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It's Summer. Go Ahead, Be A Tourist
This is international city down here at the waterfront. The line for the counter at the Bay Cafe (1050 North Harbor Drive) is long and you're hearing Russian, Spanish, Chinese, French, Portuguese. But hey, if you can attitude-adjust out of …
Found! Best Staycation BBQ
What is this duck doing swimming around in this fountain at nine at night? He’s just one of the summer crowds who make business boom for the resident café in ’Diego’s best-hidden park – Campland on the Bay (2211 Pacific …
Local Brewer Makes Playful Toast to the Other Budweiser
With the unveiling of bottle art for his newly renamed beer, Green Flash head brewer Chuck Silva proves there's always room for fizzy yellow beer and some humor. Overa a year ago, Silva invented Fizzy Yellow Beer, a low alcohol, …
Old Town: Cheap Nibbles, Free Tipples
Tuesdays and Thursdays are turning into quite a scene at Barra (4016 Wallace Avenue, in Old Town Plaza, between San Diego Avenue and Congress Street). I like it because, okay, tourist central, yes, but this is the remains of a …
What IS San Diego Food?
We're so caught up with food fashions from Europe, New York, Tokyo, whatever, but what about our food? San Diegan food? For a start, consider the humble oak tree. It's native to here, it produces thousands of tons of nutrition …
Customized Homebrew (or Any Brew) Cupcakes
The popularity of homebrewing -- not only in San Diego, but in America -- was displayed during last month's American Homebrewers Association National Homebrewers Conference, a sellout event that took place at the Town and Country Resort. Like any craftsmen, …
More Than Gelato
People have recommended Pappalecco in Little Italy to me for gelato, but I had never tried it, loyal as I am to Gelato Vero. I'd been meaning to make my way over to the corner of Cedar and State streets, …
Top Toque Going to Longtime Sous at Starlite
Over the past four years, Starlite has been a favorite of locavores, particularly those with a penchant for late-night eats and craft cocktails. From day one, the former has been comprised of classic Americana with a modern twist and a …
Tivoli: Poutine, Anybody?
Yes, the Tivoli Bar (505 6th Avenue, at Island) is as frontier American as it gets, but the food here is French Canadian. Its signature dish, anyway. Montreal’s, the independent eatery at one end of the bar, serves poutine, Canada’s …
Tivoli Bar: Older than Waterfront?
So which is the oldest pub town? Down here in the Stingaree, they don’t doubt it. The Tivoli (505 6th Avenue, at Island) is it. (Locals call it "I Lov It," "Tivoli" spelt backwards). “Yes, The [1933] Waterfront’s liquor license …
An Imperfect Union with Some Serious Blue Chips!
I'd heard some buzz, but it wasn't until chef Paul McCabe of KITCHEN 1540 leaned over to me at the California Restaurant Association awards and asked, "So, have you been to Union yet?" that I knew I'd need to fire …
Desert-Raised Caviar
The name Abu Dhabi may sound a little like a joke or an old song ("...said the monkey to the chimp" in the dumb song from 1954 or so) but it's now a rich, dead-serious place, connected to the explosion …
CU Chain Restaurant Ratings — Locals Win Some
Consumer's Union surveyed nearly 37,000 readers about their preferneces in chain restaurants. A lot of the results were refreshing, or I guess a relief. Bottom of the heap was Mickey D's. Yes, yes, yes! I ate one of the burgers …
Local California Restaurant Association Awards
If the legendary Smitty's BBQ of Lockhart, Texas, were to move here, Phil's BBQ would still win Best BBQ. If Eric Ripert were to branch out from New York, Blue Point would still win Best Seafood (although they are very …
Ed’s Alternative: Locovores in La Jolla
Are there any real cheap eats in La Jolla? Ask Diana Goedhuys. I was wandering up Girard carrying Carla’s Great Burger Care Package (see Carla's Call), heading for the #30 bus stop on Silverado. And I was jes’ thinking: This …
Bourbon
I used to think bourbon was a man's drink. But after David and I went on that underground bar tour in New York last year, I learned how tasty and versatile the booze could be in the hands of an …
Carla’s Call: Best Burger. And the Winner Is...
Reporting live, from Inside Deepest La Jolla. I can now confirm: even the rich and the famous eat burgers. And they're not that outrageously expensive. See, while I was up there, I had this assignment. The Beloved Carla said don’t …
Sneak Peek: Asian Cowboy Desserts Planned for Del Mar's Burlap
Rachel King is the confectionary mind behind Searsucker, Brian Malarkey's en vogue restaurant on Fifth Avenue and Broadway in the Gaslamp Quarter. Serving hundreds of hungry customers per evening has allowed the young pastry chef to get her name out …
And Talking of Ribs, Hold That Trolley!
Call this "filling in time." Waiting for the Blue Line, here at 12th and Imperial. I know it's gonna be another ten minutes. Starved, as usual, just after midday. Sun's beating down. Head for the shade in the trolley HQ. …
Big Rib Day
Good news from the south! I was in IB yesterday. Descended from my stretch limo (the 901) at Rainbow Drive and Palm, right across from Silver Strand Plaza. Found myself walking into < ahref="http://www.sandiegoreader.com/places/big-kahunas-pizza-n-stuffs/">Big Kahuna’s (600 Palm Avenue, Suite 117, …