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Let’s give it one more Thai
These are not limp, broken-down-in-the-stir-fry veggies
It was not long ago I wrote about a hot-sandwich shop working out of the back of a Golden Hill corner store and how I thought the succession of doomed, sloppy businesses back there had ...
Seaweed burritos
Pokirrito is more an upscale sub shop than a sushi bar
Locals love both Mexican food and Asian cuisine, so why not combine them? That is the idea behind Pokirrito, a restaurant that gained a reputation for its sushi burritos. If you’re not a foodie purist ...
It’s suggested that this pizza might consume your senses
Not-so-simple pies, cooked at 700 degrees on white oak
I don’t know if it’s fair to judge a neighborhood on the quality of its neighborhood pizza joint, but I have to think it’s fair to judge a pizza joint on the quality of its ...
Tin Fork
A drum-tight belly by way of Taqueria Revolución
“Bedford! Hungry! Food! Now!”
"The southland has much more interesting Mexican food,” says Juan Carlos. “I’m thinking Chula Vista, I.B., San Ysidro. But in North Park the other day, we had been drinking, we needed something to put in ...
Beer News
Operation: make organic beer
Former SEALs launch first-of-its-kind SD brewery
As beer company origin stories go, it doesn't get more badass than Miramar's new Protector Brewery. In 2010, then-Navy SEAL Sean Haggerty brewed his first batch of beer in a five-gallon Gatorade cooler while serving ...
10 Barrel to be a 20-barrel operation
And Bud Light's marketing head among those licensed to brew there
It's new brewery season in San Diego. As many as six new operations are opening to customers in May alone. That includes the new brewpub 10 Barrel, which plans to close off a couple of ...
Booze News
Henebery brings production home
Legacy whiskey brand opens tasting room and distillery in Vista
Producing whiskey requires fermented grain, a still, a barrel, and patience. Henebery Spirits has shown plenty of the latter. Jesse Fanning launched Henebery in 2013 with his wife Natalie and her family, including parents Annette ...
Pour Over
Mineral mastery brings barista bronze
Mr. Coffee doesn’t know anything about tofu coagulants
A local barista was named one of the nation’s best in April. Competing at the U.S. Coffee Championships in Seattle, Bird Rock Coffee Roasters quality control manager Jacob White placed third in the Specialty Coffee ...
Set 'em Up Joe
Fat-wash did the trick for Patio on Goldfinch’s Sheer Determination
The concoction has less to do with pigskins or gridirons than with making a cocktail using coconut water.
Brandon Curry, bar manager at the Patio on Goldfinch, presumed that the rollercoaster ride that was Super Bowl XLI would end with the Atlanta Falcons joining the New York Giants (who did it twice) as ...
Here's the Deal
Hangin' with Mom at South Park Abbey
Wings smoked and fried, 4-buck beers, Skerry Pickles...
The locale on the corner of Grape and Fern was built in the late ‘40s as a laundromat and went on to operate as a thrift store, a lighting store, and a “Cuban restaurant with ...
