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Shout-out to Cafe Athena in PB

Shout-out to Cafe Athena in PB

Their Chicken Souvlaki is one of my favorite sandwiches anywhere. They have been around a long time and I think they are as good as ever. The sandwich in the picture is $12.50.

edit: price added

u/Proud-Ordinary8492 — 13 hours ago

Cheap healthy lunch specials in convoy

Preferably near Convoy/Kearney Mesa area. I work in the area. I’m sick of paying $20 for a sandwich. There’s gotta be some good deals around here where I can go everyday.

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u/Signal-Use3870 — 11 hours ago

Relic Bakery breakfast sandwich

Housemade sourdough muffin, housemade sausage, runny egg, arugula, American cheese, and caramelized onions.

It was $15, but it was very filling/ couldn't finish it. I love the fact that they use local purveyors and make the muffins in house.

u/midwayatmidnight — 18 hours ago

Does this group also include North County? I am looking for a Gyudon beef bowl.

And yes, North County does have restaurants, haha, sorry, couldn't resist. I don't feel like driving down south for a beef bowl, to far, and don't feel like making it despite reading that it's easy to make. Any good spots to eat at? Many Japanese restautants don't serve it up north for some reason.

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u/rebelgato — 19 hours ago

The Banh Mi Special from Banh Mi Express in Kearny Mesa

I have tried every spot in Mira Mesa, Clairemont, Kearny Mesa, and City heights, and this is my favorite spot. $9.99. I’ve watched the price of this sandwich rise about $0.50 - $1 every year but I’d still happily drive here for it.

I got it without jalapeño

u/jewishjew — 1 day ago

Anniversary Ideas

Hello San Diego Food sub,

I’m looking for any recommendations for an anniversary dinner for my wife and I. I try to come up with somewhere new each year for the most part and while Google and Open Table provide some answers, I’d like some first hand opinions.

I’ll provide some restaurants we’ve gone to before just as an idea of what we’ve tried. I’ll eat just about anything but my wife is on the pickier side but any place that has some sort of fish meal will work (crab cakes are a plus).

Places we’ve been:

Flemings
Born and Raised
Lou and Mickey’s
Oceanaire (RIP)
Eddie V’s
Morton’s
Del Frisco’s
Mister A’s
Ruth’s Chris
Marine Room
Coasterra
Steak 44
Poseidon

Might be forgetting a couple but I think that’s a good start. Thanks for any suggestions!

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u/iliketobowl25 — 1 day ago

In san Diego for a month I’ll go wherever you to tell me.

I’ll go to the top 10 upvoted recommendations. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, desert, drinks.

Loving the recs!

(I’m right by ‘Better Buzz’. But have a car)

(Nothing is off the table aside from Vegetarian / Vegan. Unless it’s mind blowing and you recommend a dish)

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u/nitrofan111 — 2 days ago

Which Asian store(s) can I get fresh fortune cookies in bulk?

Seen them on Amazon, Walmart but I’m not entirely sure if they’ll come in fresh. Any ideas?

u/mistressofmayhem02 — 1 day ago

Donuts from my trip last September. Other donut shops/bakeries I should check out?

In no particular order: The Goods, Rose Donuts, VG Donut, Star Donuts, Golden Donuts, Parlor Donuts

u/bigfathooker69 — 3 days ago

Table for two? (On one side)

My BF is coming into SD for the first time this weekend and I am second guessing my Marine Room reservation.

I initially thought Marine Room because I’ve never been and selected a time right around sunset so we could enjoy the view. Is it hard to get a window table?

Should I ditch the Marine Room reservation and if so, where can I find a place with nice ambiance and great food, where we can sit side by side? (It’s a thing he likes to do)

Price not really important BUT I need the reservation for this Saturday and he prefers to eat during the early evening.

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u/leelooMP — 2 days ago

I’m looking for SD restaurants starting with the letters J, Q, x, and Z. Help me out.

We are creating an alphabetical restaurant list and can’t think of places that start with those letters. Help will be appreciated. Figure this might help us decide on those nights everyone says, “Where do you want to go?”

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u/WestCoastHopHead — 2 days ago

Korean tofu

Dubu San Diego Tofu Co is open.
16761 Bernardo Center Dr Suite M1, San Diego, CA 92128

As. Korean American transplant from Philly this place is legit good. Had the Sundubu and raw marinated crab combo, $33. Just stew is $18.99 and you get a fried fish with it. Yum. Looks like they are also going to open another location in Convoy.

u/flyflyfly4133 — 3 days ago

Steamed ginger fish like Foodland’s hot bar?

This may be totally obscure, but I’m hoping enough people travel to Hawaii and might know 😂

When I was there last June, Foodland’s hot bar had this steam ginger fish that had sliced chili peppers and cabbage in it.

Omg it was so good, we got it nearly every day we were there.

I think it’s a pretty popular/common Chinese (American? unsure) dish.

But are there any places in SD that do it really well or even similarly to Foodland that I should check out?? I miss it 😢

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u/jackjackj8ck — 2 days ago

Good Place to Eat Near Petco Park?

My partner and I are visiting for a concert and we wanted to go somewhere special since we don’t get down to SD very often. Any recommendations? We don’t have a preference on the type of restaurant.

Edit: We don’t mind traveling a bit since we’ll have our car with us, looking for something that caps out around $50 per person.

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u/RichardAtkin — 4 days ago

Went on a quest to try more croissants, after trying Wayfarer & il giardino di Lilli, Izola still better

Relic is next on the list, everyone keeps mentioning them. This morning I dropped off friends at the airport, then stuck around to take a sunrise picture. Didn’t work out BUT, i got the chance to try these two bakeries.

il giardino di Lilli did have a pretty fire apricot croissant
Wayfarer the peach pastry was sooooo good

So far in my quest:

  1. Izola
  2. Wayfarer
  3. il giardino di Lilli

I shall continue with Relic and many more recs yall gave on my last post

u/advictoriam5 — 4 days ago

High end restaurant

I'm bored, I want to go out and treat myself. Where would be the best place where it wouldn't be weird to see a woman sitting alone enjoying a nice meal?

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u/TitanessDominus — 5 days ago