Food & Drink
San Diego Restaurant Week returns
The air is starting to smell delectable as restaurants prepare to serve up their most delicious items to hungry locals...
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Where intelligence ‘meats’ the grill at IQ BBQ
By ROBIN DOHRN-SIMPSON What’s in a name? At IQ BBQ, it has to do with all employees and partners are...
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Recipe: Roasted tomato toasts
By JULIE WHITE Tomato toasts are an autumn-feeling, easy appetizer to serve for one person or 10 people. Can be...
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No diets allowed at this food focused event
The 12th annual “Taste of San Diego – East” is right around the corner! The fun happens on Monday, Aug....
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New ownership, new hope for 2021
Mario’s de La Mesa, located on the edge of La Mesa Village, has a new owner, Juan Vasquez. His is...
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Oyster and Pearl Bar Restaurant offers diners the ocean and more
Previously called The Vine Cottage, the Oyster and Pearl Bar Restaurant is now open after closing for renovations and rebranding...
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Adorable coffee shop opens on ‘other side’ of La Mesa Blvd
There is a new tea and coffee house on the block — the “other side” of La Mesa Boulevard that...
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Bars, distilleries, breweries reopen in the orange tier
The pandemic has created setbacks for local breweries, distilleries, and bars — even for those who stayed open by moving...
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Two wineries in one cool spot
Two such urban wineries, San Pasqual Winery and Wyatt Oaks Winery, share a tasting room in La Mesa. Both wineries...
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East Coast style pizza in the heart of La Mesa
When the waves are flat, don’t despair, go east — for pizza. Surfrider Pizza may be inland, but stepping into...
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