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Food critic Troy Johnson on food trends, reviews and the best eats in San Diego
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In Good Company aims to partner with neighborhood restaurants that care about sustainability
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Increasing pressure from “protestaurants” makes it a no-win situation
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What to order from five of our Best Restaurants winners
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The owner of Gihon Ethiopian Kitchen explains the things that make the food sing
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Awash is part restaurant, part market, part heart of Ethiopian culture
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Bowlegged BBQ feels like eating brisket in the backyard of a family home
The results of food critic Troy Johnson's epic quest for the city's best tiny chicken
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It’s cold and we’ve heard of rain, so cozy up to these soul-warmers
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Why Francisco Perez gave up engineering to create his famous little taco shop, Aquí Es Texcoco
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How the director of a cult classic B-movie horror film became San Diego’s artisanal bread king
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How a little bakery named Wayfarer turned Bird Rock into a bread-lover’s destination
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How two former film execs helped usher in San Diego’s artisanal bread scene
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In Good Company aims to partner with neighborhood restaurants that care about sustainability
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George’s at the Cove chef Trey Foshee explains the view from the kitchen about the uncertainty
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Increasing pressure from “protestaurants” makes it a no-win situation
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Go a little out of your way to get drinks to go from your neighborhood spot
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What to order from five of our Best Restaurants winners
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Surprisingly good, apparently—but they desperately need comprehensive immigration reform
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Miho Catering Co. now offers grass-fed burgers and registered nurses
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How restaurants, food, and drink will be much different in the coming years
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Restaurants need the big holiday sales more than ever
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This is what the industry is going through, and how Societe Brewing made it out
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San Diego now has a craft beer outpost for women (and everyone, but emphasis on women)
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The results of my monthlong spiritual quest for the top ramen in the city
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On the eve of our Best Restaurants issue, these are my current favorite nap-makers
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It took a few decades, but Tijuana native Gabby Lopez is finally opening her dream in Ocean Beach
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How Sam Morikizono unintentionally built one of San Diego’s original ramen shops
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Supermarkets are thriving, so what if they dedicated one aisle to local restaurants and caterers?
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Ajisen has 700 locations across the globe and doesn’t care about your ramen rules
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One of Japan’s top ramen chefs obsesses over noodles and weather at Menya Ultra
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A San Diego classic keeps up with the Joneses by not trying to keep up with the Joneses
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How the 1980s predicted the boom of craft ramen, and where to find it locally
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I’m gonna take a break from the heartbreak and hit one of my favorite taco shops
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Will the incoming mayor help fight the industry’s notoriously high fees?
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Mayoral candidates respond to some restaurants’ request to pause wage hike until pandemic is over
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Both candidates for the next mayor of San Diego indicate yes
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I’ve worked to-go back into my pandemic routine and these are all kinds of good
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As restaurant-goers face a pent-up need to socialize, a restaurateur ponders if keeping the bar open will affect guests’ ability to follow pub…
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Attorney says yes, but everyone involved will lose (except attorneys)
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One percent of customers are 100 percent of their problem
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Michelin-star chef Akira Back explains two odd things helping his new restaurant through the pandemic
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Kindred recasts half their restaurant for elaborate seven-course pop-ups
Restrictions help Coop’s West Texas BBQ streamline its iconic brisket shop
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The owners of Campfire and Jeune et Jolie adapt using airflow (and bathroom attendants)
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In a series on dining during COVID, here is a look inside Dumpling Inn
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Here is an evolving list of black-owned small businesses to support
Hold the criticism, please. Restaurants took care of us, now it’s time to take care of them
Every night, a writer invites local restaurateurs onto his phone to help people stare at food
Your Julia Child aspirations ended as a cold hot dog and a White Claw, and that’s OK
During the pandemic, millions of Americans are new to needing hunger relief. Feeding San Diego CEO Vince Hall explains the challenges to meet …
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Scripps’ COVID Care Companions keep an eye on patients as they self-quarantine
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Scripps’ new one-stop health center in Oceanside is now open
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Meet the top-tier companies, nonprofits, and individuals whose creativity, insight, and expertise energize the city and move us forward
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Lifestyle changes are key to stopping this precursor to chronic illness in its tracks