A one-two punch staggered San Diego beer this week, as Council Brewing announced its demise and Benchmark Brewing declared it is seeking a buyer. “I think a lot of this is over-saturation,” said Curtis Chism, co-founder of Council. “It’s a dogfight out there.” Founded in May 2014, the Kearny Mesa-based...
They hate brunch. So they’re getting into the brunch business. CH Projects, the prolific team behind such sophisticated San Diego spots as Born & Raised, Raised By Wolves and Polite Provisions, want to do with the first meal of the day the same thing they’ve done with steak, seafood, cocktails...
A few years ago, Matthew Austin asked himself: In Southern California, where there’s a proliferation of wineries and craft beer breweries, was cider next? He sure hoped so. “I’ve been interested in the craft beverage industry for 10 to 15 years,” Austin says. “I’ve been home brewing — beer, wine...
Restaurant also will feature ramen, bowls and sushi, incorporating cuisine from Japanese, Chinese and Korean cultures.
When James and Jenny Pyo opened their Asian restaurant Harumama in Little Italy last February, they thought their cute character steamed buns might please a few pint-sized customers. They never imagined the buns would become a runaway Internet sensation with fans of all ages. Harumama’s Japanese-style...
Despite certain roadblocks, many local dispensaries and businesses host events, fundraisers that benefit local organizations.
Along with his brothers and cousins, 25-year-old Alexander Adler helped launch the restaurant brand in 2012 and expand to multiple locations across California.
Two years after the longtime San Diego Thai restaurant, Saffron, was sold to a local restaurateur, a hoped-for expansion is now a reality, with the opening of its new La Jolla location. The 2,000-square-foot restaurant is located on Torrey Pines Road, the site of a former Chipotle Mexican Grill...
Pull up a seat at the bar, San Diego: area casinos are getting into the holiday spirit with specially crafted cocktails for the season. Whether festive, fruity, frosty or fancy, these delicious drinks are a way to celebrate the most wonderful time of year — with bells on. “Cocktails and the holidays...
One in an occasional series spotlighting casino employees A rough day at the “office” for Grace Skarra is having to taste-test cocktail recipes. Over and over again. As the casino operations beverage manager for Harrah’s Resort Southern California — a San Diego-area casino known for such industry...
Harrah’s Resort Southern California offers liquid holiday cheer at SR76 Beerworks.
A local beer to spend some time with: 9 Bonfires Blazing from Karl Strauss Brewing, San Diego.
In the fiery wake of the Camp Fire, Sierra Nevada brews up a liquid aid package that involves some local brewers.
The Bellhop Bar allows guests to choose from local, pre-batched libations as well as domestically-produced wine, to be poured, mixed and served on demand.
The ideal culinary stocking-stuffers: Consider a gift card from one of these newly opened or soon-to-open restaurants around San Diego County.
The holidays have arrived with several parades and tree lighting ceremonies taking place around San Diego, as well Miracle on 30th and SoNo Fest & Chili Cookoff.
If fine dining is dead, the afterlife sure looks swanky. In conventional culinary wisdom, so-called white table cloth restaurants — pushed to the buzz-o-meter back burner by the perpetual proliferation of fast casual spots, “eatertainment” playgrounds and gastro-bars and pubs — have been deemed...
Fill your holiday plates and glasses with fun food and drink events including Cold Brew City, 12 Bars of Charity, Toast of Gaslamp and SoNo Fest & Chili Cookoff.
Keurig machines are known for being a quick way to make a variety of hot drinks, from coffee to tea to cocoa to cider, using prepackaged K cups, also called pods. But now Keurig and Anheuser-Busch have partnered to produce a similar machine that does the same thing for cocktails: The Drinkworks...
When it comes to fine dining, Jason O’Bryan, of The Lion's Share and Tortoise, recognizes that to do it successfully, it really comes down to a thoughtful attention to detail.
Annual event known for vintage decor, clever cocktails, and kitschy glassware takes over Polite Provisions through Dec. 24.
San Diego’s local supply chain for its marijuana dispensaries is quickly taking shape, but approvals for indoor pot farms and edible factories are becoming more contentious as the city nears a cap it set of allowing 40 such businesses. The city has awarded permits to nearly 30 marijuana production...
People who love to cook — whether they are experts or just learning — are easy to shop for. Every year, it seems, there’s a new generation of high-tech gadgets and small appliances. There’s also a fresh crop of cookbooks on every aspect of cuisine and diet, whether your interest is in one-pot meals,...
After wrapping up your holiday shopping this weekend, you can get in the Christmas baking spirit Sunday night watching local culinary celebrity Marcela Valladolid host the premiere of the Food Network series “Holiday Gingerbread Showdown.” The Chula Vista-based TV host, chef and cookbook author...
From cranberry margaritas to chai-spiced rum drinks and fall apple cocktails, local mixologists are shaking things up for the Christmas holidays. Here’s a look at this season’s most creative cocktails at local bars and restaurants. Sippin’ Santa Polite Provisions hosts San Diego’s only 2018 Miracle...
Power shopping at the mall during the holidays requires three things: determination, comfortable shoes and plenty of fuel to keep going. We can’t help you with the first two, but we’re all charged up over how many great dining options there are at the mall these days. So whether you need to rest...
For many of us, indulging in food, drink and dessert is a pleasurable prerogative of the holidays. But what about the others, for whom quality consumption is a year- round passion and pursuit? For those foodie and wine and spirits lovers on your holiday list, here are some crème de la crème gift...
Happy Thanksgiving, San Diego! Events taking place during this holiday weekend include Turkey Trots and fun runs, Small Business Saturday and the Teddy Ball.
For a chef, cooking at the James Beard House in New York is considered the culinary equivalent of playing Carnegie Hall, while Thanksgiving dinner is called the Super Bowl of meals. So how is it that 20-year-old San Diego culinary student Rebekah Suarez — who is one of just six students from around...
Local restaurants bring their A-game for pies, cobblers, crisps and crumbles fitting for the season.
Anyone who has driven along state Route 78 from Escondido to Julian has noticed the plethora of small road signs advertising wine-tasting rooms. Indeed, these days travelers in the backcountry of San Diego County are never too far from vineyards and tasting rooms. In the past eight years, ever...