January 12, 2017
CH Projects Seeks Chef De Cuisine For Highly Anticipated Little Italy Steakhouse
Chargers Leave San Diego To Relocate NFL Team To Los Angeles
After 55 seasons as San Diego's NFL team, the Chargers have announced that they will be leaving America's Finest City to return to Los Angeles, where the club first started in 1960.
Mama Testa Taqueria Announces Closure
Mama Testa Taqueria took to social media today to announce the eatery's impending closure. The popular taco shop owned by César Gonzalez, which once beat celebrity chef Bobby Flay in a fish taco throwdown, first opened in Hillcrest in 2004 before relocating to Mira Mesa in 2015.
The Patio Group Continues Expansion With Opening Of The Patio Marketplace
The Patio Group is not slowing down in 2017. After a busy 2016 that included the opening of Fireside By The Patio, Harvest By The Patio, and Bao Beach, as well as the purchase of Surfrider Pizza in Ocean Beach and the announcement of at least 2 fast-casual eateries dubbed The Patio Express, Gina Champion-Cain's American National Investments corporation is gearing up to launch The Patio Marketplace, a fast-casual cafe that features a collection of offerings from other Patio brands.
Four First Generation Filipino Chefs Team Up For Collaboration Dinner
Tawainese Hot Pot Franchise Coming To San Diego | Tasty Pot To Open In Convoy District & Mira Mesa
Two locations of a California-based Tawainese-style hot pot restaurant will open in San Diego this February. Tasty Pot will debut in Mira Mesa and the Convoy District and offer a menu of traditional Taiwanese fare.
Rancho Sante Fe's French Dining Destination Ponsaty's Launches Sunday Brunch
Rancho Sante Fe's newest French restaurant, Ponsaty’s, is launching Sunday brunch starting this weekend. Ponsaty's Sunday brunch features a full buffet that includes such options as eggs Benedict Florentine, sea water poached King crab legs, herb crusted prime ribeye, not to mention an add-on for bottomless mimosas and bloody marys.
The Gaslamp Shutter | 1919, Ocean Pacific Grill & Pasha Lounge Recently Close
With rising property values comes higher rents, and combined with an increased minimum wage, the result is that many establishments are being pushed from their spaces due to the excess costs of doing business. 1919, Pasha Lounge, and Ocean Pacific Grille are the latest victims of the Gaslamp Shutter - a new disease spreading throughout San Diego and closing businesses in record numbers.
Lunar New Year Festival Takes Over Qualcomm Stadium This January 20-22
San Diego's biggest Lunar New Year Festival takes over Qualcomm Stadium this January 20-22 to celebrate the year of the rooster! Produced by The Little Saigon Foundation of San Diego, The Lunar New Year Festival draws 30,000 guests to Mission Valley each year for Asian delicacies and unique cultural delights, as well as live entertainment, carnival rides and a beer garden.
The French Table To Open At Former Clandestino Space In Hillcrest
January 6, 2017
A branch of Southern California restaurant concept Creme de la Crepe, The French Table will open on January 20 at 142 University Avenue in Hillcrest in the space that previously housed Clandestino restaurant.
Johnny Rockets Opens La Jolla Location
Johnny Rockets, a 50s-style burger and malt shop chain of restaurants, has opened its first central San Diego location in La Jolla as part of the Westfield UTC expansion that also includes San Diego's first Shake Shack.
Ballast Point Founders Rebrand Spirits Division | Cutwater Spirits To Open Distillery, Restaurant & Bar In Miramar
Former Ballast Point Founder Jack White & COO Yuseff Cherney, who left the company last summer after selling the brewery portion of the business to Constellation Brands, are rebranding Ballast's spirit division into Cutwater Spirits and will open a 50,000 square-foot distillery, bar and restaurant in San Diego's Miramar neighborhood.
An Alt-Restaurant Week Emerges In San Diego In 2017 | Inaugural Farm To Fork Week Takes Place January 15-22
The owner of Mission Hills sister restaurants The Red Door & Bar by Red Door, Trish Watlington is hosting her own week of dining deals during this year's winter edition of San Diego Restaurant Week. Farm To Fork Week will celebrate the special relationship between local farmers, food purveyors, chefs and restaurants with dining specials throughout San Diego County during the inaugural event this January 15-22.
Gigantic New Karaoke Bar Coming To Kearny Mesa | Hive Bar, Restaurant & Entertainment Center To Debut In Early 2017
The owner of the Convoy District's Chorus Karaoke & Bar is greatly expanding and taking over the adjacent space to build Hive - a 18,000 square foot dining, drinking and entertainment venue centered around karaoke.
Civico 1845 Partners With Michelin Star Chefs For New Menu Items & Tasting Event In San Diego
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| Michelin-starred father/son Antonio & Luca Abbruzzino |
Little Italy's Civico 1845 is collaborating with two Michelin-rated Italian chefs, father and son Antonio and Luca Abbruzzino, on dishes that feature ingredients from Southern Italy to be included on the restaurant's revamped menu. To kick off the partnership, the chefs will travel to San Diego and work with Civico 1845 chefs Alfonso Pisacane and Pietro Gallo to create new dishes that highlight Southern Italy’s finest tastes with an unveiling event to be held on January 18.
Javier Plascencia Bows Out Of The United States Culinary Landscape | Celebrity Chef Parts Ways With His San Diego Restaurants
The upscale Mexican food trend may be nearing an end. The face of Baja Calfornia Mexican cuisine, celebrity chef Javier Plascencia has announced that he has separated from his San Diego-based restaurants Bracero Cocina de Raiz in Little Italy and Romesco Mexiterranean in Bonita to focus on his ventures south of the border.
Bay Ho's Red Card Café Appoints New Executive Chef & Plans Menu Revamp
Red Card Café in San Diego's Bay Ho neighborhood has parted ways with Chef Drew Lopez and promoted Alfonso Arellano to lead the kitchen and oversee a revamp of the gastropub’s new lunch and dinner menus, slated to launch January 10.
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