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Food & Drink JANUARY 4, 2013

INCOMING: Butcher’s Brewing

Rey Knight takes over former Manzanita Brewing space

INCOMING: Butcher’s Brewing

As we reported a while back, master fermenter Rey Knight was closing a deal on a San Diego location for his Butcher’s Brewing Company. And now he’s locked up Manzanita Brewing’s original space in Santee (9962 Prospect Ave.) for his first nano-brewery and tasting room. Already with the city’s top Thai food and Phil’s BBQ, Santee’s mouths are increasingly less torporific. Knight first made his name with Knight Salumi Company (his finnochiona was fantastic), then moved onto beer with the successful Butcher’s. Some high-profile spots—from Downtown’s Cowboy Star to Sprouts markets—carry the original line as well as the spinoff, Mucho Aloha. Landing this 4,000 square-foot space will allow him to produce and distribute up to 1,400 kegs of the seven Butcher’s Brewing beers—six IPAs and a barleywine—all over the San Diego market.

“It’ll also give me a place to tinker and create eclectic, one-off beers that are very  high-quality, small-batch and only for a few taps,” he says. “I’m not going to lie. I like all the beers I’ve made so far. But just making them over and over again is humdrum. I want to get creative with something a local farmer brings me. This allows me to do that.”

Butcher’s Brewing looks to open by March. After that, Knight says he’s looking to open five more locations—in Orange County, L.A., Santa Barbara, San Francisco and Hawaii. To talk with Knight personally about the plans, he’ll be at Solace & The Moonlight Lounge—owned by his brother-in-law Matt Gordon—on Feb. 5 with tastes of Mucho Aloha beers.

Manzanita Brewing is still all-systems-go, having moved into a larger space down the road.

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Food & Drink APRIL 22, 2026

East County Enters Its Steakhouse Era

The Heritage Steakhouse will feature a sixth-floor dining room, classic tableside touches, and a menu built around premium cuts

East County Enters Its Steakhouse Era
Courtesy of The Heritage Steakhouse

There’s a new sort of cattle call coming to Santee. Come late summer, East County’s first homage to the classic New York steakhouse experience, The Heritage Steakhouse, opens to the public at the Lantern Crest Senior Living resort community. With it comes prime cuts of beef, an Art Deco ambiance, and a modern twist on an old-school tradition with killer sunset views from the sixth floor dining room. 

Michael Grant, founder of both the residential community and restaurant, was born and raised in East County, so he knows firsthand the lack of high-end dining options in the area. “If you want to go to a nice five star-type restaurant, you go downtown or to La Jolla, Del Mar, Little Italy, and so forth because that’s where the options are,” he says.

So he decided to bring the options to the people by building a destination that’s not only open to the public, but also located on resort property—much like The Marine Room at the La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club. 

The premise behind The Heritage is an updated take on the traditional steakhouse experience (think tableside Caesar salads, oysters Rockefeller, and of course, a focus on the meat). The Heritage will have all that, but expect a few twists as well. For example, Hasselback potatoes are a steakhouse staple—thinly sliced and roasted for crispy edges and tender interior, then finished with various toppings like butter, sour cream, or herbs. Heritage’s take will be a Hasselback sweet potato, seasoned slightly differently. 

Courtesy of The Heritage Steakhouse

But steak lovers can be sure of one thing: Nobody is messing with the beef. “Steaks are the main event,” promises Scott Barnett, a veteran hospitality consultant. The menu centers around hand-cut, USDA-certified Prime Angus, and Wagyu steaks aged a minimum of 28 days, with options like filet mignon, New York strip, ribeye, a 48-ounce Tomahawk, and a classic Delmonico steak, plus pork chops, racks of lamb, and other proteins.

Each steak is prepared in a radiant heat broiler for a top-and-bottom sear, ensuring a perfect outer crust and tender interior every time. Desserts will be made daily in-house, and the full bar will specialize in craft cocktails of the Art Deco era, as well as wines sourced from Napa Valley, Bordeaux, Valle de Guadalupe, and other regions around the world.

Upon first arrival, guests can take advantage of the free valet parking (not something you’ll get in Little Italy!) before a doorman opens the entryway and ushers you to the glass elevator that will ferry you to the top floor of the tallest building in Santee. (The panoramic views speak for themselves.) Once you arrive in the lobby, seating and cocktails await if needed; otherwise, the Art Deco-inspired dining room with seating for 125 uses dark wood and pops of gold to emulate an old-school New York vibe, complete with a chandelier and terraced ceiling that feels like a grandiose throwback to a glamorous flapper ballroom. 

