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Hot Gouda and cold IPA
Venissimo Cheese at Bottlecraft
Since I live in the area and regularly “research” craft beer, I probably visit North Park’s Bottlecraft shop more than the average customer. While the Venissimo counter has been selling globally sourced cheeses out of ...
Trying Trust again
Does it fare better the second time?
[Note: Ian Pike gave Trust a try on March 31.] When I first saw the sign for Trust restaurant, I rolled my eyes a little. Was this yet another one of those hippy-dippy joints where ...
Culinary trends collide
Poke bowls and sushi burritos at Pokirrito
This may be the most of-the-moment restaurant opening San Diego will see in 2016. Convoy Street’s new Pokirrito manages to capitalize on two current fast-casual trends at once, combining poke salad bowls and sushi burritos. ...
Tin Fork
Raise an unlimited joe to long-dead Yankee Jim
Real seducer
He thought they were joking. Even when they had him standing on a horse-drawn dray with a rope around his neck. All he’d done was go for a joyride in a rowboat. He called it ...
Beer News
Starting small and going wild
Incoming beer company has unique business plan
There's more than one way to start a beer company, and some take longer than others. California Wild Ales has been in the works nearly a year, and secured a Sorrento Valley warehouse in January. ...
Padres keep losing, San Diego beer keeps winning
San Diego International Beer Competition 2016
Winners have been announced for the San Diego International Beer Competition, ahead of its June 17–19 festival at Del Mar Fairgrounds. As usual, San Diego breweries defended their home turf with a dominant showing. AleSmith ...
Booze News
Liberty Call's new liberties
New law allows Spring Valley distillery to get more creative with its small-batch booze
Earlier this year, a Reader cover story highlighted changes to California law allowing small batch distilleries to sell bottles out of their tasting rooms. Only a few months later, this change is helping Spring Valley ...
Pour Over
Red Hat Coffee: Smooth enough to drink black
"We knew we had a very powerful product."
A new coffee brand has emerged in San Diego. Red Hat Coffee began doing business in January, following a model similar to other local cold brew specialists Jupiter Coffee and Bobo Cold Brew. Rather than ...
Set 'em Up Joe
Come 3 p.m. it's Hollapeño Atcha Boy time
A variation on a tequila slushy
Andaz bar manager Shannie Lee says, “Our entire cocktail menu is inspired by our bartenders. We give the bartenders free rein.” Hollering for a margarita? The Hollapeño Atcha Boy! is the name of an up-spiced ...
Here's the Deal
Chiquibaby’s isn't trying to be anything but a bar
An evening of obscure karaoke corridos and two buckets of beer
San Diego is home to a number of Mexican bars that follow more or less the same format. You’re probably already familiar with it. You can hear the corridos blasting from blocks away. Buckets of ...
