Category: Eating Out

  • The Best Pizza in Rome… Has to be because we met Bobby Flay there

    We recently went to Italy for our honeymoon and we started our adventure in Rome. We ate at quite a few amazing restaurants, and I took a lot of food pictures, so I’ll be doing individual posts for all the different places of note that we went to. The first…

  • You need to give a cluck about this fried chicken

    Recently, Andy had a work trip to Chicago and I definitely wanted to tag along because 1) I’ve never been and 2) their food scene is supposed to be crazy good. I was there for 4 nights and we fit a lot into that time as well as during the…

  • Animal – Los Angeles (Fairfax Area)

    Animal – Los Angeles (Fairfax Area)

    Paul and I recently took a little mini-vacation to Los Angeles.  It was a great time to see the Getty museums, The Walt Disney Concert Hall and Griffin Observatory.  Chef Brian Redzikowski from Kettner Exchange suggested that we have dinner at Animal, one of the restaurants owned by Jon Shook and…

  • Cowboy Star – East Village San Diego

    Cowboy Star – East Village San Diego

    Cowboy Star is an upscale steak house in San Diego’s East Village neighborhood, that was the vision of Jon and Angie Weber (formerly from Kensington Grill), and executive chef Victor Jimenez.  They have created a beautiful and comfortable setting to enjoy an amazing selection of meats and fish, craft cocktails,…

  • Bracero – Cocina de Raiz

    Bracero – Cocina de Raiz

    First, we have to make full disclosure — the general manager of Bracero is a good friend of ours.  But with that on the table, I will do my best to be fair and impartial in this article. Bracero is the latest restaurant from Chef Javier Plascencia, who is widely…

  • Streetcar Merchants of Fried Chicken, Doughnuts, and Coffee

    Streetcar Merchants of Fried Chicken, Doughnuts, and Coffee

    When you think of San Diego you conjure up images of sunny beaches, surfers, burritos, and avocados; i don’t think fried chicken comes into your mind at all. Streetcar Merchants is going to change that, because they are doing amazing fried chicken. We went for lunch one day, with some…

  • Rustic Root

    Rustic Root

    On June 30 of this year, we had the chance to try Rustic Root in San Diego’s Gaslamp neighborhood.  The first night we went there, the rooftop was not yet open for business.  We sat in the main room of the restaurant and had a great meal with our friend…

  • The Palette at the Art Institute of San Diego

    The Palette at the Art Institute of San Diego

    I had lunch last week at the Palette at the Art Institute of San Diego.  For those who have never been there, this is the student run restaurant for the culinary programs at AI.  First, readers should know that each quarter, a different team of students (and I presume, teachers)…

  • Buona Forchetta – San Diego’s Best Pizzeria

    Buona Forchetta – San Diego’s Best Pizzeria

    Yesterday, we took Cooper down to a great dog park in the South Park neighborhood of San Diego (Grape Street Dog Park at Grape and 28th Street).  Since we were so close, we decided to stop by one of our favorite South Park restaurants, Buona Forchetta (http://buonaforchettasd.com/). Buona Forchetta is…

  • Juniper & Ivy

    Juniper & Ivy

    Let me start by saying that Juniper & Ivy is my favorite restaurant in San Diego.  They opened in March 2014 and I’ve been 9 times already.  We always seem to take new people with us each time, exposing them to the culinary delights that this restaurant has to offer. …