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Hillcrest Events

Karaoke Night
Tuesday, September 26, 7 p.m.
The Merrow
NamJiKook
Saturday, September 30, 8 p.m.
Urban Mo's Bar and Grill
Hillcrest Farmers' Market
Sunday, October 1, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Hillcrest News & Stories

San Diego condemns driveway next to Normal Street

After years of delays, Normal Street's pedestrian promenade, which began as a grassroots effort in Hillcrest in 2015, is moving forward. What was the holdup? A driveway. Hillcrest Village Square Partners, who have owned the …

Ginsberg thought I was an airhead, Vonnegut said I was 'loose'

I hesitate to admit this, but much of my writing is rooted in dreams. Before your eyes roll back in your head and you start struggling with whether or not to feign interest — you …

Verizon blames T-Mobile for Upas Street hot zone

A rooftop battle over radio-frequency (RF) emissions has been won by telecom giant Verizon - for now. It's not over, say attorneys for Carole Sachs, who owns and lives in the uptown penthouse condo that …

San Diego Reader 2023 Music & Arts issue

On May 11, the Federal Department of Health and Human Services will end the Covid public health emergency. But the bureaucratic behemoth is a slow-footed beast; John Q. Public knows the pandemic ended some time …

The sad fate of San Diego Wienerschnitzels

A former Wienerschnitzel A-frame building in Chula Vista caught on fire again, marking the tenth reported blaze at a California-based Wienerschnitzel building in the last couple of years. Right before 11:30 am on March 9, …

Hillcrest Places

1045 University Avenue, San Diego
Lava Sushi
Hillcrest
3850 Fifth Avenue, San Diego
Parma
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555 University Avenue, San Diego
City Delicatessen

Some folk come for the Jewish-American food (chicken-in-the-pot, brisket of beef, chopped liver), others to …

Hillcrest
3671 Fifth Avenue, San Diego
French Concession

Dim sum lovers need not travel to Convoy Street, though that option remains forever valid …

Hillcrest
3704 Sixth Avenue, San Diego
Ion Theatre Company BLKBOX Theatre
Hillcrest
142 University Avenue, Suite C, San Diego
Tortas and Beer

Really good tortas. Nice beer selection. Amazing housemade aguas frescas. Cool, friendly people working inside. …

Hillcrest
110 West Washington Street, San Diego
El Cuervo Taco Shop
Hillcrest
3650 Fifth Avenue #103, San Diego
Fresh Catch Fish Market & Grill

Spacious and clean fish-counter restaurant with a variety of seafood dishes to cover a wide …

Hillcrest
1220 University Avenue, San Diego
Gossip Grill

While most restaurants are wrapping up from lunch and prepping for dinner between 2 and …

Hillcrest
3537 Fifth Avenue, San Diego
Nunu's

Prices: Original char-grilled 1/4lb burger with fries, $5.95; The Nunu (1/2lb), $6.35; Grandpa’s Grilled Cheese …

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