Brisket with Guy Fieri
A little backstory for tonight’s San Diego episode of Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives
The Lighter Side of Coffee
After the darkness, Seven Seas becomes first company to bet on Laos specialty beans
This Game of Thrones Cocktail Menu Wins Everything
Two of the top cocktail minds get appropriately obsessive for the final season
Your Restaurant Promiscuity Is Out of Control
How social media is making, and breaking, our neighborhood restaurants
The Big Gripe: Your Cell Phone
Restaurants would like you to put down the phone and just enjoy your meal, please
What Really Happened in 2018: Minimum Wage
Chefs, bartenders, and owners talk openly about this year’s restaurant world
First Look: Jeune et Jolie
The Team Behind Campfire Brings a New French Concept to Carlsbad
The Best Things I Ate This Month: November 2018
Maple-glazed root vegetables at The Cork & Craft, Wagyu fillet with parmesan risotto at Maestoso, and local halibut ceviche at Locale
Incoming: The Hold Fast
One of the country’s top sustainable sushi chefs is opening a handroll bar serving 100-percent local seafood
A Sake Master In Craft Beer Land
Craft sake is booming in the U.S., and Ayaka Ito is doing her part in San Diego
California’s weak plastic-straw ban
With fast-food restaurants exempted, it’s just a feel-good measure
Best Food & Drink Events in October and November
Spiny lobster dinner, Lieu Dit wine dinner, and ChefsGiving
Best Things I Ate This Month: October 2018
Cider braised pork cheeks at Vistal, ube panna cotta at Bivouac, and chilaquiles at El Carrito
Rapid Review: Single Fin Kitchen
Little Italy Food Hall’s pan-global seafood concept puts a fresh spin on raw goods
Spot Check: The Chipotle of Shawarma
Kearny Mesa’s new arrival SimSim is immaculate, and decent
Vistal’s Corn Pound Cake is One of the Best
Chef Amy DiBiase walks me through her Mexican riff on the classic
I Can’t Read Your Menu
Your mood lighting and small font are making my bad eyes worse
El Carrito in Barrio Logan Preserves a Little History
As gentrification dawns in San Diego’s heart of Latino culture, these locals heat up some breakfast nachos
Best Food & Drink Events in September and October
Taste of South Park, Seany’s Chef Fest, and Valle Food & Wine Festival
Best Things I Ate This Month: September 2018
Lemon pepper wings at Cross Street Chicken and Beer, walnut pesto gnocchi at Ulivo, and soft-shell crab at Himitsu
New in Town: Imperfect Produce
How googly eyes helped an “ugly fruit” company save 30 million pounds of food
Review: Cross Street Chicken and Beer
The Korean fried chicken is good, but I think we should see other chicken
First Look: Clara
Carlsbad gets new healthier gourmet project from Moto Deli chef Alex Carballo
First Look: Vistal
Top local chefs Paul McCabe and Amy DiBiase team up for InterContinental’s show pony
Just Launched: Our Insiders Club
For members only…New perks, insider info and access to the editors
First Look: Lola 55
A top restaurant industry strategist brings a chef-driven taco shop to the East Village
