San Diego Dining

Cucina Urbana
California Inspired Italian
Finding something delicious to enjoy at the new and stylish Cucina Urbana is a cinch. The former Laurel received a fabulous if not uuber trendy facelift and new name ... [More]

BEER WEEK: Chefs Reveal Kitchen Secrets
Chef Celebration event caps San Diego's 10-day Beer Week
Adding beer to food shouldn't intimidate home cooks. And giving a wide range of ideas to become adept at cooking with beer was a large focus of the Chef Celebration of Beers event. The outing, which helped wrap up San Diego Beer ... [More]

BEER WEEK: Lightning…In A Bottle
This small brewery is a case study in innovation
San Diego is home to some of the most popular breweries in the county. From operations robust in size and production like Karl Strauss Brewing Company and Stone Brewing Company, to those with smaller output but big reputations like AleSmith, The Lost ... [More]

BEER WEEK: Art Show Features Bottle Labels
Heaven and hell, sinners and saints featured on Lost Abbey bottles
Four years ago, Vince and Gina Marsaglia, the owners of Port Brewing Company and Pizza Port (San Diego’s famed franchise for pie-and-pints), decided to develop a line of high-end beers based on the ambitious recipes of head brewer Tomme Arthur. ... [More]

BEER WEEK: Trattoria Acqua’s First-Ever Beer Dinner
A behind-the-scenes look as chef Damaso Lee develops the menu
Many restaurants offered beer-pairing events during San Diego Beer Week. The menus presented are vastly different and extensions of the perceptions, palates and pairing principles of the chefs. Last week, Damaso Lee, executive chef at La Jolla’s ... [More]

BEER WEEK: Learn The Trade At "Beer U."
Stone Brewing Company’s educational series earns high marks
As a product, industry and topic of discussion, craft brew is deep and rich. Exploring its history, complexities and seemingly infinite details—and putting that information into a digestible instructional format—is no easy task. Yet, ... [More]

BEER WEEK: Remember Your First Fling?
Beer lovers find flying fun at Morley Field Disc Golf Course
The ... [More]

BEER WEEK: Karl Strauss Turns 20
Anniversary dinner is a craft beer love fest
It was the Karl Strauss Brewing Company's 20th Anniversary Beer Dinner--butit felt more like a celebration of the craft brewing community in San Diego. Everyone was eager to promote other breweries almost as much as their own during ... [More]

BEER WEEK: A Coulon Reunion at Quarter Kitchen
A San Diego foodie family takes diners to Belgium by way of the Gaslamp Quarter
In San Diego, the name Coulon is synonymous with the word “yum.” Since hitting the scene in 1977, when chef Don Coulon and his wife Arlene, a professional French-trained pastry chef, opened Ocean Beach’s beloved Belgian Lion restaurant, ... [More]

BEER WEEK: Raising The Bar At 1500 Ocean
Craft brews gets upscale culinary treatment at the Hotel del Coronado
San Diego Beer Week boasts well over 200 events. As is to be expected, the majority take place at bars, taverns and brewpubs, taking the form of special pint nights, happy hours and cask nights. One of the best things about Beer Week, however, is that it ... [More]