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Breakfast at Olive Cafe
I've been trying to get down to the beach communities at least a little bit more frequently as of late, especially early in the morning while the June Gloom is making everything seem sleepy and peaceful. I visited the Olive …
Pizza Revolution Starts Today!
The slow-rise pizza revolution is at hand! Today (Tuesday) Napizza Al Taglio flings its doors open (1702 India Street, at the corner of India and Date, 619-696-0802), and we’ll all be able to see if, well, happy yeast makes better …
Musical Chef Shuffle at Donovan's Prime Seafood
There’s a reason The Reader has a blog subcategory called Musical Chefs. The local restaurant industry is huge and constantly in flux. Finding the right chef for one’s venue can be difficult. Maybe they have the chops, but the wrong …
A Different Kind of Health Food at Alchemy
Few factions offer as formidable a brand of camaraderie as the cheffing community. Theirs is a line of work where banding together is extremely important as they are often on their own when it comes to solving vocational problems. They …
Elephant and Castle: Beat This View!
Gotta say. This time of a Friday evening, you can't beat the waterfront. Sitting here at sunset waiting for the lovely Carla, at the Elephant and Castle (1355 North Harbor Drive, 619-234-9977). Sun's setting through the clouds over Point Loma. …
How to Cook (and Eat) Balut
I got embroiled in a conversation the other day with a colleague of Vietnamese extraction named Lydia. For whatever reason, we ended up talking about weird things that get eaten and the dialogue eventually turned towards balut. She said that …
Ogawashi’s Coming!
The signs are up, the rolled architects’ plans are on the work tables, the “Hiring” signs are plastered over the front windows… a new sushi joint is about to hit the streets. We’re talking about the Ross store’s corner spot …
A House Built by Fusion: Gaijin Noodle + Sake House
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jun/08/25864/ Executive Chef and owner, Antonio Friscia, doesn’t exactly look like the guy to head an Asian noodle house. The husky, bearded Italian with brawny shoulders, hipster black plastic framed eyeglasses and an impossibly shiny bald head looks like he …
Coming Attractions: Ariccia Italian Market in La Jolla
Ariccia Italian Market in La Jolla is slated for a June 14th opening. Co-owners Robert Pascucci and Stephanie Savchuk state that they wanted to create a market that “offers everything a family, chef, or appreciator of good food may need …
Starbucks Coronado: No Whine, No Wine
Starbucks Coronado is taking a hit. Make that two hits. In one month. The outlet (it’s at 960 Orange Avenue, 619-437-8306) was supposed to be the first Starbucks in California to serve wine, beer and an expanded menu. But when …
French Revolution Chez Loma!
The smell of primer is what hits you first when you walk into Chez Loma, Coronado’s longtime French eatery (1132 Loma Avenue, 619-435-0661). I’d heard it was closing. Wrong. It has been sold, and the new owners, chef Alex Martínez …
Dumplings, Pot Stickers, and Buns Galore at Dumpling Inn
A week or so ago, I decided to blindly try out a restaurant on Convoy. I found it online, liked the name – Jasmine something or other – and headed over without looking at their menu. When my three-year-old daughter …
Coming Attractions: Sally and Henry's Doghouse Bar & Grill
Dog friendly restaurants and bars are getting to be pretty common, and a new place in the Hillcrest/Banker's Hill neighborhood will add to the venues for dining with your four-legged friends. Sally and Henry's Doghouse Bar & Grill will be …
Vegan Cuisine Popping Up with Craft Beer in North Park
It’s something I accepted about myself a long time ago. While I respect vegans (hey, more meat for me, right?), their cuisine will never scream out to me with the same regularity or intense volume as a juicy cheeseburger, piled …
Sima's Grill & Deli
When I decided to sell my home, right in the middle of the mortgage meltdown of 1998, I left my furniture in it so it would show better. I furnished my new apartment with a combination of Ikea and Goodwill …
Swiener: Fondue on a Stick?
The red tent draws me across the Petco Park parking lot. Then the smell of sausages cooking hauls my schnozzle even closer. Bunch of people cluster around it, right outside the old (1894) Wonderbread building, the one that Mission Brewery …