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A great honest piece about a great honest place.

This fifth grader gets it.

God Bless Hooters. We were so disappointed that we didn’t think of this first.

The 4th Annual San Diego Beer + Cocktail Showcase!

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El Dorado Cocktail Lounge, San Diego City Beat, and FYC Labs are partnering up to put together an event on August 2nd, 2014 to celebrate San Diego’s craft cocktail and craft beer communities. The event will be in the back parking lot at El Dorado Cocktail Lounge at the corner of 11th and Broadway in Downtown San Diego. The event will showcase 6 craft cocktail bars from all across California and 12 local craft breweries. In addition, games, food, and vendors will be available for all to enjoy.

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We just came across this article about Eric Junker. Junker is a food fanatic in Los Angeles, and also an extremely talented designer. He’s been making custom printed posters for some of his favorite chefs and establishments, free of charge. Great idea, and brilliantly executed.

Cocktails – The El Dorado Way

[re-posted from El Dorado]

One of my favorite things about El Dorado is our seasonally rotating cocktail menu. Over the past four years we’ve experimented with ingredients, tested out new spirits, and amassed quite the collection of catchy names for our quarterly cocktail offerings. I’ve always been proud of this concept, and is still something I feel sets us apart from the majority of the other cocktail bars in our area. The menus keep things fresh and fun for the staff, and as time goes on our guests grow accustomed to the continuous changes to their neighborhood cocktail menu – to the point that now with our new menus comes a sense of anticipation and excitement. And its that reaction from our valued community that makes it all worth it. We feel our menus get better and more creative with every passing season, and it seems the more we learn, the better the reactions we get from our cocktails. Everyone wins. (more…)

Tastemade seems to be a pretty sweet way to share reviews and insights to local restaurants and hot spots. Cool to see one already up for UnderBelly.

The Times They Are A-changin’

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This is not food. Janne Kyttanen of Freedom Of Creation made this 3D printing of pasta, along with other dishes, in an attempt to display the uses technology like this could have for the food industry in the future.

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Campari was offering canned Negroni Sbagliatos at their Bartender’s Bash this week at the Manhattan Cocktail Classic. How soon can we get a six-pack to go?




Great idea. Beautiful execution.

Dear Yelper – No Comment

We have, in the past, attempted to openly reply to Yelp! reviews on their site from a company managed account. While we felt we should have the opportunity to openly reply to the remarks being made about our establishments, Yelp! disagreed and removed our responses. So we’ve taken the conversation to our own venue. We feel this is the most fair way to truly dialogue about the experiences we attempt to provide.

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Nicole, while we may not agree with every fine detail of your eloquent reviews, we’re happy to overlook those points of contention in order to just say, “Thanks”. Reviews like yours bring a smile to our faces. Seriously. Thank you.

The Duff Brewery tour you’ve always dreamed of just became that much closer to a reality. Universal Studios has announced that they will be expanding their Orlando theme park to include a Springfield replica, including a Krusty Burger, Lard Lad, Moe’s Tavern, and more. And to top it off they’re brewing Duff beer exclusively for the park. Far out man. [via Eater]

If you’re only using food for eating, you’re probably doing it wrong.

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