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Ichiban Sando has a way of making fried meats feel special

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Ichiban Sando has a way of making fried meats feel special

You can slap just about anything between two slices of bread and call it a sandwich, but that doesn’t mean all sandwich making arts are equal. I pointed the car ...

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Park & Rec’s loving cup

It’s a Saturday night in University Heights, and groups of friends are pouring into Park & Rec. Busy bartender Alex Rodriguez is slinging cocktails left and right, keeping pace with ...

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A lesson in spices at Ban Lao Cuisine

Night has clanged down on City Heights like an emergency curtain at a movie theater. It’s easy to get lost in this gloom once you’re out of the #7 bus, ...

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The plant-based bread schtick of Ben and Esther’s Vegan Jewish Deli

Hailing from a cuisine characterized by the likes of schmaltz, schmears, corned beef, and brisket, the staples of a Jewish delicatessen would not appear to be likely candidates for veganization. ...

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Feast! Restaurant Reviews Scripps Ranch

The French Oven, hidden among family homes

Wander the tightly packed, urban neighborhoods of Paris, and you may expect to find a boulangerie on nearly every city block. Drive the sprawling blocks of Scripps Ranch, on the other hand, and it’s a ...

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San Diego Beer

At five, Burgeon is burgeoning

The desire to explore the new flavors brought about through unique brewing and aging processes is a big part of what draws die-hard beer geeks to breweries. Burgeon Beer Company played to this exploratory urge ...

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January 13, 2022

Curryosity serves South Asia in South Park

Hot curry on a cold night? I think so. Besides, this place, as the day fades and the lights start winking on, just calls my name. “Come in! Get warm! Taste the chutney, the curry, ...

Bankers Hill Feast! Restaurant Reviews

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Evolution Fast Food does just fine with old fashioned fake meat

A certain fried poultry chain garnered buckets of free press last week for announcing it will be serving vegan chicken options at its restaurants. Really, KFC is just the latest fast-food brand to make hay ...

Downtown San Diego Feast! Restaurant Reviews

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Valet Market invites you to skip the cashier

It’s 2022, and we’re all more or less accustomed to ordering food from touchscreens. That could mean delivery order placed from our phones, fast food order made at digital kiosks, or — thank you, pandemic ...

Old Town Sorrento Valley Tin Fork

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Dining on the Pacific Surfliner: breakfast and a beer

Clickety-clack along the track! We’re rolling! The Pacific Surfliner snakes through the hills around Sorrento Valley, slowly, methodically rounding the canyon curves like a hunting dog following his nose. That distant horn I hear? Oh ...

Drink Recipes Little Italy

January 6, 2022

Kettner Exchange’s Thin Mint milkshake cocktail

Claire Sexton Kettner Exchange 2001 Kettner Boulevard Little Italy “It’s like a Thin Mint Girl Scout cookie,” says Claire Sexton, Bar Director at Kettner Exchange, about her cocktail, the Scouts Honor. The recipe was partially ...

Feast! Restaurant Reviews Little Italy

January 3, 2022

Underbelly’s neon noodle showcase

However much I might like a restaurant these days, it’s tough to achieve regular customer status with a food writing gig that always has me on the lookout for new and different. But when Underbelly ...

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Ending the year with Pozoleria Doña Maria

Not that I need encouragement, but the late year rain and chill reminded me that New Year’s is the traditional time of year to feast on pozole. Which meant the thing to do was aim ...

January 1, 2022

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Swayed by Palmys in Pacific Beach

You look at Palmys and you straightway think Dunedin, Queenstown, Raglan. All those pubs are named after Kiwi hometowns. They have sprung up around ’Diego these last few years, and now here’s this new one: ...

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Coronado Brewing branches off into ciders

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Ichiban Sando has a way of making fried meats feel special

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