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WORLD FARE: Manna BBQ toils in the middle

September 26, 2018 mgardiner

It’s a classic business conundrum: go for high quality and high margin or, instead, go for high volume at lower margins. Manna BBQ (4428 Convoy St., Suite #210) is challenging that notion. Korean barbecue (K-BBQ) tends to come in two forms. There are places like Dae Jang Keum, … [Read more...]

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San Diego CityBeat LOVE/SEX Issue: Romantic meals that offer style over substance

February 12, 2018 mgardiner

I’ve got a lot of reservations about Valentine’s Day and getting reservations is one of them. So, over the years I’ve found that instead of struggling for a last minute reservation at the typical “romantic” bistro, there are some under-the-radar places (some don’t even take … [Read more...]

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WORLD FARE: Dae Jaeng Keum keeps it real

December 18, 2017 mgardiner

"Fire,” Richard Pryor quipped, “is inspirational.” The resonance of the joke was not limited to the fact Pryor had very nearly burnt himself to a crisp while freebasing. It captured a far deeper truth than that: Our relationship with fire is very nearly instinctual and … [Read more...]

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CITYBEAT RESTAURANT GUIDE 2017: Off the Strip (San Diego’s best Asian food outside the Convoy District)

February 7, 2017 mgardiner

When most people think about Asian food in San Diego they think about the Convoy District. They’re certainly not all wrong to do so. San Diego doesn’t have a “Chinatown” or a “Little Tokyo” (though it does, supposedly, have a “Little Saigon”). In a sense, though, the Convoy is … [Read more...]

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THRILLIST: San Diego’s 10 Best Neighborhoods for Dining Out, Ranked

October 18, 2016 mgardiner

San Diego’s city fathers and mothers (not to mention planners) are keen on telling us that ours is a “City of Neighborhoods.” They lied when they said it, and they lie now. San Diego is not a city of neighborhoods, never was, and cannot be for many reasons: Southern California … [Read more...]

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