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Underground Dining
You hear about pop-up restaurants and underground dining experiences the way you hear about anything worthy of checking out -- word of mouth. That's how I learned about Cellar Door, an "underground pop-up restaurant in Normal Heights." Actually, this restaurant …
Big Bottom and Powdered Eggs Provide Solace
As San Diego's cocktail culture continues to advance, recon missions to check out mixology programs are becoming more and more common for food writers. I embarked on just such an assignment last night at Solace, the new Encinitas offshoot of …
Something New: Thai on Park
It’s nine, ten at night. You can hear the clanging of work behind closed doors. In University Heights, the really cute small-shop cluster of eateries on Park Boulevard, where it ends at Adams. Curiosity gets the better of me. I …
Something Old: North Park's Old Mill Cafe
Just had the fillingest breakfast for $3.99 — at 8.30 at night. But that's Harry Kim. He's one of the two cooks you can see back there in the kitchen. Harry Kim I thought he was just one of the …
Pass the Pastrami
Everybody says get the pastrami. “It’s so hot, it’s so rich,” says Tammy, the gal ahead of me. “If I hadn’t ordered the Californian, that’s what I’d be getting.” “And these are pretty picky people we get in here,” says …
Catching Up with an RV in Rancho Santa Fe
Given its role as a privacy property hidden away from public view, it's not surprising that Rancho Valencia gets overlooked by most foodies. But there are good things going on there. My interest in RV was first piqued when chef …
Fika Time! Culture Class at City College
File this in the "Learn something every day" category. Up near City College yesterday. Waiting for the lights at Park and C, where the trolley slices through those two new gray high-rises (Housing Commission on one side, condos on the …
Extraordinary Instructional Materials en Route
Even Karen Krasne's local contemporaries (i.e., competitors) freely admit it — the woman knows her confections and does a hell of a job. Like a plastic bride atop a skyscraper-high wedding cake, she's had her feet planted firmly in the …
Growing, Peace Pie Piece…
JP’s surrounded. By yoga studios. “I love it,” he says. “And I think the locals love having us up here.” “Here” is Leucadia. JP’s vegan, raw, locovore kitchen has just opened in Encinitas (Peace Pies, 133 Daphne Street, behind Mozy’s …
A Taste of the UK in...Poway?
Over the past few months, I'd caught some of the Twitter twerp buzz from North County inland residents about a new restaurant opening up in the former site of Miami Grille in Poway. The coming soon sign proclaimed the midsummer …
Downtown Eagle's Aerie: Safe!
Is there a better place to watch the passing parade downtown? I don’t think so. And even though Nathan Hiedo has taken over this joint, he promises this won’t change. Here on the ramp overlooking K Street and Fifth Avenue, …
Café Noir: A Mystery Wrapped In a Conundrum
What the…? At the top of the black house, the letters I’ve missed for three long years. They're back on again. “Café Noir.” This I’ll have to investigate. Remember Café Noir, built into the li’l ol’ 1886 wooden house that …
New (Veggie) Pizza in Town
“Make Pizza, Not War.” Like the logo. Pizza sliced into the no-nukes peace sign. Walking along Island, from the Tivoli, through Chinatown (you can tell by the street lights), heading for Fifth. Notice this new place in an old building. …
A Fish Tale Told by Candlelight
He’s not even a pescatarian, but local chef Chad White recently professed his love for one of his favorite fish in a public forum. And he did it in a big way – by having the image of a sculpin …
Blackout Party Time!
PB managed to party it up last night, as the blackout took most of us back to stone-age star-gazing for entertainment. But staid downtown Coronado? Absolutely! And you can thank Brant Sarber, owner of Costa Azul (1031 Orange Avenue) for …
Best Patio? These Just In!
Paris, California? You know how Naomi, Brandon, and I were talking about the best patio to eat, drink, and watch the world go by? Stop the presses! I hadn’t been to El Cajon yet. Yeah, yeah. The heat. But these …
Sé Hello to the Saltbox
Even having the weirdest restroom in S.D. (a sprawling space that obliterated the traditional loo gender privacy that exists for a reason) couldn't save Suite & Tender. Being located on the second floor of downtown's Sé San Diego hotel was …
A World of Malarkey Coming Atcha!
Local-celeb chef Brian Malarkey and nightclub-entrepeneur partner James Brennan (Stingaree, etc.) are planning to take over the U.S. The time is right, says Brennan: across the U.S., restaurant rents are cheapening in light of the soggy economy (except in Hillcrest, …
Mommy Makes Cakey-Pops
This enterpreneurial business started with a mom's broken pieces of cake. Maria Roldan realized she could tuck them atop lolliipop sticks and encase them in a hard sugar/chocolate glaze. Voila: Cakey Pops, which you'll now find at various local farmer's …