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Beer Week Basics: Fezziwig's
Concluding this week's getting-to-know-you five-parter with a look at rookie Fezziwig's Brewing Company.
Here we are, on our final stop on this San Diego Beer Week-inspired series of posts devoted to telling the tales of local brewing companies. Yesterday’s entry was about New English Brewing Company, a brewery aiming to bring English-style ales …
Dinner with Karl
As promised, a reflection on class hierarchy and restaurants!
A little while back, I was reading through A Framework for Understanding Poverty, by Ruby Payne. The book mostly deals with the social structures that surround the culture of poverty in an attempt to construct an understanding of working class …
Confusion at Infuzon
Ed crashes private party at the Park and Market trolley stop.
“This is usually Thomas Jefferson Lawsuit Night,” says Brandon. Say what? I’ve just popped across from the Park and Market trolley stop. Was waiting for the Orange Line. Heard sounds coming from this little place on the west side of …
Beer Week Basics: New English
An English lesson or, more aptly, a lesson in New English, as in San Diego's New English Brewing Company.
The first three businesses I focused on in my five-part series on local breweries in honor of San Diego Beer Week were pretty well known. Still, I thought it was important for those just catching the craft beer bug to …
Toni's Weincakes: Post-election comfort food?
Toni Weinfurtner is pushing the limits in the cupcake kingdom
This is a cupcake? “It’s my French Toast cupcake,” says Toni. “It has bacon bits and maple butter cream frosting, plus bacon bits on top. It flies out of here.” Actually, so does Toni. She’s a long-time flight attendant with …
Beer Week Basics: AleSmith
Information on the evolution of AleSmith Brewing Company and the beers that drove its ascent.
Day three of this five-part San Diego Beer Week examination of five brewing companies takes us to hallowed ground for most long-term local beer fanatics—AleSmith Brewing Company. The Basics: Originally established in the nineties by highly regarded local brewer Skip …
Beer Week Basics: Hess
The who, what, when, and where about rapidly-growing local company, Hess Brewing.
Part two of this San Diego Beer Week-inspired getting-to-know-you series spotlighting individual local brewing companies finds us in the Miramar area, a part of town that is suddenly packed with brewing companies, from award-winning stalwarts like AleSmith to newbies like …
Celadon
Just ignore the ladies grooving with wildlife
I’m going to (mostly) ignore the fact that Celadon is a Thai-style restaurant specializing in the familiar rice and noodle dishes that characterize so many take-out joints in Hillcrest and elsewhere. The place had a lot more character than that. …
Dobson's: pâté party!
The cool, politicians' downtown retreat hides one of the most scrumptious pâtés in town.
It’s not the cheapest joint downtown, but it has two things in its favor: One, it’s nearest the bus stop at 4th and Broadway, so you’re a 60-second sprint from your stretch limo. Two, as I discover tonight, for $9 …
Beer Week Basics: Ballast Point
The low-down on Ballast Point Brewing & Spirits: who they are, what they brew, and where you can get it.
San Diego Beer Week is in full swing. From now through November 11, locals and visitors alike will be abuzz with brewing industry excitement. Beer geeks will rattle off information about our breweries and their beers; nth degree conversations about …
Ebisu
This Hillcrest sushi bar has a few great sashimi specials that give it serious credibility.
I popped into Ebisu in Hillcrest on a whim, tired and hungry and feeling like taking myself out to sushi. It’s proximal to me but I’ve never gone there before. I couldn’t explain why, but it might have something to …
Grapes and Hops: New eatery on Market?
Signs of life, where Gaslamp meets East Village
The signs are up. Spotted this ABC Public Notice of Application to Sell Alcoholic Beverages at 933 Market. They’re to give neighbors a chance to approve or complain about a new café here to be called “Grapes and Hops.” http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/nov/02/34836/ …
One quick trip to the mall later...
Hey, San Diego. I just want you to know I appreciate you.
A while back I ate at, of all places, the Outback Steakhouse. Judge me not. There was a gift certificate involved and a certain amount of curiosity. I hadn't eaten at one of the popular "casual dining" chains in a …
San Diego Beer Week: Day Ten
Make the best of the final day of the San Diego Beer 10-Day with these meet-the-brewer events
Sunday, November 11 It’s the last day of San Diego Beer Week. The last chance to get all those special beers and submerge yourself in San Diego’s craft suds culture. If you haven’t met or hung out with a brewer …
Souper Barrio!
Gayle Covner's day-later veggie soups are keeping the barrio warm
“Believe me,” Gayle Covner tells a reporter. “Soup tastes better a day later.” She’s a pretty famous chef who has set up her restaurant, Blueprint, in Barrio Logan (1805 Newton Avenue, Barrio Logan, 619-298-7010). She was talking to Keli Dailey …
Ghouls' night out...it's getting delicious
Day of the Dead is becoming a big deal - and a good deal - at Old Town's Plaza
You thought Halloween was ghoulish? Check out this Day of the Dead menu at the Cosmopolitan Hotel’s restaurant (in Old Town plaza, 2660 Calhoun Street, Old Town, 619-297-1874). http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/nov/01/34788/ Day of the Dead runs tonight and tomorrow night. It has …