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Andrew Zimmern in San Diego
I agree, but I would guess some of that has to do with planning a schedule and making sure you have enough spots lined up for a productive day of shooting. You never know when a place is going to wind up being a bust, or if you'll wind up at a place that's so interesting you wind up staying longer than you planned. It sounds like they at least informed Linkery/ETIEZ that they weren't going to be able to make it.
Andrew Zimmern in San Diego
I wouldn't agree. If you look at his Twitter feed, he's been going to places like the tortas ahogadas truck and Aqui Es Texcoco in CV. Linkery often does have offal on their menu. Not to mention things like the lardo ice cream sandwich, which totally seem up Zimmern's alley.
Andrew Zimmern in San Diego
I have to say, I'm very impressed by the places he's hitting. Glad to see a food show rolling through SD that's not obsessing over our boring, touristy crap.
Puesto in LJ
Yeah, that misuse of such a basic term is pretty annoying. Really does make the whole enterprise suspect.
Buying specialty cocktail ingredients
Holiday Wine Cellars in Escondido has a huge selection of unusual and speciality spirits.
Bristol Farms in La Jolla has fewer, but still better than most.
First time in San Diego end of March for wife's bday
There is a middle-eastern place called Pasha that serves halal meats. They just moved to downtown San Diego, making them a lot more convenient for you.
Top 10 Mexican Spots in SD...
You can't generalize all taco shops based on even 10 bad experiences, IMO. They're so ubiquitous here that you are bound to find bad ones. The ones that are good are very good, though.
Super Cocina (not a taco shop) is def. worth your attention.
Farmers Market Favorites
Yeah, I agree about WF. You're not that far from Jimbo's, though. They have some good stuff.
Farmers Market Favorites
Have you shopped at People's in the summer? They get some really nice peaches there.
Bankers Hill Bar / Restaurant
I once wrote a middling review of Region and got a bunch of very nasty hate mail. Challenging groupthink is not for the faint of heart.
Craft & Commerce in Little Italy
San Diego isn't unique in that regard. I would guess that liability laws in California likely have something to do with it.
Farmers Market Favorites
I feel like our farmer's markets are something of a rip-off. Food there tends to be a lot more expensive than you'd pay retail, with some exceptions, but not many. I get much better deals on produce by going to People's in OB. The variety may not be quite as broad, but prices are definitely lower.
Bankers Hill Bar / Restaurant
"Wish the food had tasted as good as it sounded on the menu."
Agreed.
Top 10 Mexican Spots in SD...
Good point. It's not only arbitrarily ranked, but it also caters to an extremely narrow vision of Mexican food - though technically Aqui Es Texcoco does have table service.
Top 10 Mexican Spots in SD...
Obviously that's just another manifestation of those limitations. ;-)
Top 10 Mexican Spots in SD...
Indeed, and a beautiful thing about free speech and internet discussion forums is that the reader has a right to have whatever opinion they wish about the author's work.
I haven't participated in food judging, but I can tell you that the biggest reason for using blind tasting when it comes to beer judging is to avoid precisely those emotional connections and their influence on opinion. Coming from that background, I tend to view emotional criteria like ambience and sentimental value as wholly irrelevant when judging "Top Ten Mexican Meals".
But what do I know? I'm just some guy with imaginative and conceptual limitations. In the future I'll be sure to run my comments by you to ensure they pass muster.
Top 10 Mexican Spots in SD...
My biggest gripe with the list is the author's inexplicable preference for intangibles to devise his ranking vs. food quality. I fail to see how sentimental value or ambience could elevate a place like Las Cuatros Milpas over all of the other, better, places in his list.
The entry for Señor Mango's is a great example of what I'm talking about: "This should not be on this list. It’s just bread, cheese, avocado, lettuce and tomato." Why is this ranked as superior to Mariscos El Pescador?
Top 10 Mexican Spots in SD...
His list makes about as much sense as Ron Paul's post-primary speech in New Hampshire.
San Diego Vacation - Where To Eat?
Then you haven't had BBQ. I'm not sure that Memphis is especially well-known for it, either. Texas is really the home of it, and the BBQ there can be incredible.
It's not a food done well in SD.
