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Arab Tacos?
“We’re the first in San Diego to have an Al Pastor spit,” says Adrian Villanueva. It’s late, around ten. He’s busy carving flakes of pork off the vertical spit into a, like, cutaway frying pan, ready to drop into tortillas …
A Mystery Is Brewing in the Ranch
"It may be good, may be great, may not. It certainly won't be everybody's favorite." It's not exactly the type of verbiage you'd expect in the marketing of a brand new consumable, but such was the commentary from Ballast Point …
No "Mike's La Jolla," just Panaderia
After spending about a zillion dollars to remake Jack's La Jolla into "Mike's La Jolla," Gaslamp nightclub entrepeneur Mike Viscuso (of Deco's and several others) has thrown up his hands and walked away. He'd planned to turn the former Jack's …
Real New York Bagel? The Search Begins
And while we’re talking about East Village, across Island from Dirty Del’s, there’s this bagel place. It’s about two in the afternoon, but people seem to be traipsing in and out like it’s their regular thing. I see it’s called …
Dirty Del's Delicious Daily Deals
Blame Erin for this. Our good buddy is off to San Francisco. I asked what she was gonna miss most about San Diego. "Dirty Del's," she said. No hesitation. "It made the Village a neighborhood. It was our Cheers." She's …
Spring Valley Good Guys
Somebody bringing their prices down? Sunrise Café in Spring Valley (9945 Campo Road) did just that. Jorge and Raul, who started the joint eleven years ago, knew their customers. “We saw people around here really hurting,” Jorge says. I was …
A New Lunchtime Beau in Bird Rock
There's some big news for those who work and live in this mysterious beach-adjacent, land-of-traffic roundabouts that is San Diego's Bird Rock micromunity. One of the neighborhood's most popular (and rightfully so) eateries, Beaumont's, just launched weekday lunch service. The …
Spitini Envy
What was Little Italy like before all us cool (haha) people moved in and spiffed it up? Stop by at Pete’s Quality Meats (1742-1/2 India). That’s the old Little Italy. It’s no-frills and only grills. The one thing that’s changed …
Pork with a Shot of Kalua and a Beer Back
I was one of the many who lamented the vanquishing of Knight Salumi at the hands of the evil dragon known throughout America's Finest kingdom as the USDA. It was downright wrong how that agency pinpointed, then needlessly laid to …
Source-Sipping in Barrio Logan, Organic Coffee Capital!
I’m sitting under a lone yellow umbrella on the sidewalk outside this 100-year-old brick building on National Avenue. Mmm. Sipping an Italian Roast coffee ($1.75). A vertical coffee-colored “Coffee” flag flutters next to me. You wouldn't know it, but Barrio …
New York Style Pizza
My father was born and raised in what he calls "the tiny town of Brooklyn." Since settling in San Diego, the man has forever been on a search for a taste of home. He loved Bronx Pizza, but when one …
Burger Time: Five Guys
[One of the many laudatory messages pinned to the restaurant's bulletin board.] Five Guys is a chain that started in Virginia, colonized D.C. and the surrounding area, and eventually went national. We visited the Liberty Station location. The place is …
All Aboard for Cavaillon's Last Month!
As announced earlier, chef-owner Philippe Verpiand (previously of Tapenade) is departing from Cavaillon and from San Diego soon. The restaurant transfer is currently in escrow, which will last for about a month. If you love the food there (and who …
Special Dinner Tues. at Third Corner - what a menu!
The Third Corner's four-course Evening Land Wine Dinner on Tuesday, May 24th, bears a price of merely $50, including poured wines to complement the menu (plus tax and tip, of course.) . You'll spend the evening with famed winemaker, Sashi …
But Who Will Judge the Beer Judges?
Ever gone to a beer festival where there's a competition component and wondered who has the enviable job of analyzing beer after beer and passing final judgment on them? I use to ponder that (especially when one of my favorite …
Good Beer Makes an Entire Year Fly By
It seems like only yesterday I was shoving past a long line of eager patrons-to-be to get into the pre-grand opening shindig at Pizza Port's Ocean Beach outlet. Yet, a check of the calendar confirms that it's been a whole …
Third Friday Food Truck Nite, Still Truckin' On!
7:00 pm...From the trolley. Dammit. Rollin' past on the Blue Line, saw 57 Degrees (1735 Hancock Street, At Washington), and at least a dozen food trucks parked around the back lot. Of course! Third Friday Food Truck Nite. See they …
PB&J & Lots More at the High Dive
In this day and age of bacon caramel and gorgonzola ice cream, it's rare to find brand new flavor combinations. This is especially true for food writers, who are lucky enough to get a taste of some of the most …