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Copper Chimney Comes Ashore
If you’ve been wandering around Black Mountain Road forlornly looking for Allen Sem and his South Indian “Copper Chimney” food truck, you’re out of luck. Just as food trucks have come on stream big time, he has pulled out and …
Taco King Rules Bankers Hill
Ooh, yeah. Oozing eggs in the open air, stuffed with steaming onions, green peppers, tomatoes, two big well-cooked flaps of bacon- and cheese-capped frijoles on the side. And lotsa salsa. And cawfee. My Huevos a la Mexicana Sigh. Contentment. Breakfast …
Hotel Del Makes It 1500 Plus Two
The Hotel Del Coronado was dealt a crushing blow this spring when wine director Ted Glennon, who was in charge of adult beverages for the ENO Wine Room as well as their white linen enclave 1500 Ocean, turned in his …
Wine: Drink Corkage-Free at Fleming's Downtown This Summer!
This just in: from Friday, July 1-Wednesday, August 31st, you can bring your wine into the K Street location of Fleming's Steakhouse & Wine Bar and enjoy it with your meal without paying a corkage fee.* "We were just thinking …
Filipino Secret: Mix Your Dessert with Your Main
If you want a good meal, follow the crowds to the noisiest joint, right? Real people noise, not canned noise. That’s sure the case with Tita’s Kitchenette (2720 E. Plaza Boulevard, Suite E, National City, 619-472-5801). Each time I’ve been …
The Father of All Espressos
Aah. Coffee. Morning. Hillcrest. Fifth. Or, just a mo’. Is it Caffe. Mattino. Roma, Via Veneto, whatever? I swear. Take one look at Hector’s gargantuan espresso machine here at Caffe Vergnano 1882 (3850 Fifth Avenue, between Robinson and University) and …
Dallmann Chocolate Boutique Sweetens Up Flower Hill Promenade
Isabella Valencia has sugar and over a century of tradition coursing through her veins. A third generation confectioner, she's used time-tested family recipes and her forward-thinking creativity to do what her forefathers have done back in her home country of …
Spelunking Beer Beyond the Counter at Iowa Meat Farms
Like many an American, I find myself heeding the carnivorous call of mighty Miss Liberty, heading out to get some Grade A beef for not one, but numerous Fourth of July weekend barbecues. This year, I opted, as I have …
Eclipse Chocolat
I'm proud of San Diego's own chocolatiers, and my two top favorites are Chuao and Eclipse. Because Eclipse is closer to where I live, it's my go-to place for last-minute desserts. Meaning, when I'm tasked with bringing a treat to …
Cooking from Africa Classes
Yes, it's interesting food! And super healthy. Yes, you might want to try cooking it. I don't know whether our calendar has included this or not, but I'm a-gonna blog it anyway. When I lived in Northern California (land of …
Chipotle Growing Even More Local
Chipotle, which I consider to serve the only real "healthy" fast food, is trying to go as local-grown (within 350 miles) as possible. This won't be easy in the Prairie States or New England, where most of the produce season …
Another Cohn Bargain — Seafood This Time
Family Style Sunday — Blue Point Coastal Cuisine, local seafood specialist, , offers a Sunday night, family-style feast with family-style dining. The meal includes live Maine lobster, Chesapeake Bay blue crab, mussels, shrimp and redfish, all brought steaming hot to …
The Prado's Thursday Night Dinner Package
On Thursday evenings between July 7th to September 22nd there's a special VIP Dinner Package. This VIP Package includes a 3-course dinner at The Prado with a bottle of wine and 2 tickets to the San Diego Museum of Photographic …
Nitrate-free organic franks? Guess again.
Turns out that "all organic, no added nitrates" on a label is totally meaningless, alas. "If you actually surveyed consumers going out of their way to buy no-nitrate products, they['d be very surprised to learn that there's plenty of nitrates …
Stingaree as a restaurant is Stingarooed
Stingaree nightclub is still open, but they've closed the attached restaurant. Basically, nobody went there. (The food was good, but the room always felt like a second-thought, the eating-slum offshoot of the club.) Chef Antonio Friscia will still be cooking …
"Round It Up" for Charity
A coupla chefs in Orange County started the "Round It Up" movement, have raised half a million bucks for good causes in a few months,. and now it's arrived here. The Round It Up America concept is simple. Give patrons …
SD Beer Industry Insiders Team Up Against Breast Cancer
Collaborations are common in the craft brewing industry. The most typical collabs involve brewers from different companies getting together to put together a joint effort beer like the Highway 78 Scotch Ale from Stone, Green Flash and Pizza Port Carlsbad. …
(Hot) Dog Days of Summer
Photo: View of Quivira Basin, Mission Bay They’re baa-ack! Those slothful afternoons under the palapa at the edge of Mission Bay, with really sloppy hot dogs and jammin’ music from bands like Swamp Critters (they’re playing tomorrow - Saturday - …
Red Door Owners & Chef Part Ways
So much for that chef at the Red Door who likes to take patrons to the adjacent Mission Hills Farmers' Market. Brian Johnston has left the building, but both sides say it's an amicable parting of ways. Owner Trish Watlington …
Bold Kid Kole
Kids know best, right? Especially when it comes to burgers. So, this three-year-old kid, Kole, is sitting at the table across from me, here at Ryan's Cafe (5201 Linda Vista Road, suite 103), manhandling a giant burger. At least giant …