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Staff Blog Entries

Ghost Hunters in the Park

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My friend and I were coming back from a bike ride, climbing the hill through Presidio Park, and we decided to make a quick pit stop in the parking lot halfway up the road. This was well after dark and …

Que Huong Vietnamese Restaurant

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As Elizabeth Salaam recently pointed out, City Heights has some amazing places to eat if one is willing to look around a bit. Que Huong, tucked into a strip mall at the intersection of University and Marlborough, is just such …

Hennessey's Tavern: Better Than Expected Burger

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It was hard to get really psyched about a quasi-Irish chain, even one that's closely managed and restricted to a less than imperial number of locations. But, every now and again, a place will deliver a pleasant surprise. Stopping in …

Hot Dawg!

Daddy's Hot Dogs

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There's been a little commentary on Feast! blogs that people would prefer to see local businesses over big, national places. That is sort of a double-edge sword, folks. At the end of the day, the industry is the industry and …

Khyber Pass Afghan Cuisine

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Having been open over twenty years, in varying locations, Khyber Pass must be filling a niche market for Afghan cuisine that most people might not suspect exists in the first place. With Afghanistan geographically splitting the difference between India and …

Chirashizushi at Wonderful

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Maki and nigiri are far and away the most common types of sushi available at Japanese restaurants in the US. There are other, less readily available sushi preparations, such as chirashizushi, can make for an entirely different gastronomical experience. Chirashi …

Charisma Cucina Italiana

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Drawn in by the offer of half-priced wine for happy hour (until 6 every day), I visited Charisma for dinner and I ended up having a remarkably good meal. The little trattoria has a few seats on the patio, and …

On Eating Pasta After Riding 100 Miles on a Bike

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I spent about half my waking hours today on my bike. Lots of miles of North County roads were covered in the semi-gloom of a mostly overcast day. The idea behind the ride was to emulate the Belgian Spring Classics, …

Ritual Tavern: Still Good!

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In early January, Brandon Hernandez (of the Reader) made us all aware that Brandon Brooks (long time chef for Ritual Tavern) would be heading down to Liberty Station to take up a position at a new restau down there. I've …

Deli Llama

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I've recently bemoaned being charged more than I thought was fair for a sandwich I felt lacked luster. Happily, I had the opposite experience today at the Deli Llama in Hillcrest. The little sandwich shop on the corner of Fifth …

Zanzibar Cafe

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I stopped in for lunch at the original Zanzibar Cafe in Pacific Beach. There are two more locations now, one Downtown and the other at the UCSD Loft, but the PB shop has the benefit of being near the beach …

Rum Jungle Cafe

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The bright purple and yellow print on the Rum Jungle's sign was enticing, as was the name itself. "Rum Jungle." It sounds like a legendary Tiki bar, or a secret club hidden in a casino somewhere, but it's merely a …

A Brooklyn Pizzeria

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Two slices of cheese pizza and a drink for $5; thus spake the sign in the window of A Brooklyn Pizzeria in North Park. It was the kind of sign that couldn't be ignored on an aimless afternoon spent searching …

Royal Food Mart and The Royal Coffee Shop

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This combination convenience store and coffee shop on First Ave in Hillcrest is truly great. The two businesses seem technically separate, but they share a building and a clientele and might as well be considered one. Royal Food Mart is …

Peking Restaurant

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The lamps that hung from the ceiling of the Peking Restaurant conveyed the spirit of the place perfectly. Any doubts that the meal would end with fortune cookies, or that the leftovers would go home in little, paper boxes vanished …

Loving Hut

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There's a little sign on the window of this restaurant. It has pictures of famous people on it: Albert Einstein, Martin Luther King's wife, the president of PETA, and others. What do they all have in common? Allegedly, they're vegetarians. …

Sunset Yogurt & Ice Cream

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The Del Mar Plaza was weird and desolate on an overcast day. Nobody sat on any of the hidden patios that are attached to no business in particular and the fountains burbled without an audience. Upscale boutiques looked warm and …

Classic Rock Sandwich Shop

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It looks for all the world like a music store, but there are no vintage Strats or Marshall stacks inside, there are only sandwiches. Tucked around the a corner and just a few steps away from the busy intersection of …

Tasca de la Sexta: the Toronado of TJ?

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If, by some chance, you find yourself in Tijuana on a lovely evening and you can't shake the longing for imported lagers and craft ales (because North Park is just oh so far away), fear not! Tasca is there to …

Checking Back In on Craft & Commerce

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It's been 18 months since Naomi Wise reviewed Craft and Commerce for the Reader, declaring mainly that it had "potential." Since then, the restaurant has seen some expansion, though the overall experience is still pretty similar to what it was …

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