The small, assorted kebabs that are requisite to street festivals in Brazil have arrived in the heart of Hillcrest.
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Sign up for our eNewsletterSign up for our eNewsletterIt was one of last year’s most surprising dining developments, in which Thai restaurateur Su-Mei Yu of the long-established Saffron in Mission Hills partnered with Karina’s Group, which owns several Mexican seafood restaurants throughout San Diego County. The result was a walk-up window named Karina’s Ceviche & More.
Read MoreBy Frank Sabatini Jr.
This summer the former S&M Sausage and Meat turned into a serious drinking establishment under the Trust Restaurant Group. It’s now Hundred Proof, where you can surf with your mouth wide open through a hefty inventory of whiskey while hopscotching between various gins, rums, agave and liqueurs.
Or if boilermakers are your thing, you’ve landed in the right place for throwing down the liquor shots paired to beer. The casual, non-pretentious atmosphere allows for such hedonistic rituals in what feels like a hybrid of Starlite and The Rabbit Hole.
Read MoreBy Frank Sabatini Jr.
Even though it’s the most clichéd dish in North American French restaurants, I’ve had a long, unbreakable love affair with onion soup au gratin.
From my initial infatuation when first encountering it as a teenager in Montreal to embracing its flaws whenever they arise in the present-day, the “Soupe à l’Oignon Grantinèe” at Bleu Boheme is my new benchmark from which I’ll judge all others.
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