Keep an eye out for custom artwork decorating the 4,000-square-foot space, including the lobby. Designer and artist Nancy Robinson created all the gold and black silhouette designs in the lobby, as well as the one-of-a-kind artworks around the space. However, the aesthetic is not a complete throwback to a previous era, insists Clifford Grant, vice president of operations and development.

“There aren’t any steakhouses, at least in San Diego, that are really doing this modern homage on the classic style,” he says. “That’s what we’re really trying to define ourselves with in doing this project.” And for as much as the team believes guests will be dazzled by the views and the vibe (not to mention the lack of comparable options in the area), Barnett believes the quality steaks and the high-end service will be what keeps people coming back again and again. 

“The guest has to leave with an emotional souvenir that says, ‘That was something unique, that was different, I need to come back,’” he says. “That’s our real goal.”

The Heritage Steakhouse opens late summer 2026 at 200 Lantern Crest Way in Santee. Initial opening hours will be Sunday through Thursday, 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Friday through Saturday, 4 p.m. to 10 p.m.


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Food & Drink SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

INCOMING: Dudley’s Deli

Iconic Dudley's Bakery to open deli in Kearny Mesa

INCOMING: Dudley’s Deli

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 bread on their way to “see snow” in Julian.

Now San Diegans won’t have to drive so far for their fix. Evan Brunye, son of Dudley’s owners Barry and Laurie Brunye, is opening Dudley’s Deli in Kearny Mesa (9119 Clairemont Mesa Blvd.) in the former Chick-A-Deli. Brunye opened the first offshoot of the bakery last year in Santee. This location, which he hopes to open within three weeks, will be the first that isn’t a hell of a drive for us city folk.

Menu standouts include the Strawberry Turkey (that famed potato sheepherder bread with a layer of fresh strawberries and strawberry preserves), the TBA (turkey, bacon and avo on their Western Wheat Bread), and California Roast Beef on jalapeño-cheddar loaf. You can also build your own starting with your favorite Dudley’s bread, then meats and some inventive condiments (cilantro-garlic mayo, Frank’s Red Hot Sauce, crab apple jelly, pico de gallo, peanut butter, etc.). Open from 6AM to 4PM, Dudley’s Deli will bake its own pastries. The bread will be delivered from the mother ship every other day.

“We tried to bake the bread onsite in Santee, and it’s just so much bread,” explains Brunye. “The ovens in Santa Ysabel you can fit 20 people in. We don’t have that kind of space.”

Evan, a mechanical engineer by trade, raised the money for the delis the hard way. Walking at night in Mission Beach in 2011, he was attacked from behind and ultimately stabbed in the leg four times. The police didn’t arrest the attacker, because Brunye had defended himself pretty well and given the attacker a black eye. “So I had to sue the guy, and won enough to start my own business,” explains Brunye, who made a full recovery after a year of rehabilitation. “If it wasn’t for that, I’d probably still be an engineer.”

INCOMING: Dudley’s Deli

Food & Drink SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

INCOMING: Dudley’s Deli

Iconic Dudley's Bakery to open deli in Kearny Mesa

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 bread on their way to “see snow” in Julian.

Now San Diegans won’t have to drive so far for their fix. Evan Brunye, son of Dudley’s owners Barry and Laurie Brunye, is opening Dudley’s Deli in Kearny Mesa (9119 Clairemont Mesa Blvd.) in the former Chick-A-Deli. Brunye opened the first offshoot of the bakery last year in Santee. This location, which he hopes to open within three weeks, will be the first that isn’t a hell of a drive for us city folk.

Menu standouts include the Strawberry Turkey (that famed potato sheepherder bread with a layer of fresh strawberries and strawberry preserves), the TBA (turkey, bacon and avo on their Western Wheat Bread), and California Roast Beef on jalapeño-cheddar loaf. You can also build your own starting with your favorite Dudley’s bread, then meats and some inventive condiments (cilantro-garlic mayo, Frank’s Red Hot Sauce, crab apple jelly, pico de gallo, peanut butter, etc.). Open from 6AM to 4PM, Dudley’s Deli will bake its own pastries. The bread will be delivered from the mother ship every other day.

“We tried to bake the bread onsite in Santee, and it’s just so much bread,” explains Brunye. “The ovens in Santa Ysabel you can fit 20 people in. We don’t have that kind of space.”

