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WORLD FARE: Grounding, historical and geographical at Terra American Bistro

October 1, 2018 mgardiner

One thing we do badly in San Diego is preserve our history, particularly our culinary history. Lubach’s is no more and neither is Piret’s. The old-school stylings (and paintings) at Albie’s Beef Inn left Mission Valley and aren’t coming back. Region’s gone as are … [Read more...]

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WORLD FARE: Bunz in the right place even if it’s the last place we’d look

October 4, 2017 mgardiner

Motel restaurants aren’t generally considered culinary destinations, nor are they places we look to for top chefs. No one, it seems, told Jeff Rossman those realities. Perhaps that’s why he slings burgers, albeit of the farm-to-table variety, from Bunz (475 Hotel Circle South, … [Read more...]

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ALL FORKED UP PODCAST (S1E13): Farm-to-Fork Restaurant Week

September 12, 2017 mgardiner

Mercy and Michael interview Jeff Rossman of Terra, Bunz and the California Restaurant Association and Trish Watlington of The Red Door and San Diego Farm-to-Fork Week all about Restaurant Week and the Farm-to-Fork Week. The audio is now available at the following … [Read more...]

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