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Marrow on the side in Ysidro
A birria to stop you short of the border
Usually San Ysidro means a trip through the world’s busiest border crossing and, ipso facto, tacos for lunch. But this time I’m taking the second to LAST USA EXIT in search of bone marrow. And ...
How much dough is put into these donuts?
Superior ingredients are just part of the story in Carlsbad
“There are two sides to every story.” This phrase has been following me around for several weeks. Maybe it’s the alternative facts-age replacement for that cliché of acceptance, “It is what it is.” Whatever the ...
Not the usual carne asada
Kennedy's Meat Co. updated with hybrid tortillas and choice beef
I don’t suppose many readers have occasion to go out in Escondido’s eastern sprawl for carne asada. I doubt most of us need to travel a mile to find a choice of spots serving it. ...
Tin Fork
Rib tips are beckoning
“I just do this for a hobby.”
What is going on up here? This is Chollas View-Mount Hope. Guess I’ve been looking for ribs in all the wrong places, heh heh. We’re talking Market Street in the 4200 area. Trundling east in ...
Beer News
Mexico's capital of craft
Baja brewers cleaned up in national competition
Back in September, in what has become an autumn tradition, the Great American Beer Festival heaped loads of recognition upon the general greatness of San Diego beer. Area breweries claimed five golds en route to ...
Collaborations are more fun in pairs
Brewers team up for beers that play well together
Pouring nearly 50 distinct brewery collaboration beers this year, the Karl Strauss Brewing beer week party dubbed Collabapalooza (November 10) showcases a San Diego brewing community that remains for the most part interconnected and mutually ...
Booze News
Waterbar’s Merlion
Put the smack-down on Mother Nature’s angry winds
Sing, o goddess, of the rage of Singapore’s Merlion!... Well, okay, Homer never got around to singing about Singapore, but the old Greek scribbler also never had Waterbar’s Merlion to get his inspirational juices flowing… ...
Pour Over
Communal's granola takes place of Rebecca's scones
South Park coffee turnover
When the new year began, South Park found itself trending downward in the coffee department. The end of 2017 brought with it the closing of longtime community hub, Rebecca’s Coffeehouse. For a quarter century, Rebecca’s ...
Set 'em Up Joe
Hybrid Mule in Pacific Beach
Good for breakfast, brunch, lunch and/or dinner
Hybrid Mule in Pacific Beach
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, ...