Evan, a mechanical engineer by trade, raised the money for the delis the hard way. Walking at night in Mission Beach in 2011, he was attacked from behind and ultimately stabbed in the leg four times. The police didn’t arrest the attacker, because Brunye had defended himself pretty well and given the attacker a black eye. “So I had to sue the guy, and won enough to start my own business,” explains Brunye, who made a full recovery after a year of rehabilitation. “If it wasn’t for that, I’d probably still be an engineer.”

INCOMING: Dudley’s Deli

Studio S JULY 7, 2026

Xplosion Box: A Customized Keepsake Your Loved Ones Won’t Forget

A customized memory-filled explosion gift box is a creative way to show someone you care

Xplosion Box: A Customized Keepsake Your Loved Ones Won’t Forget
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Finding a gift that feels truly personal can be surprisingly difficult. In a sea of generic options — flowers, gift cards, candles, and the like — Xplosion Box offers something more lasting: a customized keepsake built around the photos, messages, and memories that matter most. 

Founded by Southern California entrepreneur Jay Vijay, Xplosion Box LLC creates fully customized explosion gift boxes that arrive professionally designed, printed, assembled, and ready to gift. Each box opens layer by layer to reveal personal photos, heartfelt messages, pull-out albums, origami-style photo pockets, and hidden notes, turning a simple gift into an emotional reveal. 

The brand was built for people who want to give something meaningful without spending hours printing photos, cutting paper, folding cardstock, or assembling a DIY project. Customers simply choose a box, upload their favorite photos, add personal messages, and the Xplosion Box team transforms those details into a polished keepsake that feels thoughtful, personal, and beautifully made.

Xplosion Box offers personalized gift boxes for birthdays, anniversaries, weddings, graduations, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Valentine’s Day, Christmas, proposals, bridesmaid gifts, long-distance relationships, and thoughtful “just because” moments. 

Customers can choose from flexible customization options starting at $27. The Mini Surprise Box includes 10 photos, three message cards, and one hidden secret note, while the Mega Surprise Box offers a fuller keepsake experience with 40 photos, three message cards, and one hidden secret note. 

What sets Xplosion Box apart is its high level of customization combined with convenience. Filled with personal photos, custom text, decorative details, and layered surprises, each box gives customers the freedom to create a gift that feels one-of-a-kind — without having to make it themselves. 

At its core, Xplosion Box helps people turn favorite photos, stories, and words into something tangible: a keepsake that can be opened, revisited, and remembered long after the occasion has passed. asion has passed.

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Food & Drink FEBRUARY 4, 2013

Local Bounty: February 4

The Other Dairy

Local Bounty: February 4

Most of us think cow when we think of milk—or most non-cheese dairy products. That’s what is most common in the U.S. But there’s a whole world of people who adore both goat’s and sheep’s milk, and we’re seeing more of it in the markets. For those who can’t tolerate cow’s milk, goat’s milk—with its different fats and proteins and lower levels of lactose can make dairy more tolerable. Sheep milk, on the other hand is higher in lactose than either cow’s or goat’s milk, so it’s not recommended to those who are severely lactose intolerant, but it is richer in protein. And while it has about double the fat content of the others, it contains higher levels of conjugated linoleic acid, which may promote fat loss, improve blood lipid levels, and possibly help prevent diabetes.

Okay, enough of the dietary talk. Check with your doctor if you have medical issues. Let’s talk flavor, cooking, and all the good stuff. I decided to make a Brousse cheese—a simple soft goat/cow cheese that uses lemon and salt to get a curd and add a touch of flavor. I had remembered seeing goat milk at Sprouts, so off I went. The full fat version I needed wasn’t on the shelf so I asked an employee if they had any in the back. While waiting I perused the yogurt section and found goat’s milk and then sheep’s milk yogurt. I somehow had missed these so in went several containers into my cart—and now to you.

Local Bounty: February 4

yogurt and milk

Meyenberg Goat Milk

I’ll cut to the chase. I got the wrong milk for making cheese. Meyenberg, based in California’s Central Valley, makes ultra-pasteurized whole and low-fat milk. Perfectly good for drinking and cooking. Not at all good for making cheese. But, the milk is delicious—like drinking liquid goat cheese. If you don’t want to drink it, add it to soup or pudding, make gelato, add to quiche or a custard. Basically, anything you’d add milk to, but know the taste is going to be more distinctive than cow’s milk. $3.99 a quart

