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Toscana Cafe and Wine Bar (Gaslamp)

Toscana Cafe and Wine Bar (Gaslamp)

  Michael and I don’t get out to downtown as much as we used to but we did get the chance to try Toscana Cafe and Wine Bar on 5th Ave. the other day.  It boasts one of the larger patios in downtown and looks great on a sunny San Diego day. We sat inside [...]


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Gaijin Noodle and Sake House (Gaslamp Quarter) Restaurant Week

Gaijin Noodle and Sake House (Gaslamp Quarter) Restaurant Week

I’m going to be honest, when I want noodles I go to Convoy, but after seeing Gaijin’s extensive tasting menu I took a leap. Nestled in the Gaslamp Quarter, it seems rather unassuming, but inside the doors is a modern, minimalist, good-time restaurant. First up for my starter was the Pork Carnitas Bao with red rock [...]


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Barleymash (Downtown)

Barleymash (Downtown)

  A few weeks back Michael and I got the pleasure of tasting some of of what Barleymash has to offer.  As the name may suggest, they do have plenty of beers on tap to serve their patrons.  But beware beer lovers, their food integrates many beer elements all culminating into one thing, a complete [...]


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Taste Of Downtown (Downtown)

Taste Of Downtown (Downtown)

I had never done a “Taste of” event. I think the best way to describe such an event is as The Amazing Race: Restaurant Edition. You are given a vague map you have to decode, a punchcard of sorts that each restaurant has to mark off and a challenge to eat at 60 different places [...]


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Taste of Downtown Giveaway!!!

Taste of Downtown Giveaway!!!

Hello food followers!  This seems to be the time of back to back to back food events.  Lucky for you we have two tickets to give away to one lucky winner!  This year there are over 50 participating restaurants to try and include Cafe Sevilla, Donovan’s Prime Seafood, and Knotty Barrel.  Ticket prices are $30 [...]


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