Last week, a pilsner made by Bitter Brothers Brewing Co. won the first annual Pilsner Blind Tasting Championships, held at O’Brien’s Pub. This style, once a rarity in San Diego, has become a prestige beer …
May 31, 2018
News & Stories
The Bitter word is out
Last sandwich standing
The Quiznos sandwich shop in El Cajon at Main Street and Magnolia Avenue closed down Saturday. The last San Diego area Quiznos standing is in Ramona at Main Street and Ramona Street. Quiznos shops have …
May 31, 2018
Luscious living high up in a downtown penthouse
This week we visit the top floor of Sapphire Tower at 1262 Kettner Boulevard, San Diego’s 17th-tallest skyscraper at 32 stories and a height of 380 feet above street level, where penthouse suite 3802 occupies …
May 31, 2018
A beautiful, free lunch
“You need to take your shoes off and put a covering on your hair.” He says it in the kindest possible way. Vikash Kumar. He ties a triangular orange scarf over my head. Because this …
May 31, 2018
Seats and screens and sci-fi spectaculars
As a fan of both the Saw franchise and the two big houses at the Reading Grossmont, I reasoned that there was no better multiplex in the country to watch an opening-day showing of Jigsaw. …
May 31, 2018
May 24 Sudoku Contenders
Randy Paddock, San Diego, 16. Elliot Rosenberg, La Jolla, 16. Joseph Ciprian, San Diego, 15. Jerry Noser, San Diego, 15. Isabella Bosch-Sorensen, San Diego, 14. Dennis Taplin, Chula Vista, 14. Sheila Brown, Golden Hill, 13. …
May 31, 2018
May 24 Crossword Contenders
Joseph Ciprian, San Diego, 16. (winner!) Richard Hutchings, Santee, 15. Martin Soblick, Del Mar, 15. Orville Brown, San Diego, 14. Thomas McVeagh, Lakeside, 14. Ron Meyer, Santee, 14. Evelyn Bowser, San Diego, 13. Robert McQuay, …
May 31, 2018
May 24 Brainstorm Contenders
Joseph Ciprian, San Diego, 18. (winner!) K.J. Rayner, San Diego, 4. John Strauch, San Diego, 4. Johanna Barry, Pine Valley, 3. Mark Burton, San Diego, 3. Holly Kennelley, San Diego, 3. Thomas McVeagh, Lakeside, 3. …
May 31, 2018
President pardons San Diegan D’Souza
President Donald Trump today (May 31) pardoned San Diegan Dinesh D’Souza, author and filmmaker, who pleaded guilty to violating campaign finance laws in 2014. He was indicted that year for illegally using straw donors to …
May 31, 2018
Maybe don't eff the police
After 32 years, San Diego County’s second oldest live music venue (after the Belly Up Tavern) is making a major change to its format. SOMA owner Len Paul says hip-hop matters more to his underage …
May 31, 2018
Congratulations, you got a gig at the Che
Congratulations, you got a gig at the Che - Indie/surf rockers Fashion Jackson headlined the first show at UCSD’s Che Café following its 14-month closed-for-remodeling dark period. “It went off,” says the band’s Sterling Gietzen …
May 31, 2018
Las Rosas - straight out of the '60s
In 1964, the Kinks invented garage rock. Even though garage was more or less finished by 1968, the concept never really went away. Las Rosas, a Brooklyn trio, knows this. The heart of that ancient …
May 31, 2018
My Taylor and Telecaster remain friends
“Before the recent eruption, when the trade winds would die down, the smoke from the volcano would wrap around the island, and eventually make it to Kona,” says one-time O.D. Corral guitarist Dusty Best of …
May 31, 2018
James Supercave's San Diego roots
Don’t get rid of all the guitars - Andrés Villalobos grew-up in Chula Vista. He has memories his mothers “cleaning the house with Bee Gees just blaring in the kitchen.” The first show he ever …
May 31, 2018
Vaping's Wild West
Manufacturers and sellers of flavored nicotine liquid products got a warning earlier this month from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to change packaging that mimics food products like candy, cookies, and juice boxes. The …
May 31, 2018