Sign up for our eNewsletterSan Diego’s esteemed Cuban restaurant, Havana 1920, will celebrate its one-year anniversary with a festive bang. Things kick off with a free VIP party at 7 p.m., Oct. 11. It will feature live music, salsa dancing lessons, a cigar-rolling station, mojito drink specials and more. Guests must register online in advance at havanayear1.nightout.com.
In the four months since Monzu Fresh Pasta has been open, the chic-casual restaurant has attracted regular customers obsessed with certain dishes, says Serena Romano, who runs the business with her husband, Aldo de Dominicis Rotondi.
By Frank Sabatini Jr. | Restaurant Review Worldly foods and beers create an international delight Step slightly outside the Gaslamp Quarter and into Broadway Circle and you’ll encounter Tapas & Beers, a casual yet stylish restaurant specializing in Spanish, French and American dishes. The cuisine is represented by flags of those countries looming from an interior […]
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By Frank Sabatini Jr. | Restaurant Review Cafe 21 brings detail and originality to the table For those stuck on tacos, burgers, ramen and other hyped-to-death fare, Cafe 21’s poetically structured dishes will seem like the wheel was reinvented. It’s the kind of food that doesn’t jibe to any particular category and tastes as pretty as it […]
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Cloak & Petal, a Japanese flair worth experiencing
Move over Pokez. A new eatery that offers a decent selection of vegan Mexican fare has entered the competition ring, just several blocks away in the Gaslamp Quarter.
High-butterfat decadence has descended on the Gaslamp Quarter with the recent arrival of Cali Cream, a walk-up ice cream shop featuring nearly 70 flavors every day
“Argentinians are obsessed with empanadas,” said Matias Rigali, a Buenos Aires transplant who began selling the savory-filled pastries at local farmers markets before opening Empanada Kitchen in February along the trolley tracks on C Street.