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Black Sea Cafe & Market brings taste of home to San Marcos
For Irina Ustyan, opening Black Sea Cafe & Market in San Marcos was about more than bringing European foods to a new neighborhood. It was about recreating a small piece of a place that has been part of her family for generations. The idea began with a simple observation: many...
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Downtown San Diego's Modern Times Mess Gets Stranger As Timestead Rebrands To Becomes Infinite Bar & Grille
Just when downtown San Diego's increasingly chaotic Modern Times saga seemed incapable of another plot twist, the troubled restaurant formerly known as The Local and more recently Timestead has announced yet another identity. The Fourth Avenue establishment is now Infinite Bar & Grille, supposedly operating under new ownership, with another brewery preparing to move into a space already entangled in disputed business arrangements, payroll complaints and unresolved licensing questions.
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Gary Heffern, San Diego punk-rock pioneer with outsized influence, has died at 72 in his native Finland
SAN DIEGO — Gary Heffern, who died last weekend at the age of 72 in his native Finland, had an outsized international impact as the lead singer and lyricist of the pioneering San Diego punk-rock band the Penetrators from 1978 to 1984. The many musicians who were inspired by...
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Massive orca 'spyhops' alongside boat, as captain predicted
A giant pod of orcas was spotted Friday off San Diego, killing and feasting on a fin whale. So far, most footage from the extraordinary event has been released as brief clips, including one that shows an orca "spyhopping" alongside a boat as if to inspect its passengers. "You might get a spyhop at 1 o’clock," Capt. Domenic Biagini predicts in the video, moments before the orca raises its massive head several feet out of the water. The footage, posted below, reveals an up-close view of a sleek and robust apex predator, built for power. View this post on Instagram The Eastern Tropical Pacific killer whales (ETPs), more commonly encountered off southern Baja California and inside the Sea of Cortez, visit Southern California waters in hunting groups. Their usual targets are common dolphins. But when they work together, ETPs can drown and kill large cetaceans, including fin whales, which are second in size only to blue whales. A smaller group of ETPs killed a large fin whale off San Diego last Saturday (Oct. 17). Friday’s predation event involved a smaller whale. One clip released Friday showed several orcas raising the whale to the surface alongside the 139-foot historic sailing vessel,
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San Diego Birria Chain Mike's Red Tacos Signs 36-Unit Deal for Tampa, Orlando
Mike's Red Tacos, the San Diego-born birria chain, has signed a 36-unit development agreement to bring its tacos, consomme and queso birria to the Tampa and Orlando areas as well as Florida's East Coast. The deal pairs the fast-growing taco concept with Tampa-based Built Different Brands, a multi-brand restaurant franchise operator, to build out dozens of new locations across the state.
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Sukoshi Prepares to Open at Westfield UTC in San Diego
Sukoshi, the Asian beauty retailer, is preparing to open a store at Westfield UTC in San Diego. The location at 4545 La Jolla Village Drive, Suite E-25, appears as coming soon in the brand’s store directory, according to Sukoshi’s website. Founded in 2018, Sukoshi sells skincare and makeup...
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Sail Into the Holidays at Margaritaville’s Yo Ho Ho-liday Tavern
LandShark Bar & Grill is spending another holiday season as a pirate tavern. Yo Ho Ho-liday Tavern returns to Margaritaville Hotel San Diego in the Gaslamp Quarter for a second year, and this round comes with more decor, more drinks, and more reasons to stay past your first cocktail. Where...
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This California Hangout Was Created By Women For Women And It’s Unlike Anywhere Else In San Diego
Women’s sports play here with the sound on. Every time. That simple promise sparked an entire sports bar, and I love how obvious it sounds once someone finally does it. The founders got tired of begging bartenders to switch channels and unmute the TV. So they built their own place, with dozens of screens put to work for women’s athletics.
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California Seafood Lovers Swear By This Hotel-Like All-You-Can-Eat Buffet For Crab Legs, Sushi, And Chinese Classics
San Diego has no shortage of seafood, but one Mission Valley dining room has people lining up before the doors even open. Families plan monthly trips here, birthday crews book it for big nights, and crab leg fans treat it like a personal mission. The setting looks more like a...
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Escondido drummer inducted into local hall of fame
ESCONDIDO — Singer and drummer Larry Grano’s 55-year love affair with music began at age 5 with an impromptu session at his father’s Elks Lodge. When his father needed a bathroom break, he turned to young Larry, whom he’d seen rocking out to the previous song.