By Frank Sabatini Jr. On one hand it was the usual coffeehouse scene: patrons collectively absorbed in their lattes and...

By Frank Sabatini Jr. Barbara Hurst, owner of Oggi's Restaurant and Brewhouse in Mission Valley, tells Mission Valley News that...

By Frank Sabatini Jr. Unlike so many other designated food and drink “holidays” that go largely unnoticed, a number of...

By Frank Sabatini Jr. It wasn’t the first time my appetite was cued from watching CNN’s “Parts Unknown,” a culinary...

By Frank Sabatini Jr. Business owners had warned Ponce Meza in the late 1960s not to open a restaurant in...

By Frank Sabatini Jr. Croce’s Part West (2760 Fifth Ave.) has closed. Croce’s restaurant and music venue moved to its...

By Frank Sabatini Jr. Nearly 180 restaurants stretching from North County to Coronado are taking part in San Diego Restaurant...

By Frank Sabatini Jr. In the late 1980s, with my friends Jim and Kelly, we held regular “JFK lunches” at...

By Frank Sabatini Jr. San Diego’s oldest dining establishment likely is Chop Suey | Peking Restaurant in North Park, where...

By Frank Sabatini Jr. The build-out is underway in a historic, 4,200-square-foot structure in Liberty Station for Moniker General, which...