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Pure Project Brewing, a 1,625-square-foot brewhouse and taproom, has debuted in Miramar.
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After serving the Gaslamp for 30 years and Bankers Hill since 2014, Croce’s Park West has closed.
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New to The Headquarters, Las Vegas–based pizzeria Flour & Barley is set to open this month, with former Searsucker chef JC Colón at the helm.
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Paul McCabe, returning to town after three years in Scottsdale, has been named director of food, beverage, and culinary operations at Town and Country Resort & Convention Center in Mission Valley.
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Pop Pie Co. will begin serving handheld sweet and savory pies as well as Third Wave coffee to the University Heights crowd this spring.
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A more casual spin on Tracy Borkum’s popular Cucina concepts, Cucina Sorella will open this spring in Kensington.
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The Lodge at Torrey Pines’s course-side eatery, The Grill, will undergo a $2.5-million renovation before reopening in June.
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Sea & Smoke in Del Mar’s Flower Hill Promenade has closed and will be replaced by Flower Child, a fast-casual healthy concept, slated to open later this year.
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Thorn St. Brewery is expanding to a second location in Barrio Logan next year. Dubbed Thorn Brewing Company, the new facility will be dedicated to greater brew production, with a 30-barrel system.
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Fresh off the purchase of Rancho Santa Fe’s Delicias, ex-Loews and El Bizcocho chef Patrick Ponsaty has his own restaurant in the works.
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Las Vegas-based pizzeria Flour & Barley opens in the Headquarters
