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Restaurant Review
Happy Hour becomes happy dinner
Bavarian pretzel, deviled eggs, Duroc pork — at Leroy's in Coronado
I love an early happy hour, or as Leroy’s Kitchen and Lounge refers to their late afternoon-but-not-quite-early-evening discount time, “Social Hour.” Leroy’s starts at 3:00 p.m., allowing three whole hours for discounted drinks and half-off ...
Don't shoot the cook
Chilaquiles and cochinita in downtown San Diego
In the movie Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Johnny Depp plays a dangerous and dashing CIA agent with a penchant for puerco pibil. “It is a slow-roasted pork,” Depp’s character explains as he takes ...
OB bubbles and biscuits
Ocean Beach's new pier view eatery an upgrade
One of Ocean Beach's prime pier-view locations has a new summer restaurant destination. Open since earlier this year, OB Surf Lodge reads as a stylish update to the breezy charm of Shades Oceanfront Bistro, which ...
I brake for pizza e birra
House-made mozzarella and dough make Italophile spot worth slowing down for
I drive past it often — whenever I take the Washington Street exit from I-5 north to go to Mission Hills. But Il Centro Pizza e Birra always goes by in a blur. Problem is, ...
All about those buns
La Mesa's first ramen house still in its infancy
La Mesa’s downtown strip has been raising eyebrows as an aspiring food and drink district lately. The fast-casual BLVD Noodles is among the more recent arrivals, touting a menu of pan-Asian appetizers, ramen (the first ...
Liberty lunch for the office crowd
Officine Buona can get you out the door in 30 minutes
You have a choice of about 30 eateries at Liberty Public Market, but if you’re taking a quick workday lunch break you’d do well to check out neighboring Officine Buona Forchetta, a recent expansion of ...
Skydive dive
Indoor skydiving place has cafe for decompressing
It’s not what you expect to find next door to Father Joe’s, but right on the corner of 14th and Imperial you can now join the craze for indoor skydiving and then nosh on a ...
Pig meets ramen
Tajima and Carnitas’ Snack Shack join forces
Tajima’s new Adams Avenue locale, discreetly lodged between a French bistro and a coffee house, was thoroughly covered by Reader writer Patrick Henderson shortly after it opened. New since his visit, however, is a flash-in-the-pan ...
Local, organic, and rich in that umami flavor
So Cal stereotype
I was cruising through Encinitas, and the words “organic café” caught my eye. I pulled over and parked, and before long I was noshing on a grilled chicken pesto sandwich on a casual patio, trading ...
Del Sur: two steps forward, two steps back
Everything tastes better when preceded by tequila
I’m ambivalent about table-service Mexican restaurants. In a city where great-tasting Mexican food often comes out of taco stand or off the back of a truck, it’s when I sit down and order food off ...
