10 Hot Plates: October 2013
New restaurant rumors, openings, and coming-soons
New Restaurant: Sea & Smoke
Smoke ‘Em
Red Wine: Just What the Doctor Ordered
3 healthy reasons to drink more red wine (not that you need an excuse)
Oscar Winning
Dining review of Oscar’s Mexican Seafood
The Best Things I Ate This Month: September Main Dish
Vanilla-Melon Gazpacho at Fig Fest | Wood-roasted lobster at Sea & Smoke | Classic Pie at Blue Ribbon Artisanal Pizzeria
Top Food Events: September Main Dish
Restaurant Week | All Things Agave: A Craft Cocktail Soiree at Rancho Valencia | 9th Annual Chef Showdown at NTC Promenade
Casual Hex in San Diego
The over-casualization of SD restaurants
Kangaroo Burger @ Slater’s 50/50
Half bacon, half adorable ground marsupial
THE BIG IDEA: Urge Craft Alley
The north county empire-builders strike with 24,000 square-foot resto/brewery/bowl
INCOMING: Casa Q’ero
Encinitas’ favorite South American bistro expands further south
Everyday Eats: Fried Chickin’ Goodness at Veggie Grill
This new eatery in the Westfield UTC mall proves that faux meat tastes just fine if you fry it.
INCOMING: A Bunch of Stuff
Ballast Point looks for big new brewery; Urge goes bowling in Vista; Amici’s to Hillcrest
Everyday Eats: Drunken Noodles at Saranya’s Thai Cafe
A farmers market vendor goes brick and mortar
San Diego Bits & Bites
D Bar, Ingrid Croce, and more
Everyday Eats: Chilaquiles at The Mission
This savory dish is a lot like a breakfast burrito, but with a smoky, slightly spicy kick.
10 Hot Plates
Rumors, openings, and coming-soons
NEW FACE: Market Del Mar
Designer of Craft + Commerce tapped for reinvention
3 Wine Bars to Try
Top picks for every type of wine drinker
FIVE THINGS: Kamikaze 7
Five things to impress your friends with at Downtown’s new sushi joint
Craft Brewing
Sales of small-batch craft beer continue to rise
Opening with a Bang!
Bang Bang in downtown San Diego
Diner’s Club: Great Maple
Local guy saves well-loved diner from chain-ification
The Best Things I Ate This Month: August Main Dish
Lobster Poutine @ Great Maple | Pumpkin Sesame Donut @ Paris Baguette | Beef kebab @ Grill House Cafe
Top Food Events: August Main Dish
Stone 17th Anniversary & Invitational Beer Festival | Summersalt Cocktail Showdown | “Mexitalian” Showdown
Everyday Eats: Supreme Nacho Burger at Slater’s 50/50
The special burger for the month of August makes for some messy (and delicious) eating
INCOMING: American Voodoo
Filmmaker and Southern food guy Josh Hamlin opens University Heights joint
