A Perfect Ten Posted on January 01, 2018 San Diegans can be fickle about our food. We’re often attracted to the latest shiny trends, swayed by of-the-moment offerings like poke, zoodles, mocktails, and hipster toasts. Yet, throughout all the flavor fluctuation — like the foie gras to no foie gras to foie gras renaissance —…
Lionfish Opens With A Roar Posted on April 28, 2017 The immaculate Pendry Hotel has risen like a contemporary boutique phoenix from a once underutilized Gaslamp district parking lot. It has attained instant “It-spot” status that bleeds over to its bars and the modern coastal eatery, Lionfish. The brilliant, eye-catching interior design and pulsing, club-ready…
A Star Turn Posted on Feb. 1, 2017 Three-time Top Chef veteran Casey Thompson was recently tapped by The Inn at Rancho Santa Fe to begin to reimagine its Morada restaurant. During Thompson’s first stint on the TV show, she knocked out fellow San Diego Top Chef alum Brian Malarkey en route to a top-three…
Big and Bold: Bob’s Steak & Chop House Posted on Nov. 1, 2016 Some restaurants exist solely as monuments to their founder’s preferences. Some spots convey personal peeves via idiosyncratic rules: automatic tipping, no ketchup, no clear spirits, and the cutting-off of ties. However, in the best cases, they’re the things a restaurant owner truly…