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About Last Night…
Do people take Valentine’s Day Seriously? Last night in the Gaslamp, you’d better believe it. It was a Tuesday but it looked like a Friday. Here’s a sampling of the sights. I’m crossing Horton Plaza towards Fourth. See a crowd …
Despite Big Bite, Zimmern Misses Out on Some SD Flavor
Last week, as I was flying out of San Diego to attend San Francisco Beer Week, a TV celebrity was on his way in to eat through America's Finest City on his never-ending quest to gobble down the most peculiar …
Del: Watch Your Dinner Grow
Not that I’ll ever eat there, prices being what they are, but the Hotel Del’s 1500 Ocean and its other restaurants are sure taking a good direction when it comes to getting green. This all started when I heard they …
Stick with Tea at the Tea Pavilion
When planning a recent trip to the Japanese Friendship Garden, I had my mind set on lunch at the Tea Pavilion to round out a pleasant afternoon in Balboa Park. I’d never been, but I had visions of a serene, …
Asian-inspired Mexican Street Food Sans Truck Exhaust
Asian tacos and burritos — they're not just for food trucks anymore. In early March, Taco Banh, a new non-mobile spot specializing in Latin-Far East fusion, will debut in Hillcrest. Organic and all-natural will be the name of the game …
Beach Bar On B: Tide Out?
Is W's beach under threat? W, the hotel that gave us The Beach Bar two stories above street level, is redoing itself. And that means that The Restaurant — that kinda cool corner place at Columbia and B with the …
Little Italy Spreads to Columbia!
More changes a-coming in the office district around Columbia and B. So far, Karl Strauss and the W Hotel have been about the only reason to fork off this western end of Broadway and explore lawyerland behind. But Via Spresso …
Bice Food Fight Bids Fond Farwell to Foie Gras
Come July 1, production of a most delicious and controversial gourmet ingredient will be banned in California. That tasty taboo-to-be is foie gras-fatted duck or goose liver. When cooked correctly, it's sumptuous, buttery, subtly gamey, and unbelievably scrumptious. Unfortunately, controversy …
Karl Piles on the Chicken
“Happy Hour?” I ask the guy cleaning an outside table. “You’ve got ten minutes, sir.” All right! I’ve been trying to figure out a way across to Little Italy, when I happen on this beautifully bricky corner at Columbia and …
Le Dîner à San Diego: Evening in White
Le Dîner à San Diego will debut in San Diego this May. Inspired by Dîner en Blanc, the refined flash mob pop-up picnic held annually in Paris since 1988, Le Dîner à San Diego will be held on May 25, …
Mobile Cuisine: Tabe BBQ
I've never eaten at a food truck before. Correction, I've never eaten at a food truck that had a name other than "the roach coach." It was a long time ago, when I spent a dismal summer temping between real …
Donut Haven
In the restaurant industry, thirty years in business is dynastic. Thirty years of business in a vibrant, Uptown neighborhood that's reflecting the shifting tides of eat and drinking trends is an eternity. According to the serene donut merchant behind the …
Cuppa Soup: Filter Coffee House
Saturday afternoon, 3:00 p.m. I’ve missed lunch and am hungry as hell. But early dinner plans make me hesitant to eat anything too filling. Already on 30th, I stop at Filter Coffee House for a cup of soup. Filter North …
$10 Lunch (for Two): Target
We eat well at home. Salad accompanies the pasta every time it’s my turn to cook. When my husband cooks, it’s brown rice and green vegetables most of the time. And so, on days when the errands have piled up …
Kiko's Place
Acknowledgements are due to deniseathome for leaving a comment about Kiko's Place at the bottom of my bit on Los Panchos. Neither of us could think of the truck's name, and I didn't get a chance to verify if anybody …
Uptown’s Two Buck Chuck
Still in Uptown. Late at nite, echoey streets, kinda closed down except for that wunnerful hot dog joint (see below) that’s saved the marriage, Carla being what she is with her hot dogs. So – and this is Wednesday - …