The Best San Diego Beers
San Diego beers nab 14 medals at Great American Beer Festival. Try these now.
Sweet Spot: Cinnamon Churros
Cinnamon and sugar easily rivals chocolate as the supreme sweet flavor we crave after a Mexican food feast. Add in a thick dulce de leche dipping sauce, perfectly warmed, and these airy, crispy-but-soft-inside churro puffs are muy, muy fantastico. Don Chido, 527 Fifth Avenue, Gaslamp Quarter Sweet Spot: Cinnamon Churros
Sweet Spot: Cinnamon Churros
Cinnamon and sugar easily rivals chocolate as the supreme sweet flavor we crave after a Mexican food feast. Add in a thick dulce de leche dipping sauce, perfectly warmed, and these airy, crispy-but-soft-inside churro puffs are muy, muy fantastico. Don Chido, 527 Fifth Avenue, Gaslamp Quarter Sweet Spot: Cinnamon Churros
Behind the Scenes Video: Making the October issue
We asked videographers Jenny and Scott Hoops of Quixotic Pictures to tag along with us as we shot at Ironside Fish & Oyster in Little Italy. Photographer Sam Wells let us capture him in action shooting delectable (and artful) seafood dishes by Chef Jason McLeod and cocktails crafted by Leigh Lecap. The photos are part […]
Behind the Scenes Video: Making the October issue
We asked videographers Jenny and Scott Hoops of Quixotic Pictures to tag along with us as we shot at Ironside Fish & Oyster in Little Italy. Photographer Sam Wells let us capture him in action shooting delectable (and artful) seafood dishes by Chef Jason McLeod and cocktails crafted by Leigh Lecap. The photos are part […]
This Store is Lovely Our Plane’s Going to Explode
How a bomb threat put a damper on my otherwise enjoyable weekend
This Store is Lovely Our Plane’s Going to Explode
How a bomb threat put a damper on my otherwise enjoyable weekend
Fast Food, The New Generation
Healthy fast-casual trend continues in San Diego
Fast Food, The New Generation
Healthy fast-casual trend continues in San Diego
Celebrate the Craft
Slow food feast returns to The Lodge
Celebrate the Craft
Slow food feast returns to The Lodge
Cheese on Tap at Bottlecraft
The best of beer and the best of cheese—together at last. Nestled into the back of Bottlecraft’s North Park beer retail shop is Venissimo Cheese’s latest location. Grab a bottle of your favorite craft brew and take it up to the cheese counter to find the perfect pairing, or pick up a gooey panini, burrata […]
Cheese on Tap at Bottlecraft
The best of beer and the best of cheese—together at last. Nestled into the back of Bottlecraft’s North Park beer retail shop is Venissimo Cheese’s latest location. Grab a bottle of your favorite craft brew and take it up to the cheese counter to find the perfect pairing, or pick up a gooey panini, burrata […]
Growing: Dudley’s Bakery
San Diego has some solid bakeries now, from Bread & Cie. to Con Pane and Sadie Rose. But ask any local for their first memory of lust-worthy, high-quality bread? The answer is almost always Dudley’s Bakery—where for the last 50 years, every San Diegan with an operable sense of smell has stopped for some potato […]
Growing: Dudley’s Bakery
San Diego has some solid bakeries now, from Bread & Cie. to Con Pane and Sadie Rose. But ask any local for their first memory of lust-worthy, high-quality bread? The answer is almost always Dudley’s Bakery—where for the last 50 years, every San Diegan with an operable sense of smell has stopped for some potato […]
Incoming: Duke’s
After eight long years, one of the most iconic and prized restaurant locations in San Diego is finally getting a new tenant. The Top of the Cove—the 13,222-square-foot landmark location on Prospect Street—will now become Duke’s, part of a chain of surf-culture restaurants started in Hawaii, named after surf legend Duke Kahanamoku. They’re known for […]
Incoming: Duke’s
After eight long years, one of the most iconic and prized restaurant locations in San Diego is finally getting a new tenant. The Top of the Cove—the 13,222-square-foot landmark location on Prospect Street—will now become Duke’s, part of a chain of surf-culture restaurants started in Hawaii, named after surf legend Duke Kahanamoku. They’re known for […]
10 Hot Plates
Rumors, openings, & coming-soons
10 Hot Plates
Rumors, openings, & coming-soons
New Beer: Border X Brewing
The city’s only Latino-owned brewery brings the flavors of Mexico to San Diego suds lovers.
New Beer: Border X Brewing
The city’s only Latino-owned brewery brings the flavors of Mexico to San Diego suds lovers.
New Restaurant: Bottega Americano
Bottega Americano has a split personality, by design. It’s a starkly white and modern, yet firewood-lined, Italian eatery designed by Thomas Schoos (Searsucker, Puesto). It’s also a European market from respected SD food people Giuseppe Ciuffa, Greg Van de Velde (former manager of Mister A’s), chef David Warner, and investor Chad Ruyle. The menu boasts […]
New Restaurant: Bottega Americano
Bottega Americano has a split personality, by design. It’s a starkly white and modern, yet firewood-lined, Italian eatery designed by Thomas Schoos (Searsucker, Puesto). It’s also a European market from respected SD food people Giuseppe Ciuffa, Greg Van de Velde (former manager of Mister A’s), chef David Warner, and investor Chad Ruyle. The menu boasts […]
Restaurant Review: Ironside Fish & Oyster
Ironside Fish & Oyster is the crown jewel of Little Italy (bring pillows)
Restaurant Review: Ironside Fish & Oyster
Ironside Fish & Oyster is the crown jewel of Little Italy (bring pillows)
Tijuana Craft Beer meets Stone Brewing Co
The brothers behind Insurgente Cerveceria, one of Tijuana’s most popular craft breweries, have been busy. In addition to opening a new facility that more than doubled their brewing capacity, Ivan and Damien (Chula Vista natives who started the brewery while in business school at USC) also recently collaborated with Stone Brewing Co. on Xocoveza Mocha […]
