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Jimmy’s Santee Stroganoff

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Bonchon: the other KFC

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Coconut Girl Kitchen: Malaysian surf food

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Santee Tin Fork

Jimmy’s Santee Stroganoff

I had to travel 20 miles outta town to get my Stroganoff fix. I’m sure some downtown places have it, but it’s only here in Santee that my Stroganoff urge ...

National City Tin Fork

Bonchon: the other KFC

You know it’s corporate from the come-ons they have on the wall. “Handcrafted taste and flavor.” “Amazing experiences make for unforgettable moments.” “Every handcrafted piece of Bonchon chicken starts your ...

Pacific Beach Tin Fork

Coconut Girl Kitchen: Malaysian surf food

“Malaysian?” asks Kevin. We’re standing outside this little storefront place. It’s like so many others here on Mission Boulevard: small, quirky businesses, many from the ’50s, most of them appealing ...

Hillcrest Tin Fork

Hash House A Go Go: waffle tower rolled in Andy’s Secret Spices

My two friends Erik and Chris said I had to do this. “It’s not that cheap, but you get so much, you have two meals for the price of one, ...

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Downtown San Diego Tin Fork

What Oscar Wilde and The Lion’s Share have in common: absinthe

The blue flame dances in and out of focus. The Green Fairy sparkles in front of my eyes. I can feel her hypnotizing me. I’m seeing seven veils, I’m thinking “Scheherazade,” “Salome.” My eyelids are ...

August 19, 2021

Kearny Mesa Tin Fork

Fleshy follies at the Bullpen

‘OORAH!” This is Kevin, popping his head through the window. He’s an ex-Marine. Also a neighbor. We’ve started these five o’clock follies, always involving grog, arguments, and lots of snacks, from peanuts to carrot sticks ...

August 12, 2021

North Park Tin Fork

August 5, 2021

Communal Coffee’s tempting toast bar

How many times have I potholed my way up University, juddering past this place and watching it transform from a lamp store, think it was, to this so-cool coffee, food, cool-merch emporium, right next to ...

Imperial Beach Tin Fork

July 29, 2021

Siam Imperial Thai Kitchen's Tom Yum Kung: hot hot hot!

My favorite comfort food? This is my favorite comfort food. A soup that is making beads of sweat pop from my brow, that sends peppery shafts radiating out into my gills. Then the flavor that ...

Downtown San Diego Gaslamp Tin Fork

July 22, 2021

Hard times, happy hours at Taste & Thirst

So how has the Gaslamp fared through covid? Walking up Fourth around Market, got to say, not too well by the looks. Lot of doors closed, patios empty, and the ones that are open, not ...

Mira Mesa Poway Tin Fork

July 15, 2021

Poway’s Baba Kabob never slows down

Oh man. I do this every time: show up at my wannabe favorite place, Chennai Tiffins, just as it’s closing for the afternoon. This is in Little India, up by Miramar. I sit down in ...

Mission Beach Tin Fork

July 8, 2021

Krispy Kreme Triple Burger and fried Oreos find comfort at the San Diego County Fair

I knew it was going to be a difficult day when I locked myself out. “We have to be there by 12, remember?” yelled Tim. He was waiting in his car. The guy has a ...

East Village Tin Fork

July 1, 2021

Lola 55: respectful of Oaxacan tortilla quality

Last week’s tortilla-throwing incident came just as I was discovering a new dimension in San Diego’s tortilla/taco world. It was an accidental discovery. I got off the 235 rapid bus after an hour-long ride (and ...

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Pegah’s Kitchen: a blast from the past in Escondido

“Okay, I give up,” Mag says. “Why is this place called Pegah’s Kitchen?” “Because it’s a breakfast place and ‘Pegah’ means ‘Dawn’ in Persian. Breakfast time!” I’m guessing about that last part, because this is ...

June 24, 2021

Mira Mesa Tin Fork

Gen Korean BBQ: the other KFC

Is the world going Korea-kerazy? Might could be. Not just K-Pop. Also KBBQ. Everywhere I look, there’s another Korean barbecue joint popping up. “Missy wants to go there,” says Maggy on the phone. “It’s good ...

June 17, 2021

Tijuana Tin Fork

June 10, 2021

Swiss dogs win in Zona Rio

Eduardo Gonzalez guards the door to the dungeon, as he has been doing for decades. Nobody gets past without his say-so. The neon sign shines red. Sótano Suizo. “Swiss Cellar.” Swiss in TJ? Well yes. ...

Linda Vista Mesa College Tin Fork

June 3, 2021

Homestyle Korean Hawaiian

Oh mama. I was counting on these guys. Just hopped off the 44 where Linda Vista Road meets Mesa College Drive. ’Cause I know a couple of über-cheap places where I can pick up a ...

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Jimmy’s Santee Stroganoff

Bonchon: the other KFC

Coconut Girl Kitchen: Malaysian surf food

Hash House A Go Go: waffle tower rolled in Andy’s Secret Spices

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