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Footlong at Four (a.m.)
Aah, Friday night and all is bright, but then it’s late. You need a bite…okay, Subway is a chain (and the biggest restaurant chain in the world as of the end of last year. It passed McDonald’s with 33,749 restaurants …
Burrito Burata: Rosarita Ranchero
Mr. Deal has opened the debate. Now, I will try to respond - though I fear my time is short, as I have just finished downing a Ranchero Burrito from Rosarita's on University Avenue here in La Mesa, and I …
OM in OB
“It’s supposed to be ‘OM’ on a cupcake,” says Maria Sanchez. The Hindu symbol for the Original Vibration sits right beside the Stephanie’s Café sign in her window (Stephanie’s Café and Bakery, 4879 Voltaire Street) in OB. I’ve interrupted Maria …
By the Slice: Lefty's
The Wife hails from Kansas City, and Chicago-style deep-dish pizza is to her Midwest palate what the the broad, wafer-thin wedges at Bronx Pizza are to me. Yeah, we've eaten at Ai Marmi in Rome, and yeah, it's probably the …
Free Pool Downtown!
Sent from the 923 bus: At Time Out (634 Broadway) the downtown hangout for students of English-as-a-foreign-language, all you’ve gotta do to get your free game of pool on is munch one of their $6.95 sandwiches, like the club, roast …
A meaty business lunch - Fridays only
The Palm at 6th and J downtown is serving lunches again, Fridays only, 11:30 - 3:00. The menu features various steakburgers and steak salads, plus for the serious lunchers, their regular huge steaks and jumbo Nova Scotia lobster. Wow, the …
Brave New Eatery
Empire House "urban eatery" is braving the charming location (172 University Ave) that's been the doom of many restaurants before it. (In reverse order, Big Easy, Better Half, Talus all briefly bloomed and died there.) The fare is American comfort …
Keep on Truckin'
10 gourmet food trucks from Los Angeles will partner with 10 local San Diego food trucks for San Diego’s first Food Trucks and Fun weekend at various local branches of Boomers Family Fun Center, May 20 - 22. Confirmed trucks …
Lunch at Whisknladle
Whisknladle in La Jolla has expanded its offerings to rev up for business lunchers. Whisknladle has always been popular for leisure lunchers and for weekend brunchers, but now as the recession dies down, the weekday business lunch is back. Chef …
Night'n Day Takes Back the Nite
Great news for homecoming Westpac sailors, and the rest of us: The Night & Day Café (847 Orange Avenue, Coronado) is back open 24/7. For a while it was only always open Thursday thru the weekends. I can see they’ve …
Preview: Chef Matt Gordon talks about tonight's "Eat.Drink.Read" event
As Naomi noted, tonight is the night for the San Diego Council on Literacy's Eat.Drink.Read event down at the NTC Promenade. This year, local chefs will be preparing dishes inspired by their favorite books, and Urban Solace's Matt Gordon was …
Wine: Good cheap Tempranillo from Albero
In his excellent book Adventures on the Wine Route, importer Kermit Lynch recounts an opportunity he had to taste the Rhone Valley's famous Vieux Telegraphe in both its filtered and unfiltered state: "The difference between the two bottles was striking. …
Stone Thinking Outside the Craft Beer Box
As I post this, Stone Brewing Co. co-founders Greg Koch and Steve Wagner are escorting scores of local media around the county in a tour bus, letting them in on some big news about the company's projects. This is more …
Bridge to Somewhere Delicious
Remember our very own $27 million boondoggle Bridge to Nowhere? Too far south for conventioneers, too far away from the Gaslamp to generate any pedestrian traffic? The Harbor Drive Pedestrian Bridge links an empty space near Petco Park to an …
San Diego Beermeisters: More to Celebrate
Kudos to Brandon for shining the light on Ballast Point Brewing Company’s achievements. I’ve been looking at the San Diego brewing scene too, and what a scene. The long shadow of Prohibition kept small, local brewing possibilities down at zero …
Does San Diego Have Tasteless Calamari?
Is our calamari tasteless compared to Morocco’s? Redouane and Hadda, a couple I met at the Rockin’ Baja Coastal Cantina in Old Town, say yes. I caught them eating mussels ($5 a bowl in a broth in Happy Hour). “The …
Meal Deal at Caps
“I came to America for a car and a nice dress,” said Mrs. Caparell, first time I met her. “And a future for my two boys.” She’s from Thessaloniki, in Greece. She told me this at Caparell’s, the restaurant in …