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La Central Birrieria & Menuderia

in Carbapalooza, Comfort, United States, Meaty Goodness, Mexican, San Diego, CA 4 comments

San Diego, CA (The Joy of Food) — The undisputed king of birria goodness in San Diego has long been Ed Fernandez, a place I have visited many times for their life-changing meaty consomé and for my personal favorite, their quesataco, which for me amounts to a magical pot of […]

Pizzeria Luigi

in American, Carbapalooza, Comfort, United States, Meaty Goodness, The Milky Way, Vegetarian, San Diego, CA 3 comments

San Diego, CA (The Joy of Food) — Once a small neighborhood place, Pizzeria Luigi came to be known by a wider audience thanks to a segment on the Food Network by that spiky-haired bleached blond dude, the self-proclaimed Mayor of Flavortown who says things like ‘donkey sauce’ and ‘bomb-dot-com […]

Zankou Chicken

in Comfort, United States, Orange County, CA, Middle Eastern 7 comments

Orange County, CA (The Joy of Food) — Zankou, you had me at “garlic sauce,” the Holy Grail in a little plastic container. Known officially as toum, it’s a whipped, thick, white paste that packs a potent garlic punch to start and then finishes with a lemon sting, a happy […]

The Prado

in American, Healthy, United States, San Diego, CA 3 comments

San Diego, CA (The Joy of Food) — Eventually, the moment will arise where you can’t take one more minute of the million tourists and their screaming kids in Balboa Park or the San Diego Zoo, and the Prado is your shortest walk to alcohol. The Prado also serves the […]

Ristorante Del Fagioli

in Florence, Carbapalooza, Comfort, Dessert, Drink, Italy, Meaty Goodness, Italian 2 comments

Florence, Italy (The Joy of Food) — When I’ve thought about what my last meal on earth would be, something I ponder with alarming regularity, my eternal answer involves dinner at Ristorante Del Fagioli, a traditional trattoria right in the heart of Florence. You eat pretty well in Tuscany, even […]

Superdawg

in American, Carbapalooza, Comfort, Chicago, IL, United States 7 comments

Chicago, IL (The Joy of Food) — If you grew up in the midwest in the 1980s, your family probably had allegiances to all sorts of food places that bordered on cult-level. Everybody had their favorite in the pantheon: the best beef sandwich, best burger, best pizza, and best hot […]

Majordōmo

in Comfort, Drink, Gone Fishing, Healthy, Meaty Goodness, United States, Los Angeles, CA, Vegetarian, Korean 4 comments

Los Angeles, CA (The Joy of Food) — Majordōmo’s location in a warehouse district north of downtown L.A. is recognizably Changish, designed to screw with you before you even walk in the door. Spot the peach You’ll undoubtably ask yourself if you’re in the right place as you meander down […]

Mom’s Pie House

in Breakfast and Pastry, American, Carbapalooza, Comfort, Dessert, Drink, United States, The Milky Way, San Diego, CA 4 comments

San Diego, CA (The Joy of Food) — For many flip flop-wearing San Diego tweens born into a life without weather or seasons, a trip to Julian in ‘winter’ is the first time they see snow. A favorite pastime of locals is to drive up to Julian, stop on the […]

Randy’s Donuts

in American, Breakfast and Pastry, Dessert, United States, Los Angeles, CA 2 comments

Los Angeles, CA (The Joy of Food) — If you’ve ever flown into the City of Angels, you’ve been welcomed to town by a giant donut on top of a shack, a sight as venerable a part of the L.A. landscape as the Hollywood sign, the Griffith, or the Getty. […]

Mitch’s Seafood

in American, Gone Fishing, Healthy, United States, San Diego, CA 2 comments

San Diego, CA (The Joy of Food) — For a San Diego local, Mitch’s Seafood is the ultimate Instagram-worthy #ilivewhereyouvacation spot. The deck is where it’s happening, a sea of Tommy Bahama shirts and Bongo sandals, beers in every hand, and the marina literally inches away. It’s a hard life […]