Skyhill Farms Goat Yogurt

Skyhill Farms, of Napa Valley, started out as an organic produce farm but they began acquiring a herd of goats and started selling goat cheese in 1991. I am now cooing over their yogurt. There are at least six varieties at Sprouts—plain, peach, blueberry, vanilla, strawberry, and raspberry. They’re thick and creamy with a good amount of tang. If you want to take it to another level, strain the plain yogurt overnight in cheesecloth to make a soft goat’s milk cheese. You could marinate the cheese in olive oil and herbs, then have a spread for crackers. $1.99 for a 6-ounce container

Bellwether Farms Sheep Milk Yogurt

I’ve long been an acolyte of the Bellwether Farms cheese folks, especially their cow’s milk Carmody and Crescenza. But now I’m adding the sheep’s milk yogurt to my list of must enjoys. The yogurt from the pastured goats at the family-owned Sonoma farm is rich and sweet. I enjoyed both the plain and vanilla flavors, but they also sell strawberry, blueberry, blackberry, and spiced apple (I didn’t see the latter two at Sprouts, but it may be a seasonal thing). Like the goat yogurt, you can drain the plain variety to make a soft cheese—perhaps to spread on a toasted bagel. How about adding it to cheesecake, making panna cotta, or making a sheep’s yogurt tzaziki? $2.29 for a 6-ounce container

Food & Drink JULY 10, 2026

San Diego’s Tiniest Cookbook Shop Is Hidden Inside a Garage

Patine packs new and used cookbooks, hard-to-find ingredients, and fresh-baked goods into a one-car garage—and a much bigger storefront is coming soon

San Diego’s Tiniest Cookbook Shop Is Hidden Inside a Garage
Courtesy of Patine

There are two types of people: those whose cookbooks remain clean and crisp, and those whose cookbooks are dog-eared, stained with flecks of oil and butter, and graffitied with handwritten notes scrawled on each page. 

Courtney Geilenfeldt falls in the second group. Sure, it’s easy to go to TikTok or Instagram to figure out what to cook on any given day. “But there’s something about a physical, analog book, where you can see the photos and get pasta sauce splattered on it,” she says. “I just have always loved that.” 

In the spirit of sharing that love, earlier this year Geilenfeldt opened Patine, a cookbook micro-shop and grocery with an itty-bitty selection of curated goods. And when I say micro-shop, I mean it literally—she runs it out of her one-car garage in University Heights that’s too small to even fit her car.

What she lacks in square footage, she makes up for with unique offerings. “If I know that there’s this very specific ingredient in a cookbook that I’ve had to hunt down, then I will try to have that in the shop to just make it a little bit easier,” explains Geilenfeldt. Patine’s shelves are lined with items like specialty beans, a handful of wines, and fresh baked goods like loaves of sourdough, but the main attraction is her collection of new and used cookbooks on cuisines ranging from the Caribbean to Japan. 

Her garage shop is only a placeholder. Later this year, Patine will open as a brick-and-mortar on Fifth Avenue and Nutmeg Street in Bankers Hill, across from Heavenly Bodega. That space will be “much, much bigger,” she promises, with an expanded selection of books and goods, plus space for cooking classes, author events, book club meetings, and other events. 

The educational-plus-retail approach is something she missed from her years in Seattle, where bookshops like Book Larder have been combining the two since 2011. Although Geilenfeldt is a San Diego native, the Pacific Northwest is where she really began to cut her teeth in the world of professional baking. From there, she bakery-bopped to Germany, where she learned the art of European-style baking and embraced the more methodical, slowed-down culture. 

“‘Patine’ is the French word for patina,” she explains. Items only acquire patina, or a polished look of something well-used and cared for, over years. It’s not something you can fake or make new, and it was the idea that inspires her in both baking and business. 

That’s not to say Geilenfeldt doesn’t create new things. Actually, quite the opposite—she’s launched a micro-bakery cottage food business, hosted a supper club series, worked as a recipe writer, food stylist, private chef, pop-up host, book club host, and pretty much every other food-related entrepreneurial route you can think of. And if everything falls into place, Patine’s future storefront will open in August or early fall, bringing people together for the love of food and each other.

Patine’s micro-store currently operates at 4673 Alabama Street in University Heights. Check Instagram for current hours of operation. 

