There has been one neighborhood here in San Diego that, for some reason, lacks a certain amount of good quality restaurants. Hillcrest is the hub of our community, yet we don’t have a top restaurant like North Park, Little Italy, or even Bankers Hill. Luckily, our voices have started to be heard and within the…
The farm-to-table concept of restaurants has to be one of the hottest trends out there today. Chefs all over the world continue to market their favorite farms and farmers, and it is not uncommon these days for them to list the places where the ingredients come from on their menus. If you look around our…
The word bistro can mean many different things depending on where you are in the world. In Paris the streets are lined with them and they are some of the city’s best restaurants. New York City offers a more stylish take with most located in neighborhoods like Soho and Chelsea. In San Diego, we add…
This week, following the Insider’s bistro theme, I want to share with you two great bistro-style eateries. Let’s start with one of the cooler places people drive past and never notice in Hillcrest/Mission Hills, and that is the Mediterranean Café on West Washington Street. Check out the increasingly popular Insider Scoop box for the second…
