So away in a tiny hamlet in beautiful Rancho Bernardo in our gorgeous hometown of San Diego where the weather is always great and everyone else in every other city wishes they were here — meaning we’re always inundated with tourists, taking our parking spaces and cloggin up our freeways — is an itty bitty tucked away place: The Urge Gastropub. A look into the word gastropub here- we all know what a pub is, but by adding the very unappetizing and even embarrassing word ‘gastro’, we introduce a whole new way for food people to make themselves seem better than they are… it’s a pub… that also has some food. Read more »

So, I’m sure every one of us has eaten at a really expensive super fancy steak restaurant, where the steak comes as a seared hunk all by itself on a super hot plate and if you want a vegetable you have to pay for it separately as a side dish? Yeah, I love those places! In fact, I live for those places. Sometimes I dream about those places!  Mmm a la carte meat..

This time, the mechanism for our meat madness was the Glorious Gallaghers New York!!! … The small one in Las Vegas. Read more »

I have a special talent. I can tell whether I’m going to like the food at a restaurant even before I taste it. It’s a thing I’ve always been able to do. Sometimes I still eat there even if I know I wont like it, just to prove to myself that I can still do it. D bar in Hillcrest made it easy for me to tell. The D stands for dessert. It’s a dessert restaurant. This place knows that the dessert is the best part of the meal, and that sometimes you should just skip the dinner and get right to the good stuff. Read more »

Firstly, these are very pretty places to walk into, aren’t they? There’s always like a big Buddha fountain or a tranquil coy pond, which you’re not allowed to touch. A polite hostess in a tight Kimono smiles sweetly and leads you to a table in a huge arena sized room that looks like a high school cafeteria, except unlike high school, everyone here is shorter than you. You debate leaving your purse behind to hit the buffet, but leave it anyway and follow the food. Here’s where the adventure starts. Read more »

Folks, as foodies we generally feel a strong sense of responsibility to eat at great places that will be worth your dough and tell you about them.  It’s a tough job but someone’s gotta do it.  The other day we completely ignored that feeling and walked into Bubba Gump Shrimp Company.  It’s a real place, built around a fake person in a made up story.  Read more »