Courtesy of Nobu del Coronado

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Beth’s Bites

  • Neptune may be the tempestuous god of water, but even his famously volatile temper can be soothed with a plate of fresh sushi. (I’m just guessing, I’ve never spoken to him personally.) His namesake restaurant, Neptune Sushi, opens this summer (or maybe fall, you really never know) at 3015 Adams Avenue in the former Tajima space. One of Neptune’s partners, Michael Harrison, says guests can expect a modern interpretation of temaki-style hand rolls with locally caught fish, utilizing influences from Asia and Latin America alongside San Diego. The team isn’t ready to announce many details yet, but the 1,500-square-foot space fits around 60 guests and Harrison says there will be table seating, plus multiple sushi bars. “We do have plans to expand the Neptune concept in the future,” he says, so may the gods be with them.
  • At long last, New Wave Bagel is ready to serve its signature bagels alongside breakfast and lunch sandwiches, open-face toasts, pastries, and full espresso bar starting on Saturday, July 18. Baker and co-owner Cheryl Storms says they’ll finally be able to fulfill one long-requested update: toasting bagels. “We’ve gotten a lot of flack for not being able to toast bagels this whole time,” she says. (It’s a pop-up! There are limits!) “On the 18th, that changes—we will be able to toast all bagels all the time.” New Wave will be open Wednesday through Sunday from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. with Tuesdays coming soon. 
  • If you can’t wait for Neptune, there’s always Nobu. Nobu del Coronado is one of the best-known upscale sushi chains in the world, and now, you can get a bento box full of goodies for $70. Grab a Summer Bento Box Lunch special between noon and 3 p.m. daily and get a Matsuhisa salad, three pieces of tuna, chef’s choice for three pieces each of uramaki and nigiri, rock shrimp tempura, and the iconic miso black cod, plus steamed rice and vegetables tossed in a spicy garlic sauce. Considering the black cod miso dinner portion costs $65 by itself, this is legitimately a pretty good deal (IMHO). Plus, those Coronado views!

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Beth Demmon is an award-winning writer and podcaster whose work regularly appears in national outlets and San Diego Magazine. Her first book, The Beer Lover's Guide to Cider, is now available. Find out more on bethdemmon.com.

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Health & Wellness Summer 2026

It’s a Self-Care Summer. Because your best self is our favorite self.

Health & Wellness Summer 2026

If you’re anything like us, it can be easy to get so caught up in taking care of everyone else, that your own needs get lost in the ether. But while this may be a cliché, that doesn’t make it any less true: You can’t give your best self to other people unless you’re taking care of yourself.

Sometimes, that looks like stopping in for your regular acupuncture or chiropractic appointment. Other days, it means giving your body the fresh, organic fuel it needs to truly feel and function at its best. And some other times still, it involves leaving your responsibilities behind for a weekend to pamper yourself at an incredible resort and spa.

Only you can decide what your truly need. We’re just here to help you find the best ways to get it.

Tommy Bahama Miramonte Resort & Spa

Island living meets desert luxury at the Tommy Bahama Miramonte Resort & Spa in Indian Wells. When you step onto the 11-acre property, you’ll be surrounded by sweeping view of the Santa Rosa Mountains with olive trees and fragrant citrus groves decorating the grounds. In other words, everything about this relaxed but refined resort is primed to help you let go of the stress from home and enjoy easy sun-soaked days and gorgeous starry nights.

The rooms blend calming, woven textures with Tommy Bahama’s signature tropical prints and feature private lanais, making it easy unwind the moment you walk in the door. If you book one of the four Villa Suites, you’ll be treated to exclusive Tommy Bahama furniture and unique personal touches to further that feeling of instant ease.

At the award-winning Spa Rosa, the expert team will help reset and recharge your body and mind using methods and rituals inspired by the desert. The 12,000-square-foot retreat includes outdoor soaking pools, eucalyptus steam rooms, and outdoor cabanas, as well as massages, facials, and body masks—all aimed at creating a day dedicated to you. We’re particularly partial to the Day Long Escape, an indulgent all-day affair of CDBs soaks, renewing scrubs, life changing massages, and transformative facials.

Following your treatment, continue the experience with a meal on the patio at Grapefruit Basil. We love the Hamachi Crudo, a light, citrus-forward dish featuring premium yellowtail, house-made ponzu, creamy avocado, and fresh seasonal garnishes.

Whether you’re strolling the gardens, relaxing beside its saltwater pools, or indulging in a restorative treatment, you’ll be able to escape in style and relax in luxury at the Tommy Bahama Miramonte Resort & Spa.

