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San Diego, CA

Posts from San Diego, California on The Joy of Food blog.

The Smoking Goat

in Carbapalooza, Comfort, Gone Fishing, French, United States, San Diego, CA 4 comments

San Diego, CA (The Joy of Food) — Across the street from trendy ramen joint Underbelly and next door to a degenerate day-drinking bar sits the Smoking Goat, possibly San Diego’s very best French restaurant, and certainly my favorite of the bunch. Of course, when you say “French restaurant” in […]

8th and B Poke

in American, Carbapalooza, Comfort, Gone Fishing, Healthy, United States, San Diego, CA 6 comments

San Diego, CA (The Joy of Food) — 8th and B Poke is a tidy storefront in that part of National City where old meets new, a shiny up-and-coming area sprinkled like pixie dust through Victorian houses and quaint storefronts that have been there forever. Once upon a time you […]

Sushi Ota

in Carbapalooza, Gone Fishing, United States, Vegetarian, Japanese, San Diego, CA 4 comments

San Diego, CA (The Joy of Food) — Sushi Ota often ranks as San Diego’s best sushi joint. Simple, casual, and straightforward, it has made national ‘best-of’ lists since opening in 1990, when sushi master chef Yukita Ota moved to San Diego from Japan after finding the local uni here […]

Qin West Noodle

in Carbapalooza, Comfort, Chinese, United States, Vegetarian, San Diego, CA 3 comments

San Diego, CA (The Joy of Food) — The namesake noodles at Qin West Noodle have an ethereal, perfect, almost sinful thing about them, nearly as weightless as they are springy, bouncy, slippery, and soft. You will find yourself still eating more of them long after you are full. Qin […]

Punjabi Tandoor

in Carbapalooza, Comfort, United States, Indian, Vegetarian, San Diego, CA 2 comments

San Diego, CA (The Joy of Food) — Eating out is often about finding a bargain. The desire (or need) to eat cheaply often trumps the desire to eat well. Rare is the place that allows you to do both. This is not one of those places. As you’d guess […]

Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers

in American, Carbapalooza, Dessert, Greasy Stuff, United States, San Diego, CA 5 comments

San Diego, CA (The Joy of Food) — Freddy’s is a mid-western burger chain that arrived to town and planted its flag right across the street from National City’s branch of In-N-Out, a place that hasn’t seen a lapse in its drive-thru ever. San Diego may be better known for […]

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, Meaty Goodness, United States, 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 […]

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 […]