Newest Kebab Shop! (Sprechen Sie Deutsch?)
They say Indian food has conquered the UK. The most popular dish over there isn’t fish and chips or roast beef, it’s chicken tikka masala, that rich Indian dish with a kinda tomatoey, creamy sauce over the top of chunks …
Old Town: Kawsak, the Salsa, Ice Cream…
You want ice cream? You want sunsets? You want to dance the salsa? On dirt, to live Ecuadorian pan flute players? Old Town, weekend evenings. People come to practice, here in the little plaza near the Seeley stables, outside Old …
New Island Discovered in Little Italy!
New discovery! Isola Pizza Bar (1526 India Street, Little Italy, 619-255-4230). Was walking down India Street with my friend Matt when we passed what had been a tanning salon with a website biz behind. Suddenly, it's a restaurant... http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/may/26/25004/ ...crammed …
Oggi’s: Stout-Hearted Men…
Jes’ came out from Ikea, up at Fenton Parkway, Mission Valley. Carla’s desperate for a king-size bed. Yeah, right. King-size price too? Our neighbor Linda paid $3K for hers. Three K! Yes, Ikea’s way down on that price, but I …
Rick: Feast or Famine at First and A
Rick Severns brought something home to me. Not food or money, but the facts of San Diego life. He’s homeless, after living 27 years in San Diego. I came across Rick as he was dumpster diving near the financial district. …
Truck Week: The Diva of Operacaffe
Truck report #3 (From the Food Truck gathering at 57 Degrees, 1735 Hancock Street, Middletown, 619-234-5757 (5/19/12): You get the feeling that this truck has to be good, because Jim, the guy who has been taking all our $2 entrance …
Scenes from the Gathering: The Truck from Louisiana
Jack takes the catfish from Rebecca and chomps into it. He’s 10 months old (Jack, not the catfish). http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/may/22/24833/ Rebecca’s his mom. The catfish is Pearson’s. That’s Clinton Pearson, the guy with the food truck that’s selling everything Louisiana and …
Movable Feasts! – Truck Burger Goes Surf’nTurf
Wow. What a night. I am ber-loated. Sated. Gorged. Did I mention stuffed? I was at 57 Degrees’ monthly gastro food truck bash Friday. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/may/21/24752/ At least a dozen trucks parked around the back. Vietnamese, Polish, Creole, farm foods, you …
Kebab Shop: Why They Called Alexander “The Great”
Walk into the Kebab Shop (630 9th St, 619-525-0055) and you walk into history. First because they have all these pictures of old Istanbul, second, because really, you’re eating fresh-cooked, but ancient foods. Like their pita, and rotated lamb, and …
Las Hadas: Late Night Carnitas Heaven
Late night downtown? Here’s a handy place for a late feed without breaking the bank or scuffling round trying to pick up a slice of pizza to chew down on the sidewalk. Las Hadas (“The Fairies,” “Magical Women”), a kinda …
SD's Best Coffee? In a Barrio Tattoo Shop. Plus Great Surf ’n Turf Nearby.
Andrew “The Kid” Farnsley’s buzzing a portrait of Nicholai’s wife into his left flank. And I’m sipping the best coffee I’ve tasted in San Diego. The guys in here talk about how tattooing’s popularity has opened up the floodgates to …
T&O: Carla’s Summer Thirst-Quencher!
The Lovely Carla has learned a lot, living with me. Like, how to be a total cheapo. More important, how to make things look, feel, taste awesome, without paying out awesome amounts of dinero. But this has to take the …
Prep Kitchen: Tapa Time
Amazing how often I’ve crossed India, crossed Date, and never noticed this place. Only reason tonight is that people are sluicing in and climbing stairs like it was a religious revival meetin’ in town. Actually, it’s Prep Kitchen (1660 India …
El Sol: Jewel of University Avenue
Made my usual mistake tonight: Got the 7 and the 15 buses confused. Was aboard the #7, and we turned right on University. Wrong! Pulled the cord and found myself down at the bottom of that slope and that whole …
Baked Potato – TJ-style
Alex and I are sitting up to the counter watching Francisco and Victor working that hot plate. Four hands flailing, spatulas scooping, tortillas flapping, salsas pouring, lids clanging, steam soaring, plates flying…these guys! It’s like watching a tennis match. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/may/10/24182/ …
The Quiches of San Diego County
Announcing the first Hot Quiche In A Coffee Shop award. First prize has to go to Twiggs Coffee House and Bakery (4590 Park Boulevard, corner of Madison, 619-296-0616) ... http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/may/09/24142/ Okay. Here's how it happened. It was after ten last …
Tiger! Tiger! — Bite this Po' Boy Oyster Sammy
Tiger! Tiger! Usually, I hear those words and I think golf. But I get off the Number Two tonight, and there it is, burning bright (heh heh, sorry, uh, William Blake, right?) across ECB. Tiger! Tiger!, the tavern (3025 El …
Gastro Trucks: The British Are Coming!
God Save the Cuisine? That’s the name of the latest food truck to hit the streets. It’s two Brit brothers, Kevin and David Keylock, who have come to ’Diego to “save the reputation of English food,” one street at a …
Lincoln Room: Honest Mussels At Midnight
“There’s only one other place I know in the Gaslamp with a deal like here when it comes to mussels,” said this guy at the stool next to mine at Dobson’s (956 Broadway Circle, 619-696-0398). “It’s the Lincoln Room. Fourth …
Hottt! On the Wing: I Take Up South Park Abbey’s Challenge
So if you were looking in Feast! about – Lordy! – six weeks ago, me, Ian Pike, and offdutyfoodie were all talking tough about taking on the Tough Guy hot wings at South Park Abbey, the bar-eatery at 1946 Fern …