Healcove Chiropractic

There’s no shortage of ways to stay active in San Diego—but if you really want to enjoy everything the city has to offer, you’ve got to make sure you’re giving your body its tune-ups. Enter: Healcove Chiropractic. The board-certified chiropractors and wellness professionals at Healcove are experts at addressing that stage where you’re not injured, exactly, but you’re not at 100%, either. Maybe you’re feeling a bit tense or stressed out. Or it could be that you’re not quite moving the way you want to. Sometimes, it’s just that the accumulation of days, weeks, or even years of daily strain is starting to take a toll. No matter what stage you find yourself at, the Healcove Chiropractic team can provide integrated, preventative care centered on long-term, science-backed approaches that ensure you can always stay active and live the life you want to live pain-free.

This starts by providing truly individualized care. Every patient can expect a thorough 60-minute consultation session that includes a posture and movement screening. This allows the team to develop a completely personalized plan. That plan might include chiropractic care, acupuncture, or massage therapy, as well as functional fitness training, vibration and sound therapy, and Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization, a clinical rehabilitation method that retrains the body’s stabilization systems. Whatever the team recommends, you can be sure that it’s tailored to meeting your body’s needs today and the future.

There’s a reason that San Diego Magazine named Healcove the “Best Chiropractor in San Diego”—don’t wait until you’re struggling with an injury to find out why. Book an appointment today for holistic, integrated care that helps ground and heal your body before it reaches a crisis point. 

Juice Holler

West Coast wellness culture meets the community feel of Southern Appalachia at Juice Holler. Juice Holler’s menu consists of made-to-order smoothies and smoothie bowls, as well as grab-and-go cold-pressed juices, wellness shots, salads, and more. It operates from the blissfully simple premise that fueling up with food and drink that’s guilt-free and good your body should be simple, accessible, and, above all else, delicious. And if you haven’t yet made it out to the Encinitas café, which opened just this year, let us be the first to tell you: Juice Holler delivers on each and every of these fronts.

We love the Supercharger smoothie, a mood-lifting and body-fueling option made with banana, almond butter, blue spirulina, maca, grass-fed whey protein, raw cacao nibs, medjool dates, and coconut milk. We’re also partial to the Thrive Alive smoothie bowl, where avocado, mango, sea moss, spirulina, mint, coconut milk, and agave are mixed and topped with coconut, chia seeds, strawberry, mango, and chocolate drizzle. The wellness shots include the Detoxifier, a cleansing blend of kale, cucumber, lemon and spirulina, plus a shot specially designed to fight inflammation (named, fittingly, Anti-Inflammation). Probiotic overnight oats, lemon turmeric bars, and strawberry shortcake chia pudding are other standouts on the grab-and-go menu.

Much of the vibe feels beachy North County chic—think green tile with orange and pink accents, grounded with greenery and natural wood—but Juice Holler founder Kelly Sergott, a longtime Encinitas local, has also enfused the space with her Kentucky roots. In Appalachia, a holler is small valley between hills and mountains, where nature reigns, community is king, and nourishment comes right from the land. At Juice Holler, Sergott has created a holler for the busy modern times, using local ingredients to create a spot for people to come together and enjoy fresh, fast, feel-good fuel for their day.

Everwell Acupuncture

We’ve all had that experience with a medical professional where we’ve felt rushed, ignored, or misunderstood—and ultimately, like we didn’t get the answers that we needed. But at Everwell, the holistic acupuncture practice located in Solana Beach, the care team wants to transform your understanding of what healthcare can look like.

Patients at Everwell experience care rooted in intentional listening and radical empathy—and trust us, those aren’t just corporate buzzwords. This place actually puts those ideas into practice. You will always be given the time you need to tell your story— initial in-take appointments are two hours long—and you can rest assured that your story will be believed. Every single question and concern will be addressed by a dedicated practitioner who wants to find the specific solutions that work best for you, and you’ll receive care that’s aimed at healing the body, mind, and spirit.

Everwell’s highly trained, doctorate-level practitioners blend evidence-based acupuncture with the practice of classical Chinese medicine. (If you’ve never tried acupuncture before or aren’t sure if the team will be a fit, we’d highly recommended Everwell’s complimentary 20-minute consultations.) Research shows that by stimulating specific points on the body, acupuncture activates a natural healing response in the body, helping to restore balance, regulate the nervous system, and improve overall wellbeing. This allows the practice to address an incredibly wide range of conditions from chronic pain and autoimmune disorders to digestive issues, from stress and burnout to headaches migraines, fertility and postpartum struggles, hormonal imbalances, sleep concerns and more.

At Everwell, you can expect to feel heard, trusted, respected, and cared for. This is a space that doesn’t want to be just another healthcare provider you visit; it wants to provide patients with dedicated partner who will be there for their entire health journey.

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