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Farm Tables on Market
Market Street just keeps getting better. Yesterday I was walking by, noticing how all the chestnut trees are out in their full green finery, when I saw all these new wooden plank tables just beyond Mak Cleaners, and before the …
Beer Touring: Rip Current Brewing
These days, with new breweries in the planning stages throughout the county, my beer touring tends to involve hitting works-in-progress. Of all the upcoming brewing companies in San Diego, the one with the most eyes on it is Rip Current …
Napizza: Birth of a Chain?
How well is Napizza (1702 India Street, Little Italy, 619-696-0802) doing? “We’re looking for a second location,” says cofounder Christopher Antinucci. “Things have gone really well here since we opened.” http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jul/18/28264/ Antonucci with co-owner Giulia Colmignoli Napizza came direct from …
Beer Touring: Oceanside Ale Works
The next stop on the tour was to a place I hadn’t been in ages. Back in 2007, when I visited my uncle-in-law in Oceanside, we would regularly head to a nearby business park to visit a small brewery that, …
Candelas: Expensive Soup Cheap
Went to Candelas once last year, kinda graduation dinner with our Spanish teacher. Not cheap. I never thought I’d see the inside of Candelas again. Okay, Candelas at the Old Ferry Landing on Coronado (1201 1st Street, #115, 619-435-4900)... http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jul/18/28225/ …
Fast Food in Barrio Logan: Rolando's Taco Shop
I was down at Café Moto buying coffee beans, and on a tight time schedule. Where’s a good place to grab a quick lunch?, I asked the ever-helpful Moto staff. They pointed me towards Rolando’s Taco Shop, just a half …
Beer Touring: Fezziwig's Brewing
The distance from the first stop on my tour to the next was less than a mile; a testament to how brewery-saturated San Diego County is becoming. Unlike the first place we visited, this one—Fezziwig’s Brewing Company (5621 Palmer Way, …
In Search of the Perfect Cow Foot
“Cow foot?” That look comes over Brandon’s face. “Cow’s foot does a man good, know what I’m saying? Gives him strength. That’s why Peter cooks it Friday nights.” http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jul/16/28085/ Hmm. We’re standing at the counter, here at Caribbean Taste (6171 …
Beer Touring: On-The-Tracks Brewery
The first time I met Mary Beth Abate was at The Reader offices. We shook hands and, as one would expect, started talking about food and writing. We hadn’t gotten more than a hundred words into our exchange before she …
Ritual Tavern Lures Chef from The Lodge
It’s been a bit of a tough stretch for The Lodge at Torrey Pines. Last month, Tim Kolanko, the chef de cuisine of the past 10 years for the property’s gourmet restaurant, A.R. Valentien, retired from the kitchen to take …
Mignon Pho + Grill
Tucked in one of the many mini-malls along Convoy Street, Mignon didn't make much of an outside effort to stand out from the crowd. The blacked-out windows revealed very little, but the decor inside lent the impression that the restaurant …
Comic-Con's Fish Fantasy
Oh man. What a night. You had to be there. And I mean outside Comic-Con, not inside. This was around seven in the evening. I get off the trolley at Gaslamp Quarter, and there, okay, for a start, crowds, of …
Brewhaha Fallout for Julian's Bailey BBQ
In business, despite the best of intentions and the closest of relationships, sometimes the answer to the classic Kingly query “can’t we all just get along” is “nope!” The latest local unexpected biz partner breakdown involves Julian’s recently revamped Bailey …
Mention Us, Free Wine!
Hot news! Café Paris (455 Tenth Avenue, East Village, 619-674-5571) opens tomorrow (yes, Friday the 13th!), 11:00 a.m. And anybody who turns up for a first visit and mentions Feast! will get a free glass of wine. That’s what the …
Vino Locale Pouring into Little Italy
Little Italy just wouldn’t be Little Italy without a high concentration of vino. Red sauce with no red table wine—as much a sin as overcooked pasta or grated Parm’ on seafood. A local wine producer is making plans to bring …
Now Open: Village Vino in Kensington
Proprietor Rita Pirkl, of the newly opened Village Vino on Adams Avenue, spent eight of her last ten years commuting from Kensington to positions at Chateau Montelena Winery and Peju Province Winery in Napa. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jul/11/27730/ And for the past five …