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Hot in Kearny Mesa: Jeong Won BBQ
“It’s 900 degrees outside and we’re next to a flaming hot grill,” John was laughing as we sat down. We were in Jeong Won BBQ, on Convoy Street between Engineer Road and Opportunity Road. Thanks to decent ventilation and strategically …
Sausages for sail...!
Carla’s gonna faint. She’s the hot dog guru. Knows her kielbasas from her bratwursts, her American mustards from her French. What happens is I’m at the Festival of Sail... http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/sep/02/30731/ ...between the Star of India and the long arcade of …
Boom-boom weekend at the Paradise Café
Boom! Ka-Boom! The cannons exchange ear-shattering fire. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/sep/01/30702/ The smoke pours out through gun ports over the waters, the smell of gunpowder drifts past, the warring sail-heavy customs cutters slick past, trying to get in a good position to broadside …
#SourBeerDay: September 8
In 2011, a pair of Twitter-savvy beer industry insiders managed to rally droves of imbibers from here, there, and everywhere to down an India pale ale (IPA) on August 2. It started with a hash-tag—#IPADay—and, thanks in part to hordes …
Going crazy at Don Pancho’s
Dunno what came over me. One minute I’m standing outside the order peephole at Don Panchos Taco Shop (690 Highway 75, Imperial Beach, 619-429-7034), thinking I’ll buy a simple $1.99 fish taco. The next, I’ve come away $15.04 poorer with …
Ballast Point...Beer...Boobs...
O.K., now that I've got your attention... Earlier this month, while providing a sneak peek of Coronado Brewing Company’s soon-to-open Tecolote Canyon production brewery and tasting room, I mentioned having joined Beer For Boobs, a Susan G. Komen 3-Day walking …
Flamingo Fling
How’d I end up here? I zoned out on the 904 bus, the one that trolls Coronado island and takes you to the ferry. That's where I had been heading. Except I dozed, and ended up outside this hotel. Marriott. …
Italy meets Japan at Sora
Noriyoshi Teruya worked under world-famous chef Nobu Matsuhisa at his namesake flagship in New York City. From there, he went on to help Matsuhisa extend his reach at Nobu locations in Milan and our own San Diego. Recently, he decided …
Why Don’t We Have A Conversation Café?
“An hour of conversation is worth a volume of letters.” –Thomas Jefferson to John Adams. This is the starting point for a movement of cafes all over the world where people gather just to slurp, nibble their tapas, and yak …
Cavin snacking, shacking up at El Take It Easy
Last week, in reporting chef Lhasa Landry’s departure from The Lion’s Share, I mentioned that restaurant was my favorite new eatery to open in 2011. This led many to ask me what other local places made that list. There were …
Ensenada trip part 1: Carbone's
Last weekend, I trekked down to Ensenada to spend the weekend with friends nearly dying of heatstroke during a bicycle race through the Guadalupe wine region. I incorporated as much local dining as possible into the trip because opportunity knocks …
Lisa: Okra’s Okay
So our neighbor Lisa comes bouncing across - she’s a merry kinda gal - with a couple of green things in her hand. “You’ve gotta eat these darling!” She calls everybody darling. I always listen to her because she’s a …
Urban Kitchen, Jack Fisher get their just desserts
It’s not as well documented as my love for, say…beer, but I do have quite the sweet tooth. The reason I don’t write about desserts as much as I do savory fare is because, by the time I get to …
Prepkitchen Del Mar preps for re-open
Yesterday’s post was all about a high profile restaurant (The Lion’s Share) losing its head chef. Today’s is the opposite. Another popular eatery in need of a strong captain, Prepkitchen Del Mar (1201 Camino Del Mar), has found their new …