Hangin with the kitties of The Cat Café
A little caffeine, a little feline companionship, a lot of sweet purring
Ian Anderson 4 p.m., Feb. 21
Miramar News & Stories
San Diego Idli: South Indian Vegetarian Cuisine
“This vast, ancient cuisine, it is completely vegetarian.”
Little India. Black Mountain Road. Looking for an Indian grocery outlet. Gotta find my new favorite flavor to swipe on bread. Marmite. Surprise for my friend Annie. She’s Scottish. She let me try some of ...
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 ...
Software headaches at San Diego city colleges
City, Mesa, Miramar will reduce classes
During the 2019 - 20 academic year that started this week, the San Diego Community College District will have to trim its spending by $30 million in order to achieve a balanced budget. So stated ...
Your new favorite cookies are Caked
Decadent cookies and a slutty brownie star at new Miramar bakery
The bakery is called Caked, but most of the glass case is filled with cookies. Large, soft cookies, individually wrapped. There are brownies too, but we’ll get to that. First we’re going to be overwhelmed ...
2 Kids Brewing brings a San Diego beer brand back from the dead
Fans may resume drinking Intergalactic’s shiny metal cans
It was curtains for Intergalactic Brewing. The small Miramar brewery poured its last pints last summer, and closed up shop. Glasses were raised and tributes made, and not long after, founder and brewer Alex Van ...
Major mead momentum for Lost Cause
Five medals, a new brewery, and caramelized honey show San Diego mead's future is sweet
Launched in November 2017, Lost Cause Meadery has quickly established itself as one of San Diego’s top mead makers. According to the results of this year’s Mazer Cup International Mead Competition, it also ranks among ...
Setting Sun is setting sake trends
Plus a new tasting room and a Japanese Garden party
It’s a rare occasion we get to look at trends emerging in cities like New York and London, and say, That started in San Diego. So credit Josh Hembree and Keldon Premuda of Miramar’s Setting ...
Veterans for Peace hit roadblocks in third year
But claim some victories against Miramar Air Show
The Miramar Air Show, gearing up for its 65th year next weekend, is billed as the largest military-themed air show in the United States. For the last three years, a group of anti-war military veterans ...
Trapped in Scripps Ranch
Beata Piehl wants buses closer than 3/4 mile
Beata Piehl learned that mass transit won’t come to her neighborhood when her disabled son began going to Miramar Community College. For him to catch a bus to his 8:00 am class, she had to ...
Drink 'em while we've got 'em
A pair of beloved local breweries to sell last beers this summer
Every time the San Diego brewery count starts to creep toward the 160 mark, word breaks that another local brewery or two are closing. Sure enough, even as a handful of new beer companies have ...
Buck It All, Unchartered Watermelons, Bolt Fan Blues, Devilish Grin
I know you don't have an hour to read about mead
If I tried to tell you everything going down at Miralani Makers’ District, reading this article would take an hour. Let this suffice: in a pair of neighboring Miramar business parks, nine individual beer and ...
Smarter with each pour
Learn about yeasts, enzymes, and brut IPA
There’s an oft repeated myth in our country that alcohol kills brain cells. Not only is that claim bunk, but in some instances, drinking a few beers can actually make you smarter. Case in point: ...
We like to do everything upside down
Cider maker opens its doors for fan feedback
The owners of Guthrie CiderWorks are looking for a little help deciding which of their upcoming cider flavors will eventually make it into bars and shops. To do so, the young Miramar business has decided ...
Never the same spirit twice
Small batch liquors that show what they're made of
When I walk into the Miramar warehouse home of Seven Cave Spirits, I find owner and distiller Geoff Longenecker celebrating a Eureka moment. After much experimenting, he’d just figured out a new method he will ...
Diving into gumbo
A slow roux, roasted chicken stock, and the Cajun trinity
I’d already started eating the gumbo before one of the owners of the place explained to me how it was made, but hearing about it still made me hungry. The key to the roux, she ...
Retail/residential to take place of Scripps school?
Residents seek answers for environmental impacts of 264-unit project
The draft environmental review for a four-story apartment project that will be built on San Diego Unified School District land in Scripps Ranch has been released, and residents are not happy with it. "We gave ...
