Category Archives: Restaurant Review
North Park’s Comfort Cuisine: Urban Solace and The Linkery Square Off
There once was a country mouse, and a city mouse. And the country mouse visited the city mouse, and they walked in the grand lights of the city amongst the hustle and bustle. And, as is the usual with mice, … Continue reading
Filed under Best of San Diego, Restaurant Review
Hash House, Superstar
Fifth Avenue’s Hash House a Go-Go is an institution in San Diego’s food scene. Here’s why. If you’ve ever wondered what food would look like doing jazz hands and singing the theme song for Fame, then all you need do … Continue reading
Filed under $10 - $15 PP, Best of San Diego, Breakfast, Dinner, Hillcrest, Lunch, Restaurant Review
Who Moved My Burrito Wagon?
Could Siete Mares be the vindication of the formal Mexican restaurant? Traditionally, there have been two crucial bedrock rules of dining in San Diego. First, if you want good food from non-English speaking countries, you’d probably be better off finding … Continue reading
Filed under $10 - $15 PP, Mexican Food, Restaurant Review
The New Sheriff In Town
Frankie the Bull’s BBQ has the trappings of a real barbecue joint. But does it have the goods? Continue reading
Filed under $10 - $15 PP, BBQ, Restaurant Review
Forget Goodburger, this is Great Burger.
Hodad’s and Burger Lounge Square Off in the Burger Battle of San Diego. Burgers, like apple pie, speaking only one language, or clinging desperately to the belief that there is simply no problem that cannot be solved by more horsepower, … Continue reading
Filed under Commentary, Restaurant Review
Dumpling Inn Review
Egg Fu Old In the 1950s a thousand Chinese restaurants bloomed… and for the next fifty years nothing happened. Convoy Street’s Dumpling Inn is, on the outside, about like any other hole-in-the-strip-mall nondescript Chinese restaurant. Complete with iffy grammar … Continue reading
Filed under $10 - $15 PP, Chinese Food, Restaurant Review
Stone Brewing Company’s Fresh Dinner
Let me start out by saying, in no uncertain terms, I love beer. When somebody in San Diego says “I love beer” it means something distinctly different than most other places in the country. Often heralded as “Beer City USA” … Continue reading →
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Filed under $50+ PP, Beer, Best of San Diego, Commentary, Dinner, Fresh Local Best, Restaurant Review