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OB? O’Bistro!
Boy, is this a fun couple or what? Jongo Park and his wife Brenda make their place, O’Bistro (4934 Voltaire Street, Ocean Beach) more like a club. Strangers at the counter get chatting within minutes. Also, dogs welcome. Brenda comes …
Sneak Peek: Local Habit in Hillcrest
The Hillcrest space that formerly housed Pizza Fusion has undergone a transformation and will reopen on July 4 as Local Habit, a restaurant with a goal of utilizing as many SD grown and crafted edibles as possible. As one would …
Hitting the Bottle in Little Italy
Li'l Italy's Art District has traded reds and whites for ales and lagers with the arrival of Bottlecraft (http://www.bottlecraftbeer.com), a craft beer bottle shop which recently took over the spot that recently housed Tango Wine Company (which had its final …
Big Figs in Little Oaks
Wha? Oh wow. Having one of my chicken fried steak breakfast dreams again. Best one (steak, not dream) I ever had was at the Potato Shack in Encinitas (120 West “I” Street). There’s nothing like Encinitas (“Little Oaks”) in the …
Quality Social Gives Affordable Reasons to Celebrate Summer's "Dog Days"
Whenever I hear the words hand-crafted or house-cured in relation to any edible product, my wallet winces in anticipation of a hefty price tag. But, despite the lengths the folks in the back of the house at Quality Social go …
Roast Bone Marrow recipe, from an expert
Roasted bone marrow is the latest restaurant craze, but of the last four times I tried it, it was overcooked to just plain bone two of those times, and really great only once. (These were all high-reputed new eateries.) It's …
More Gluten-Free Restaurants
A reader posts that Mountain Mike's Pizza: (http://www.mountainmikes.com) offers a gluten-free pizza crust. "I visit the location in La Mesa." And if you crave a fab gluten-free dessert, Extroardinary Desserts has loads of them. .
Soylent...Cow? Reactions
The New Yorker posted several Letters to the Ed reacting to their report on test-tube burgers — all interesting (at least, to me). The first, from a guy in Princeton, New Jersey, was a witty suggestion that to get over …
Soylent...Cow? Good Even for Jains & PETA
Michael Specter in the New Yorker (May 23) reports that scientists in the Netherlands have succeeded in creating test-tube (in vitro) beef hamburger meat, grown from cell culture of cow cells. . The doctor who started this research and continues …
Don't Go Out Tonight (to Sevilla)
Oops. The opening night gala party of Cafe Sevilla at its new Gaslamp address has been postponed to mid-July, when the owners HOPE the place will finally be finished. Stay tuned to this space...
Gatorburger: Chicken, with Attitude?
People say it tastes like chicken. Or fish. Or both. Talking about alligator. I had to try it. Took the plunge in Old Town. Crazee Burger (2415 San Diego Avenue, at Arista. Also in North Park at 4201 30th). And …
IB-COW? Beery Interesting!
Stopped here at Grape and India – the busiest crossing in Diego? – mostly because of this sign. The guys here at the L’Angolino North End Lounge (1971 India, at the corner of Grape and India) got a great grab …
Oasis in Escondido
I look for reasons to drive all the way up north and east to Escondido, because I know that right off the Centre City Parkway exit, a haven from the modern world awaits. Hacienda de Vega is a 1930s residence-turned-restaurant. …
A Tale of Two Beerfests: Part 2 (SD Int'l Beer Festival)
The Del Mar Fair (that's right...I said it...this native doesn't have to get on the San Diego County Fair bus) features a number of competitions where blue ribbons and their lesser hued cousins are pinned to the chests of worthy …
French Lessons
Don’t you just long to stride into a French restaurant and rattle off greetings and orders like a Parisian pro? “Bonsoir tout le monde! Ça va? Bien! Et vous? Un rouge, s’il vous plaît.” Maybe do your Piaf thing and …
Where O'Bethans Break Fast
Aah. French toast, cawfee roast, on the coast. Can’t beat those smells wafting past you in the briny ocean air. This is OB in the mawnin’, at ye Old Townhouse (Old Townhouse Family Restaurant, 4941 Newport Ave., Ocean Beach). French …
A Tale of Two Beerfests: Part 1 (Sour Fest)
Sour beer — it sounds wrong and, on first taste, most (myself included) confirm that theory with a disapproving lemon-faced grimmace. But, just like one's first beer, distaste typically gives way to an amour that darn near borders on a …
Bankers Hill Hotspot
I tend to forget it's over there, on the other side of Hillcrest, so I was happy when my friend Jane recently suggested we happy hour at Bankers Hill Restaurant and Bar, the foodilicious marriage between Carl Schroeder and Terryl …
Best Pizza Box?
Is this the best pizza box in town? It’s the artiest I’ve seen. Irony: Fancy box for maybe the most minimalist pizzas in town, that I know of, anyway. From Pizzeria (and Caffe) Calabria (3933 30th Street, North Park). Arne …