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A densely packed chicken pot pie, and a tiny drunken caramel apple mini-pie.
Chicken pot pie, just in time for winter
The Pie Joint opened in November.
San Diego is responsible for 1.3 percent of craft beer's national economic impact.
Colorful characters adorn the walls of Nom Nom
A deceptively simple bento lunch, taken by the beach
A mural decorates little counter shop Nom Nom Bento
A mural on the back patio of the Groundswell Brewing tasting room in Chula Vista.
A subterranean sushi bar inside an islander restaurant
Chicken kelaguen. The smoke flavor is given an edge with tart, citrus-cooked tenderness.
A doorway into an alley of brick and corrugated metal
Thorn Brewing's new Mark's Designs 30-barrel brewhouse
Thorn's Barrio Logan location is bigger, but its tasting room is smaller.
Once a farmers market stand, now a North Park counter service restaurant
A Hawaiian plate lunch, with pile of charred chicken, plus scoops of rice and macaroni …
Beers poured at Northern Pine include a nitro stout, IPA, porter, saison, and hoppy brown …
Several iterations of Homage pale ale were brewed prior to Northern Pine opening.
Northern Pine's owners scraped up the pennies and did a lot of work by hand …
Dog-friendly patio at Raging
