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Por Ti Funghi, Volare

June 15th, 2011 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Hole in the wall?

While in San Diego with a couple of runners the night before the Rock and Roll Marathon, we needed some carbs.  I wasn’t running, but I am never one to turn down a carbo-load.  Knowing nothing of Italian food in San Diego and not really wanting to go to Olive Garden (no offense to the Garden, but we wanted to support something local), we turned to Urban Spoon.  Yes, there’s an app for that.  This directed us to Volare, a sort of whole in the wall in a sort of sketchy part of town.  It looked perfect. Continue Reading»


Strange Strips at George’s on the Cove

December 15th, 2010 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Where's the fried stuff?

For my last meal in San Diego, we headed to La Jolla.  I didn’t know much about La Jolla beforehand, but it ended up being a pretty cool little part of town.  We did a little walk around The Cove and saw some pretty tasty-looking live seals.  Sadly, these guys were not for eating, so instead we ate a place called George’s at the Cove.

George’s didn’t have a very unvegan-friendly menu (I should also make it clear that they had a burger on their menu that looked pretty good, but after the zoo and Hodad’s the day before, that was out of the question), but it did have an awesome view.  Which is great, but you can’t eat a view.  Because it doesn’t taste good.  Filled with vegetarded dishes, I finally found something I could eat on their “sides” menu.  It was called Cayenne Dusted Grilled Chicken Strips and this “side” came with arugula salad, fries and a parmesan garlic dipping sauce for the fries.  I don’t know about anyone else, but this was the first time I had ever seen a side dish come with its own side dishes.  This was strange to me, but I was okay with it because it meant I was really getting a full meal.  The one thing I wasn’t okay with was the arugula salad.  When I ordered I asked them not to worry about given me the salad and then I waited for my side meal to come. Continue Reading»


Bacon Patties and Burgers at Hodad’s

December 14th, 2010 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

A sign for good burgers.

One of the hardest parts of being an amateur food blogger is that when people are struggling to decide what to eat, they look to you.  Never mind the fact that you don’t eat healthy, don’t like to spend too much money and are happier with a cheeseburger than foie gras.  So even though I was with family in San Diego, the only place I knew to go to was Hodad’s in Ocean Beach, a divey surfer burger stand. Continue Reading»


A Panda Burger at Canyon Cafe

December 13th, 2010 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Could it really be panda?

Wandering around the San Diego Zoo for a day is certainly a good way to make an unvegan hungry.  So many animals, yet none of them on my plate.  After a while, the Red River Hogs started to look like walking bacon (and I actually don’t have to feel bad for saying that because they aren’t endangered in the least).  Finally, as we reached the pandas and saw the long line to see them, we realized it was time for lunch.  And we were in luck, because next to the pandas we found Canyon Cafe. Continue Reading»


Cooking with Fire at Turf Supper Club

December 10th, 2010 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Looks good enough to cook.

While down in San Diego for a weekend, a friend recommended a restaurant/bar called Turf Supper Club.  By the name of it, it sounds like an expensive and pretentious restaurant, but he assured me it wasn’t.  What makes the place special, unpretentious and surprisingly cheap is the fact that you cook your own food.  But these aren’t some thinly sliced Asian meat and veggies, these are full steaks, burgers, kebabs and fish.  Cooking food yourself doesn’t necessarily appeal to all people, but at Turf Supper Club it is more of an event than work. Continue Reading»


Happy Hour Appetizers at Urban Bar & Grill

November 3rd, 2009 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit
Who wouldn't want stabbed pineapple?

Who wouldn't want stabbed pineapple?

On a short trip down to San Diego to visit a friend, I only ended up having time for one meal, so I wanted to make it good.  I was told the Gas Lamp area was a great part of town to find some grub, so we took a stroll through that part of downtown to see what we could find.

After checking out a couple menus prominently displayed outside of restaurants, we chose Urban Bar & Grill, mostly because they had a pretty great happy hour going on.  Aside from some pretty swanky drink specials, all appetizers  were half-priced.  We took our seats at the lovely outdoor patio and opened our menus.  Even though the main courses looked good, I knew I had to stick to the awesomely priced appetizers. Continue Reading»


Beer Me Some Breckenridge Agave Wheat

The taste of skiing?

Colorado is definitely a beer state, and not just because Coors comes from the Rocky Mountain State.  No, it is also home to New Belgium (of Fat Tire fame) and seemingly countless other micro and craft breweries.  While in Breckenridge for a ski weekend, I decided I had to at least try one of these, and because it turned out to be the only one available at dinner, my choice happened to come from the creatively named Breckenridge Brewery.  The brewery, by the way, is actually no longer in Breckenridge, having expanded and moved to Denver in 1992.

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