The Best Food & Drink Events This Month: June-July 2015
Del Mar Summer Solstice, Hop-Con 3.0: W00tstout, Collections: Chef Justin Cogley at Addison Del Mar
Best Things I Ate This Month: June 2015
Strawberries at Chino Farms, El Chileno Ceviche at Sirena Latin Gourmet, Pain Au Chocolat at Le Parfait Paris
Behind the Best Restaurants List
Ten facts about how it’s made and why San Diego has arrived
Brewery Spotlight: Duck Foot Brewing Co.
New breweries are opening in San Diego at an average rate of one per month. That means, in order to survive, the new guys better have something unique to distinguish them from their competitors, all of who are all vying for our valuable attention.
Here, Taste This…
I had something of a craft beer epiphany the other day. I realized, for the first time, that I prefer beer with dessert over any other beverage. Sure, I appreciate a great Sauternes or a glass of Amaretto or Bailey’s, but I usually enjoy those drinks most by themselves. The one actual pairing I keep […]
Creating a Beer with Tony Gwynn
The Tale of .394 Pale Ale
FIRST LOOK: Sovereign Kitchen
Michelin-awarded Iron Chef Vietnam lands in Downtown San Diego
Restaurant Review: The Smoking Goat
How the Smoking Goat bistro became a neighborhood classic
Trending: Say Cheese!
Soft or hard, tangy or creamy, sink your teeth into a mélange of fromage.
San Diego, the next food city
Old habits die hard. The old habit of the national food media is treating California like it has only two cities worthy of serious conversation (Los Angeles and San Francisco). Six years ago, they were right. San Diego had world-class restaurants, but they were sparse. Places like George’s at the Cove or A.R. Valentien were […]
Coming Soon to Little Italy
You voted it the best food neighborhood in San Diego, and it’s getting even better this year. Here’s what’s opening in and around India Street in 2015.
Restaurant Chatter
We polled more than 3,000 people about the dining trends they love, loathe, and could do without.
San Diego’s Best Restaurants 2015
Readers and our food critic pick the best places and dishes in 63 categories
Buy Local: The Heart & Trotter
The Heart & Trotter is at the forefront of San Diego’s emerging butcher culture
Trending: Come out of your shell
The delicacy is popping up on so many of our favorite menus around town. For San Diegans, the world’s our oyster.
Trending: Scream for Ice Cream
San Diego’s always had a great selection of really good ice cream, from Mariposa to MooTime, Niederfrank’s to Oasis, and this year we’ve welcomed some new, especially stylish parlors to neighborhoods across the county. Just in time for summer, it’s a good time to love ice cream.
La Vida Vegan: Handfuls of Culture
Expect no silverware, but plenty of flavor at Muzita Bistro.
Sweet Spot: Piña Colada Soufflé
Right on cue for warmer summer months comes Bottega Americano’s new piña colada soufflé, a pillowy-soft dessert made with coconut filling and a macadamia cookie crust, and garnished with macadamia nuts, coconut, and edible flowers. It’s light with a tropical tang—the perfect complement to the Italian eatery’s pizza- and pasta-focused menu. 1195 Island Avenue, East […]
New Brewery: Duck Foot Brewing Company
Against the Grain
New Dumpling Digs
There’s something charming about hole-in-the-wall restaurants, that is, until they’re not so under the radar and outgrow their space. That’s the fate that led the award-winning Convoy institution Dumpling Inn to a larger venue located within the same plaza. The menu of noodles and namesake dumplings remains the same—don’t miss the deep-fried beef curry dumplings […]
Very Important Taco: Fish Tacos Chinois
BLVD Chinese Kitchen
Where Chefs Get Schooled
Wannabe Plascencias are drawn to Tijuana’s Culinary Art School
Eat This: Seared Abalone from Manzanilla
The port city of Ensenada offers both lovely views of the Pacific and a bounty of fresh seafood. One of my favorite food memories comes from a visit to Manzanilla, the restaurant of chef Benito Molina and his wife, Solange Muris. At the forefront of Baja’s cuisine, Manzanilla’s near-perfect menu makes it hard to choose, […]
Brew News: The Confessional Now Open
You won’t have to drive quite as far north to taste San Marcos-based Lost Abbey’s famous barrel-aged brews anymore. The former Small Brewery of the Year has just opened new tasting room The Confessional in Cardiff’s Seaside Market shopping center. Two dozen taps serve beers from The Lost Abbey, The Hop Concept, and Port Brewing […]
10 Hot Plates
San Diego restaurant rumors, openings, & coming-soons in June
Step up to the Plate
One public health incident put Tijuana’s 500 Chinese restaurants in peril. It’s time to restore balance. Dig in!
