Food and Drink
Video:FEAST!: Sashimi and aguachile meet at TsunamiSmoke fills the small plastic dome before me, obscuring my guacamole and the glistening chunks of raw salmon that sit on top of it.PlaceTsunami Modern Cuisine205 Town Center Pkwy, …
<inline type="photothumb" id="158997" href="" align="right" />Yes, San Diego has any number of places you can go for a fancy drink. But The Tower Bar, says owner Mick Rossler, is “not really a fancy cocktail place,” …
Video:TIN FORK: Dumpling Inn discourse“I’m not into pork,” says Diane.Uh, this as we walk through the doors of The Dumpling Inn, specialists in Xiao Long Bao, steamed pawk dumplings.“You can’t kill pigs,” my true love …
Video:FEAST!: Greenhaus puts broccoli on pizza, and you should see what they do with tofuBroccoli on pizza has become one of those easy to reach punchlines tossed around by snickering California bashers, right up there …
Video:FEAST!: Mamma Mia! La Mesa's got your GabagoolWe have known each other many years, but this is the first time I have come to you making mafia movie references while writing about an Italian eatery.PlaceMamma …
Video:TIN FORK: Pidalo’s elotes greet Ed Bedford after border walk“Asada! Adobada! Chorizo! Buche! Suadero! Campechano!” Pedro’s blasting out from this very first cluster of food carts south of the border. I have just had a …
Before we begin our 2025 adventure, we should take note of a milestone celebrated in 2024 by San Diego-born restaurant chain Roberto's Taco Shop, celebrating 60 years in business. According to its web site, Mr. …
“Northern Pine Brewing Co. started distributing our beer to American Legion Post 416 in Encinitas at the beginning of 2024, and they became quick fans and supporters of ours,” explains Anne Ortega, who co-founded Northern …
Video:FEAST!: At Comedor Nishi a world of cuisines meet for brunchBecause I asked for a taste, the kitchen sends out a blue and white bowl filled with a thick, chocolate-colored mole, and a side of …
The news of late has been full of stories about the price of eggs; some pundits have gone so far as to suggest that it tipped the recent Presidential election. It’s not just a lot …
Video:TIN FORK: 94th Aero Squadron – French farmhouse still worksIt was one of those gifts a cash-strapped cuss like myself always dreams of.I heard about it first in 2013: this crazy eat-drinks place with World …
Video:FEAST!: Tuétano and Mujer Divina: two storefronts, one famous birriaTo bone or not to bone. That remains the question at Tuétano Taqueria, San Diego's most famous yet precarious taco shop.PlaceTuétano Taqueria216 3rd Ave., Chula VistaFamous, …
Video:FEAST!: For nutty pies at Pizza by Aromi in La MesaAlready, this was the year that I became an American cliché: I got a little hung up on something I ate in Italy, then got …
Video:TIN FORK: A very HOT dogBarrio Logan, I’m thinking, is bound to be a cinch for Yoli, the Mexican lemon-lime soft drink that started in Guerrero a century ago, and tastes like Sprite, only a …
Video:FEAST!: La Clochette brings croissants—and cassoulet—to Mission ValleyI'd noticed the Pacific Beach cafe La Clochette had opened a Mission Valley location, but hadn't planned to visit. Good for Mission Valley, I thought, Everybody could use …