Sign up for our eNewsletterFrank Sabatini Jr. True Foods Kitchen in Fashion Valley Mall has made significant upgrades to its menu, which remains driven by the principles of Dr. Weil’s popular anti-inflammatory diet. New and re-invented dishes include a series of meat, seafood and vegetarian bowls, plus summer squash pizza, grilled avocados, a roasted vegetable “summer ingredient” salad with […]
Frank Sabatini Jr. Rumors that The Hole in the Wall in Point Loma was sold and will be closing are not true, said owner Karen Sherman, whose son, Crosby Roper, is about to begin managing the bar once Sherman moves to France at the end of June. The business was actually up for sale recently, […]
By Frank Sabatini Jr. After a six-year run, The Wellington Steak & Martini Lounge in Mission Hills will close June 20 in preparation for a bar-focused establishment yet to be named. Owner Trish Watlington, who also owns the adjoining Red Door Restaurant & Wine Bar, said “Wellington’s beef-heavy menu no longer fits our commitment to […]
By Frank Sabatini Jr. The food court at Westfield Mission Valley mall will be shut down by the end of May to eventually accommodate a single-use restaurant tenant to be announced. The new tenant will utilize the entire space occupied by seven food and beverage vendors, all of which received 30-day termination notices in mid […]
By Frank Sabatini Jr. Dungeness crabs from San Francisco Bay waters have returned after a temporary ban, arriving this month to King’s Fish House in Mission Valley and Carlsbad, and its sister restaurant, Water Grill in the East Village. The ban began in November, when waters in and around the Bay Area showed high levels […]
Adding to the roster of incoming tenants to Liberty Station are Nekter Juice Bar, a national chain, and Dirty Birds, a homegrown eatery rooted in Pacific Beach that specializes in chicken wings and craft beer. Both are due to take residence on the property this summer. In the meantime, look for March-April openings at Liberty […]
By Frank Sabatini Jr. Barbara Hurst, owner of Oggi’s Restaurant and Brewhouse in Mission Valley, tells Mission Valley News that the eatery’s award-winning brewer, John Wilson, has created an Imperial IPA that was named Station 45 in honor of the restaurant’s newest neighbors, the firefighters now residing in their new firehouse across from Qualcomm Stadium.
By Dr. Ink It isn’t what connoisseurs consider the Cadillac of seafood restaurants. And for that very reason, I’ve never B-lined into Joe’s Crab Shack for their famous shellfish steampots and Southern-style catfish. At least not yet.
Chefs, restaurateurs share their dining preferences By Frank Sabatini Jr. Forget the notion that chefs and restaurateurs who work 60-plus hours a week never have time to indulge in San Diego’s teeming culinary scene. Though perhaps not as frequently as the people they feed, and rarely on weekend nights, it’s practically an industry requirement they […]
By Frank Sabatini Jr. The build-out is underway in a historic, 4,200-square-foot structure in Liberty Station for Moniker General, which will open in February as a modular retail store complete with a coffee bar spotlighting small-batch roasters, a taproom specializing in brews from North Brewing Company in Miramar and an outdoor patio.