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