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The Case of the Naughty Constable
Mysterious sausages invade East Village!
What do a Naughty Constable, Juicy Scandal, Flagrant Seeds, and Tasty Treason have in common? They’re all crazy-interesting sausages you can have in the sausage board ($9)... http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/dec/05/36466/ ...at The Village 631 coffee and wine bar (it used to be …
Tour de Cheesesteak: stage 5
The Tour returns to Pacific Beach to visit the "King" of cheesesteaks
Alex’s Brown Bag is the only stop on the Tour that has an age restriction. It’s in the back of Latitude 32 Pub on Cass Street and the bartender stops everyone to check ID’s before granting access to the inner …
Night Del: Skating, snacking magic
The Christmas ice rink at the Hotel Del has hot toddies and snacks. Worth the Del premium?
There's no getting around it: Night skating on the oceanfront in Coronado is magic. The rink, the screams, the laughs, the holiday music, the shushing of the skates, -and your hands around a mug of hot chocolate at the edge, …
Authentic Japanese in Old Town
It's no secret I'm a bit of a Japanophile. I caught it (yes, it's contagious) from my man, whose affinity for Japanese aesthetics and tastes was long developed before we met. We've even been to Japan a few times. Now …
Christmas cookies
Cooks Confab reunites to celebrate the holidays...and steampunk?
From 2009 to 2010, few local chefs were talked about more than the small group comprising a culinary consortium going by the name Cooks Confab. At the time, the group was just under a dozen strong, but boy did they …
The ritual of cleaning my plate
Ritual Tavern leaves no room for dessert...this time.
North Park's Ritual Tavern is both a neighborhood and Feast! favorite for their dedication to local beer and high quality food. Brandon Hernandez has kept us abreast of changes in the kitchen and, of course, Beer Week events. Ian Pike …
Cocktail, Cotija and Corn
The few times I've sought out Barrio Star, I always end up in Downtown or Hillcrest because I can never remember the side street off of Fifth (it's Nutmeg), and I'm too stubborn to map it, always assuming I'll "just …
Two hour limit
Tio Leo's weekend brunch is a place to find zen, darkness, and cheap mimosas
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/dec/03/36333/ Walking into Tio Leo’s in Bay Park (5302 Napa Street) was like stepping onto a set from Golden Girls. Maybe it was Holiday Inn color scheme, or the the frosted glass partition embossed with toucans and jungle leaves that …
Isola - More Than Just Pizza
My latest go-to place in Little Italy for solid food and reasonably priced, good Italian wine is Isola Pizza Bar. For a little background on the place, check out what Mr. Tin Fork himself wrote back in May. Though it's …
Pappalecco: True Cafeistas!
The coffee and the game's the thing, come rain or rain
Walking up Cedar tonight, with the rain splotting down. Come by Pappalecco (1602 State Street, on the corner with Cedar, Little Italy, 619-238-4590). And guess what? Two elderly men sitting outside hunched over their espressos ($2.00 each), a bottle of …
Vegan pit-stop: Soy contento!
Whole Foods lunch in Encinitas is quick and disgustingly healthy
Passing Whole Foods around one in the afternoon (Whole Foods, 687 South Coast Highway 101, Encinitas, 760-274-1580). See a bunch of people in a courtyard, eating out of boxes, looking healthy. Hey, who doesn't want to be healthy? http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/nov/30/36259/ So …
Grabbing a (Healthy?) Bite at the Mall
When I heard about a "great new healthy restaurant" from a friend who is a proponent of "cleanses," I thought, Awesome, I'm off to spend an hour politely nibbling on an alfalfa and flaxseed dish with the texture and flavor …
Tour de Cheesesteak: stage 4
The Tour heads to Pacific Beach for non-Philly steaks
I had a harder than expected time finding Pop’s Jersey Style Cheesesteaks in Pacific Beach. What is it with these sub shops that they are so sneaky? At least it existed. I eventually located pops at the back of a …
Café Sabina: The room upstairs
Little literary hideaway in Tijuana delivers world's best panini?
Tijuana: I come out of La Tasquita (see La Tasquita yesterday’s blog), the world’s smallest pub, and head left up Miguel Aleman street. Maybe 9:30 p.m. Come upon this pretty nice-looking eatery almost straight away. Called Caza Club. (It means …
Small beer big in TJ
"Artisanal" beers explode in our sister city. Best place to find them? A tiny triangle
On Agua Caliente Boulevard, 9:00 p.m. Rubbing my eyes. Whu? Because in front of me, here beside where the old bullring used to be, is a tiny red and black triangle with a big sign. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/nov/29/36215/ “Cerveza Artesanal.” I’m standing …
Tour de Cheesesteak: stage 3
North County food court cheesesteak delivers poor performance on day three of the tour
Here’s what happened: I went all the way up to Mira Mesa to try and find a place called “Moose’s,” but it turns out it’s not there anymore. I’d ended up wandering around a Scranton Road food court, trying to …
Tour de Cheesesteak: stage 2
The tour continues into North Park for "homestyle" sandwiches
Planted firmly across the street from Lefty’s North Park, Eddie’s Place seems to have taken a class on interior decoration from the pizza place. Rocky posters, Phillies MLB pendants, pictures of the Liberty Bell, and other Philly-centric tchotchkes festoon the …
Fielders' choice
Venerable Irish pub lands farm-to-table chef
Brandon Brooks has left the building. That building is the firehouse at Liberty Station converted into a combination grocery and bistro that’s the base for SOL Markets (2855 Perry Road). That business went in back this winter and has since …
Davanti Enoteca: Top 50!
The Mia Francesca spin-off in Little Italy gets national recognition
Schussing down India t’other night. Happy hour crowds starting to fill the heated sidewalk patios. Had a Christmassy feel about it. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/nov/28/36122/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/nov/27/36121/ But what caught my eye was this sign on a sidewalk sandwich board. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/nov/28/36123/ Chef Christopher Verotudela …