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The far from generic Mission Avenue Bar & Grill
Saturday night in Oceanside means drinks, music, and… duck confit?
A musician plays acoustic guitar ballads on the patio, while servers shuttle drinks to a mixed crowd, ranging in age from their 20s to 50s. There are no seats left at the bar, where busy ...
The highs and lows of San Diego County Fair food
Some edibles are meant to be huge, colorful, fried, or wrapped in bacon
Last week, I found myself at the Del Mar Fairgrounds, feeling dizzy. Funny thing is, I hadn’t even made it on any of the rides yet. What addled me were the sights and smells of ...
Going beyond bratwurst at Veg'n Out
Vegan market stand grills sausages without any of the animal byproduct
The term meatless has got to be one of the biggest words of 2019. Every other time I check a news feed, or turn on the radio, there’s more news about the rise of meatless ...
Tin Fork
Panda Imperial: noodle palace guardian
“This is the Chinese food we grew up with.”
Got to hand it to Hank. He keeps finding these places that give you more gobbles for your greenback. It’s Friday. I ask where he’s going to eat with the money I give him. (Paying ...
Beer News
Burning Beard vests its star tasting room manager with ownership
Shannon Lynette gets a piece of the brand she’s helped build
When she first walked in to Burning Beard Brewing Co., Shannon Lynette says she wasn’t there looking for work. But she was between beer industry jobs, mulling a few offers, and contemplating a move back ...
Mike Hess Brewing shaves heads
For pediatric cancer research
Over Memorial Day weekend, dozens of people gathered at North Park’s Mike Hess Brewing Company to shave their heads bald. And in doing so they raised over 60 thousand dollars for St. Baldrick’s Foundation, a ...
Booze News
Raging Cider & Mead... and perry
Local pears fuel a trio of distinct pear ciders and a strawberry cocktail
While tasting ciders at Raging Cider & Mead in San Marcos last year, I got talked by the bartender into trying one of the tasting room’s house cocktails, dubbed a StrawPerry. That the concoction involved ...
Pour Over
Calif.-grown coffee at Bird Rock Roasters – $100/pound
17,000 new trees planted in San Diego this spring
Before the end of this year, local java fans could be paying a premium to drink coffee grown right here in San Diego. At a series of ticketed cuppings last weekend, Bird Rock Coffee Roasters ...
Set 'em Up Joe
Farmer Bottega’s Rosie Elephant inspires one’s inner Rainbow Warrior
Its graceful parade of flavors never lets the palate forget the parts for the whole
When the Farmer’s Bottega bartender Shannon Pierce created The Rosie Elephant, she looked to local farmlands and African savannas for inspiration. “It really originated out of nowhere!” she says. “I had tasted all of the ...
Here's the Deal
Kimpton Hotel's alleyway of Mexican primo spirits
1/4 ounce of creme de violet binds to scent receptors
“Curadero” may not mean much outside of the downtown San Diego Kimpton, but within its lobby-side, mural-strewn walls, the neologism signifies top-quality Cali-Baja cuisine, inspired cocktails, choice drafts, 80+ premium Mexican spirits (including mezcal, bacanora, ...
