Stylist Michael Burton: find a good tailor at Picasso Tailoring and Nick’s Tailor Shop
Don’t skimp on the suit
Matt Louv 4 p.m., Sept. 19
Feast! Food & Drink Reviews
Blue Jay Lodge: right out of Davy Crockett!
“Here’s the thing about this food. It’s not Cordon-anything, but it is delicious.”
These places! They all look right out of Davy Crockett! Where we’re heading is this 1919 lodge 6000 feet up on Mount Laguna, 100 years old this year, actually serving nosh and hauling grog up ...
Mary’s Gourmet: ghost salad restaurant
Miramar kitchen delivers big, healthy chopped salads to your doorstep
It’s probably fair to count me among the nine out of ten of Americans the CDC says don’t eat enough fruit and vegetables. One problem is that my preferred diet of tacos, fried chicken, and ...
Trust the Breakfast B in suite 3825
Sassy brunch spot brings life to a struggling Hillcrest location
It’s tough to ignore a restaurant name like Breakfast Bitch. Which could prove to be important, because the willfully sassy breakfast spot recently filled in a Hillcrest location that’s been devastating to its past few ...
Happy hour at The Henry
“Fact is, right now, it’s it and that’s that.”
I swear. You blink in Coronado, and something has changed. This time it’s the musical chairs of bars. Suddenly, as of this month, the brand-new and lavishly-built The Henry is open, beaming out lights, with ...
San Diego Reader 2019 Burgers issue
From Oceanside to Escondido to Sherman Heights to Mount Laguna
Ian Anderson Look out for the burger of the day A hub for carnivores in Escondido’s historic downtown, it might be tough to notice the burgers past all the smoked meats and poutine. You’ll do ...
Lido’s Italian Foods are too classic to be pretty
A mid-century Italian restaurant survives, despite the times
When the server places a thick white ceramic plate on the table, it’s all but spilling over with a pile of spaghetti. The noodles, and the two racquetball size meatballs astride them, are so drenched ...
Claro Coffee goes with the grain
An industrial zone lumber shop furnishes the prettiest café in town
The best looking coffee shop in San Diego has sprung up in a surprising place: within a specialty lumber shop in the Morena district. Claro Coffee serves locally roasted coffee from Zumbar Coffee & Tea, ...
This 55 Thai fries chicken thighs
Healthy, affordable Thai chain grows into large Pacific Beach restaurant
When 55 Thai Kitchen first appeared in the cramped back room of a corner market in Golden Hill, the community-minded eatery had me intrigued. When the food turned out to be good, in addition to ...
Sab-E-Lee: Isaan expression for “Delicious and Spicy.”
I practically broke down too, in tears. So-oo deelish.
‘What is the one dish you would take to a desert island if you had to eat it for the rest of your life?” Interviewers are always throwing this out at celebrity chefs. Tonight, what ...
Rad Habits brings the juice back to South Park
Organic produce and superfood smoothies return from three-year hiatus
For a couple of years there, South Park had a great little organic produce market slash cold pressed juice bar called Sacred Juice. Except one day, the shop abruptly closed due to water damage, according ...
Going back to Mystic Mocha for the muffins
A longtime neighborhood favorite known for distinctive pastries
Once upon a time I lived in University Heights, less than a block from the truncated corner where Mission Avenue crosses Alabama Street at an odd angle. That’s how I came to know about Mystic ...
Sugar highs and lows at Theatre Box
Yes, you can order food from your movie seat, but should you?
The tabloids invaded the movies. The public relations team for Theatre Box, the luxury movie theater and sugar-themed restaurant complex that opened in the Gaslamp this spring, started sending press releases about celebrities making appearances. ...
Chinatown Bar & Grill: “We don’t do Chinese”
Chinatown Burger anyone?
I’m up near Euclid, on University. Looking round, choosing the place that’s gonna fill my belly. Ethiopian? Cambodian? Mexican? Chinese? I swear. This underrated neighborhood has just about any food you could ask for. At ...
The Melt wins over this grilled cheese troll
Fast casual chain makes macaroni sandwich and hobo toast look easy
Big deal, it’s easy to make a grilled cheese sandwich. That’s what the troll on my shoulder reminds me whenever I encounter a grilled cheese restaurant. His words are more nefarious because they’re true. I’m ...
Feasts on a bun at Daddy’s Hot Dogs
Hillcrest’s finest street food purveyor makes a frank case for vegetables
Through a sidewalk counter window in the middle of a lively block on University Avenue, I meet Hillcrest’s resident hot dog maven. His name is William Schroeder, but with a streetwise New York accent, he ...
