Ocean Park Inn & PB Town Council Ocean Safety FundraiserThrough July 4Ocean Park Inn and the Pacific Beach Town Council are teaming up to raise $20,000 for rip current warning signs along local beaches. As part of the campaign, Ocean Park Inn will match all donations through July 4. Contributions su

When my son was tiny—out of the newborn larval stage but essentially still a warm loaf of bread with lungs—he refused to sleep unless the world was moving beneath him. So I pushed his stroller day and night, over pavement warped by roots, through moonlit streets. Naps, bedtimes, 3 a.m. wakeups—I wor

San Diego is booming this July, literally. Whether it’s fireworks lighting up the bay on the 4th, the San Diego Pride Parade dancing through Balboa Park, or waterside concerts at the Shell, the city’s summer energy is in full swing. Check out Independence Day festivities, sip wine at USD’s dreamy ca

Leucadia is synonymous with pristine beaches and charming small businesses, with many venturing into the area to visit Pannikin Coffee & Tea and spend time at Grandview or Beacon’s beaches. Leucadia, which translates to “place of shelter, isle of paradise” in Greek, was named by English settlers who

No judgement if you’ve spent the last few weeks locked into Love Island every night. But if you and your couch have had a little too much quality time lately, consider spending the weekend out and about among the community. Buy a drink from one of several local independent brewers taking part in San

Once upon a time (13 years ago, to be precise), a restaurant inspired by New York City’s world-class cocktail scene opened on a once-desolate corner of Kettner Boulevard. Sandwiched between the tourist-heavy Seaport Village, the Top Gun barbecue restaurant, and trolley tracks for the Green MTS line,

Once upon a time (13 years ago, to be precise), a restaurant inspired by New York City’s world-class cocktail scene opened on a once-desolate corner of Kettner Boulevard. Sandwiched between the tourist-heavy Seaport Village, the Top Gun barbecue restaurant, and trolley tracks for the Green MTS line,

Plastics are everywhere. It’s nearly impossible to avoid exposure to plastics in some form. Product packaging, synthetic fabrics, single-use bottles and bags, kitchen utensils and many other everyday items can shed small particles, called microplastics, which end up in the food we eat, the water we

“I did a Wagyu dinner where I made edible candles out of Wagyu tallow, and then we pre-lit them so they would be nice and soupy already. Then we put a little bit of Temecula olive oil, balsamic vinegar, and that was their first bread course—they had to dip the little demi baguette in there.”This was

Let’s not be melodramatic. Restaurants and bars and cafés will save us all from being hijacked by the algorithm, half-consciously binging likes and shares into overstimmed agita. A charm of the tech age is that a billion unique hobbies and interests and sacred concerns have their own Reddits and for

Some meals are so good they dent your mouth.The first time I tasted Eric Bost’s food was shortly after he arrived at Jeune et Jolie in 2021. It was one of those meals where all the senses you’ve deadened through suspect life decisions come roaring back. Soon after, J&J won a Michelin star. The redem

It’s hard to believe we once made cocktails using juice in tin cans that tasted like off-brand SunnyD and the periodic table. Craft cocktails are now the baseline. If you’re not squeezing fresh juice, attempting a fat wash, or dissembling local farm treats into liquid form, then, hell yeah, take pri

I’ve got meat friends. They sell meat to nearly every restaurant in San Diego. And one of them called me last year to talk about Ty Thompson. July 18, 2024A Ramona Farm is Bringing Rare Piedmontese Cattle to San DiegoRELATED ARTICLEThompson has become a bit of a problem. To paraphrase: “No way chefs

Jean-Michel Diot lives for this, and this lives in him. And when his body balked at the billion tiny movements required of a chef every night, he found another way. The renowned chef’s muscle memory is tuned to decades of côte de boeufs and the 200-year-old recipe he inherited for his (absolutely in

In the beginning, serious bread in San Diego County was mostly held up by two studs: Dudley’s (an icon in the rural outskirts baking date nut raisin bread and a drug-like jalapeño-cheddar since 1963) and Panchita’s (one of the OG modern Mexican bakeries, with lovely pan dulces, tres leches, and empa

Long as I can remember, Solana Beach has been better known for the mild waves at Fletcher Cove and a few blocks of high-end design shopping on Cedros Ave. But despite the glacial pace of change, the beachside enclave is gearing up to add lots of goodies to the local dining roster.Over the past few y

Most people don’t spend much time thinking about their pancreas, but it plays a critical role, helping our bodies produce digestive enzymes and insulin. An inflamed pancreas, also known as pancreatitis, causes abdominal pain that can radiate from the front to the back. Everybody can get an upset sto

After 15 years running South Park’s beloved Café Madeleine, founder Christine Perez finally feels like she’s got everything under control.“For a long time, I want to say I really didn’t know what I was doing,” she laughs. “I really kind of embraced this idea, I think, at one point where I’m like, ‘I

This Friday marks the summer solstice. Ring it in with some fun summer happenings. Foodies can spend two evenings touring Little Italy for bites, treats, and tasters, while sweet tooths can beat the heat with a sugar rush this Sunday at the annual Scoop San Diego festival in North Park. Plus, locals

This Friday marks the summer solstice. Ring it in with some fun summer happenings. Foodies can spend two evenings touring Little Italy for bites, treats, and tasters, while sweet tooths can beat the heat with a sugar rush this Sunday at the annual Scoop San Diego festival in North Park. Plus, locals