La Valencia Hotel, Whaling Bar 1132 Prospect, La Jolla 858-454-0771 Dark woods, red carpets on black-marble floors, women in long dresses, men in silk suits, red-studded booths, brass table lamps with black shades. Apart from …
December 27, 2001
La Jolla Stories
Best of 2001: Best Place To Rub Shoulders With Olde La Jolla (And Score Happy-Hour Freebies)
Best of 2001: Best Opportunity To Hear Young Classical Musicians
La Jolla Chamber Music Society's Discovery Series Sherwood Auditorium, La Jolla 858-459-3728 To most concertgoers, the performers in the La Jolla Chamber Music Society's "Discovery Series" have been relatively unknown. Of next season's musicians, how …
December 27, 2001
Best of 2001: Best Cigars
Mr. Bone's Fine Cigars 909 Prospect Avenue, La Jolla 858-551-7047 "Cubans aren't as good as they used to be, but I remember smoking some that were as fantastic as they were rare," smoke-shop owner Ned, …
December 27, 2001
Best of 2001: Best Surf Shop
Mitch's Surf Shop 631 Pearl Street, La Jolla 858-459-5933 Opened in 1967, Mitch's Surf Shop in La Jolla is probably the oldest surf shop in the city under single ownership. Today it offers brand-name, fashionable …
December 27, 2001
Best of 2001: Best Place To Get A Showtune Fix
Tower Records 8657 Villa La Jolla Drive, La Jolla 858-452-2566 www.towerrecords.com Any record store will have copies of The Producers or the collected works of Andrew Lloyd Webber. A few might even know the difference …
December 27, 2001
Best of 2001: Best Place For Stage Makeup
J&S Beauty Supply 7734 Girard Avenue, La Jolla 858-551-4056 J&S in La Jolla stocks the affordable stage makeup of the stars usually found only in L.A. or by mail order. Concealer by Joe Blasco, worn …
December 27, 2001
Best of 2001: Best Funky L.A. Gear Sold Here
Anissa M 6903 La Jolla Boulevard, La Jolla 858-459-3251 A Fred Segal-style boutique is putting more la-la in La Jolla. International designers such as "B.U.K." duke it out with brands like "Joe's Jeans" and "Seven." …
December 27, 2001
Best of 2001: Best Seafood
Marine Room Restaurant 2000 Spindrift Drive, La Jolla 858-459-7222 With Bernard Guillas as its top toque, the Marine Room has become the quintessential fine San Diego restaurant, with awesome food to match the view. Guillas …
December 27, 2001
Best of 2001: Best New Ethnic Restaurant
India Palace 7514 Girard Street, La Jolla 858-551-5133 This is not one of those "curry palaces" where everything tastes the same. It is a beautifully decorated India palace, specializing in the delicate high cuisine of …
December 27, 2001
Best of 2001: Best Foie Gras Roulade
Top O' The Cove Restaurant 1216 Prospect Avenue, La Jolla 858-454-7779 The Top's new chef, Alain Redelsperger, hails from Strasbourg, France, where foie gras is a favorite dish -- especially eaten cold. Hence, Redelsperger's version …
December 27, 2001
Best of 2001: Best Place To Catch Ocean Poachers
La Jolla Cove Coast Boulevard, La Jolla For scofflaws with a taste for shellfish, it's a pretty easy matter to stroke down ten or fifteen feet into the Cove's protected waters, wrangle one of the …
December 27, 2001
Hot Mafia loot from La Jolla
Some stray uranium from La Jolla's own General Atomics, formerly known as General Atomic, has apparently found its way into the hands of the Sicilian Mafia, setting off alarms across Europe. The Guardian in London …
November 15, 2001
Hellfire from La Jolla
With all the trouble in the Balkans these days, you'd think that the Predator, that unmanned aerial vehicle, or UAV, produced by La Jolla's General Atomics, owned by billionaire brothers Neal and Linden Blue, would …
March 29, 2001
Best of 2000: Best Supermarket-Takeout
Jonathan's Gourmet Supermarket 7611 Fay Avenue, La Jolla (858) 459-2677 Some people have stopped cooking since Jonathan's Supermarket opened its take-out gourmet hot-and-cold food counter. Weather often determines what's cooked and prepared on a given …
December 28, 2000
Best of 2000: Best Japanese-Style Fondue
Shabu Shabu Jin Sang 7614 Fay Avenue, La Jolla (858) 456-4545 Shabu Shabu is a soup-like dish that can be cooked in the kitchen or at your table. For the at-the-table version, burners are placed …
December 28, 2000
Best of 2000: Best Foie Gras Napoleon
Tapenade 7612 Fay Avenue, La Jolla (858) 551-7500 Foie gras is a taste that you acquire. It's a goose liver, strong in flavor, but never gamy, and there are as many recipes for foie gras …
December 28, 2000
Best of 2000: Best Fritti
Barbarella Bistro 2171 Avenida de la Playa, La Jolla (858) 454-7373 Take the top of a fern, called a fiddlehead. Dip it in a batter made of flour mixed with cornstarch, cayenne, coriander. Add some …
December 28, 2000
Best of 2000: Best Cheese
Whole Foods Market 711 University Avenue, Hillcrest (619) 294-2800 8825 Villa La Jolla Drive, La Jolla (858) 642-6700 "Everybody knows the moon is made of cheese," croons Wallace to Gromit in Nick Parks's A Grand …
Best of 2000: Best Chopped Salad
Sante Ristorante 7811 Herschel Avenue, La Jolla (858) 454-1315 If you think there's nothing to creating a chopped salad except chopping fresh vegetables and adding lettuce, think again. At Sante, some of the vegetables, such …
December 28, 2000
Best of 2000: Best Baguette
The French Pastry Shop5550 La Jolla Boulevard, La Jolla(858) 454-9094 Why is it so easy to find perfect baguettes in Paris and so hard in San Diego? One exception is the staple bread produced at …
December 28, 2000