New San Diego Bars/Lounges/Clubs

November 04, 2009

Best of San Diego: Beer Week + New Restaurants!

San Diego Beer Week Starts Nov 6! My Picks for the can't miss bars, restaurants to visit during the festival:

Hamilton's -- great beer bar inSouth Park is doing a launch event for beer week with Karl Strauss this Friday.

Extraordinary Desserts -- They are hosting beer-dessert pairings. A sample from their website:

  • Chocolate Truffle Loaf Cake made with Rogue Chocolate Stout finished with Chocolate Ganache Frosting. $6
  • Warm Caramelized Apple Pie with House Made St. Peters Cream Stout Ice Cream. $10.95
  • Coconut Porter Beer Float with Two Heaping Scoops of Vanilla Bean Ice Cream Served with a Sprinkling of Oven-Roasted Coconut and Topped Maui Brewing Company’s Rich and Creamy Coconut Porter Beer. $9.95

 If you haven't been here in a while, it's time to make a visit! New menu items, cooking classes, etc.

Blind Lady Ale House -- Ballast Point night -- meet the brewer behind Yellowtail and get a pint glass to take home

New Restaurant News!

Counterpoint -- new wine bar, small plates spot in Golden Hill with local beer, wine. Always has a Loswt Abbey beer on tap (no website yet)

BICE -- new restaurant in the Gaslamp on 4th Ave (over by Oceanaire and Rama)

Kips -- new Japanese spot in Hillcrest. (no website yet)

Posted at 09:53 PM in Chef Scuffles, Downtown -- Gaslamp, Golden Hill, Hillcrest, New San Diego Bars/Lounges/Clubs, New San Diego Restaurants, South Park | | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)

October 16, 2008

Food News This Week: 10/16/2008

A roundup of this week's local food news, media, soundbites and new restaurant reviews.

  • Ms. Wise at The Reader reports on Tender Greens
  • Her Tin Fork counterpart discusses pho
  • Caroline Dipping dishes out table talk this week on AR Valentin, the new restaurant L'auberge and more (if superfluous) news and notes. With so little food staff anymore, I always wonder how they still manage a food section every Wed.
  • The UT does manage a news story on the Chuey's sale
  • mmm-yoso visits Ra Ka De Ka
  • San Diego Mag reviews Venice in UTC and blogs on Chocolat Cremerie in the Gaslamp
  • Gayot shows some updates, barely.
  • GLT reveals Little Italy's best kept secret and profiles Babycakes owner
  • Everyone waxes poetic about Top Chef Brian Malarkey's new blog at San Diego Mag.
  • Citybeat's Candace Woo generates some juicy food news
  • NY Times mentioned Linkery in a story on tipping policies

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October 13, 2008

San Diego Gal's Goin' Out

Hello. Let's get right to it.

Busy week this week, with lots of 1st anniversary parties (remember what a crazy season for restaurant openings it was this time last year?) and then a few new openings, a CS event, and even some sad-to-see closings to report.

San Diego Gal this week:

Monday:  Lunch -- at Panevino downtown with an insider who says she has some 'dish' for me! Watch for news posted manana.

Tuesday: Marble Room opening after work

Wednesday: Urban Solace anniversary dinner, CS wine tasting at Grant Grill

Thursday: Crescent Heights opening, Pearl Hotel 1st anniversary party (not looking forward to the taxi fare in between the two!)

Friday: Dinner out in North Park for Ritual Tavern's 1st anniversary. (It's been way to long since we first visited)

Posted at 01:26 PM in Chef Scuffles, Closings, Downtown -- Gaslamp, Downtown-- East Village, New San Diego Bars/Lounges/Clubs, New San Diego Restaurants, North Park, Point Loma, San Diego Media | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)