolley Tours, the green and orange antique buses that you see hauling around with tourists hanging out of their open sides. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jul/03/48561/ We’re standing outside the Old …
Old Town jerky: Cheap, cheerful Inca-chew
Chomp on jerky and taste, uh, ancestors' gastronomy
Jerky for lunch? I was walking up through Old Town Plaza when I noticed this freshly whitewashed adobe place down by the Fiesta de Reyes part. Next to a silversmith joint. The Old Town House of Jerky & Root Beer …
Hora Feliz in Logan Heights
Chiquibaby’s has tostilocos, cerveza, serious company, Mexican-style
“Have one.” It’s Luciano. He’s sitting with a bucketful of Dos Equis. I’ve just sat up at the bar. He’s at the next table, under the peg board scattered with pictures of past parties here. He’s already opening a bottle …
North Park: The pub that makes its own mustard
The Ritual looks Goth from the outside but is all green inside
Can French fries be a delicious meal on their own? When they come with habanero hot sauce made from, uh, carrots, and home-made mustard, yes. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jun/27/48242/ I’m sitting up to the counter here at Ritual Tavern with the sun streaming …
Ice creams morph into smoothies in Coronado!
Power outage has MooTime on a short leash
Leroy Mossel stands watching his profits drain away. http://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jun/26/48196/ "The longer this goes on, the cheaper they'll get." He's talking about his ice creams. (They're made every night on the island. Start at $3.99 a scoop.) http://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jun/26/48197/ "Pretty soon, you …
South Park's Buona Forchetta: See and be scene!
At last: A real sidewalk terrazza in 'Diego
On February 13th this year, Ian Pike reviewed Buona Forchetta (3001 Beech Street, South Park, 619-381-4844), and got into the sacred issues of what authentic pizza should be. That’s always been a total mystery to me. But in this case …
Donut Bar: Comfort food central?
This time, success! But is success excess?
“Oh my. Oh wow. You’re okay, Bedford, but this is the real thing.” Carla’s working her way through most of the two donuts I got for us to share when I went back to Donut Bar, the new place at …
Stanley Cup fever: cheers, chews, boos, booze
At downtown's Stout, $2 sliders and hockey finals have fans coming in droves
“YESS!” Andrea and Alli scream it out with the rest of the pub. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jun/18/47673/ They're backing Boston and the Bruins have just scored their first snazzy goal against the Chicago Blackhawks in game 3 of the playoffs for the Stanley …
Downtown donut: hole lotta gourmet going on
New place sells out so quick, you've got to get there by daylight, practically
“Sold out.” Whack? It’s written clear across the window of this new donut place I’ve run across on B Street downtown. Okay, it is in the afternoon. But not that late. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jun/17/47617/ I have to go in. “We usually run …