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San Diego Happy Half Hour Podcast: Episode 6

Vintage arcade games in La Mesa, Chipotle's new fast food venture, and MasterChef winner Claudia Sandoval drops by

By Archana Ram

This week on Happy Half Hour, hosts Erin Chambers Smith and Troy Johnson and producer Archana Ram share some of the hottest dining news, including the new Tribute Pizza open now in North Park and Coin Haus’s vintage arcade-meets-bar concept in La Mesa. (In the podcast, we incorrectly state that Coin Haus is operated by the same owner as Coin-Op Game Room. Coin Haus is operated by Cohn Restaurant Group.)

We’re also joined by Claudia Sandoval, the National City native who was crowned MasterChef winner last fall. She chats about her new cookbook and gets candid about reality TV’s, well, harsh realities.

Plus, part one of our talk on the new GMO labeling law, Chipotle gets into the burger business, and a look at San Diego Magazine’s beer blog, Behind the Brews.

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