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Pour Your Own Beer: A San Diego First?
We’re still at the Dragon’s Den. Inside now. At the back, it is a sushi bar, and crowded. A gang of staffers from a nearby Hyatt has come to celebrate a –birthday? They’re sure having a good time. Mr. Makoto, …
Duck At the Park
Oh boy. Great happy hour find down by the ballpark. Dragon’s Den (315 10th Avenue, at K, East Village, 619-358-9332). Right across from the ballpark and the Tilted Kilt. Every time I’d gone past in my stretch limo (the #11), …
Hits and Misses in the Pearl Hotel Restaurant
Of all the specialty cocktails on the drink menu at the Pearl Hotel, the Marie Antoinette looked the sexiest. Pearl plum vodka, champagne, lavender syrup, and grapefruit juice. Two days hence, I still regret not trying it. Instead, I opted …
Thrilla in Villa Manila
“We have 7,100 islands,” says Nancy Mendoza. “Not 10,000.” Nancy knows. She’s talking about the Philippines. That’s where she’s from. Now she owns this restaurant Villa Manila (500 East 8th Street, National City, 619-477-8512), with some of the best Filipino …
Delux Dogs – My Big Mistake
Boy, am I in the dog house. In my blog about Delux Dogs, I confused co-owner Kirsten Bertz and her partner James McGee (who are not married to each other but have separate spouses) with the couple across the road …
A Tale of Two Toronados
Toronado — this non-word holds a lot of meaning in West Coast craft beer circles. For San Franciscans, it’s the name of a Lower Haight bar whose stock has consisted of fine craft beer for the past 24 years. That’s …
Gluten-Free Vegan Cupcakes at Cupcakes Squared
I planned a surprise party for my mom who was coming from Boise, Idaho to celebrate her 67th birthday. Mom's on a gluten-free diet. The last time she spent her birthday here in San Diego, we found some gluten-free cupcakes …
Top Dogs in Coronado - Soon
Coronado’s hot dog fanatics are just gonna have to wait a little bit longer. That’s what co-owner Kirsten Bertz says. The tiny slice of space between Postal Annex and Wag’n Tails on Orange Avenue promises an upgrade in dogs like …
Free Burgers with a Side of Nostalgia at Corvette Diner
One of the first times I thought myself to have discerning food tastes was when all my friends were celebrating their birthdays amid smelly ball pits and cardboard pizza at Chuck E. Cheese. Even the allure of Q*Bert and Dragon’s …
Ikea Meatballs
“Feed them and they will continue to shop” is, I imagine, the idea behind the Ikea restaurant. Last Sunday, when my mom suggested we get a bite to eat, I parked the shopping cart and ordered the meatball plate. It …
Eastlake's Mea Kwan 2
On the last night of my mom's visit, she requested Thai food. I’d seen Mea Kwan 2 (Eastlake) on the way to and from my daughter’s ballet classes, and we decided to give it a try. Inside, the yellow walls, …
Fish Fetish - PB Fish Shop
Since recently becoming a pescatarian (after being a vegetarian for 13 years), the Pacific Beach Fish Shop has quickly become one of my favorite restaurants. It's the fish sandwiches, I cannot believe how good they are. The way the menu …
Harsh: hArt Will Pump Paninis...Soon
Dateline: hArt Lounge, East Village. Harsh Bohra was a typical starving 3rd year student at downtown’s NewSchool of Architecture and Design when he had an idea. Not for a new city hall, or a Bridge to Nowhere, but for a …
Gluten-Free Lunch at Brockton Villa
I have been promising my mom a visit to Brockton Villa for over a year, but every time she’s been in town, we have either forgotten or we just haven’t made it. Finally, this time, we did. Mom is on …
Chula Vista's Via Lago Trattoria
Last December, after closing on our new house in Chula Vista, our real estate agent gave my husband and me a $100 gift card for the Busalacchi family of restaurants. There is one, he said, not too far from our …
$10 Lunch: Prado Restaurant
As much as I dig a good diner, I would most often opt to sip chardonnay and munch on caviar in a garden surrounded by songbirds if given the choice. My tuna fish budget means I am rarely given the …