Crest Cafe on Robinson Avenue in San Diego’s Hillcrest neighborhood has been a city breakfast and cafe institution since it opened in 1983, serving the creative scratch-made morning food and comfort plates that earn a San Diego LGBTQ+ neighborhood its most beloved neighborhood cafe across four decades of community life. It appeared in Season 18,
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Breakfast, Califonia, Restaurants, San Diego, Season 18Pizzeria Luigi on 25th Street in San Diego’s Golden Hill neighborhood has been a city pizza institution since Luigi Agostini opened it in 1995, serving New York-style pizza by the slice and whole pies with the quality and consistency that earns a neighborhood pizzeria its multigenerational loyal following across nearly three decades of San Diego
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Califonia, Italian, Pizza, Restaurants, San Diego, Season 17OB Noodle House and Sake Bar on Cable Street in Ocean Beach has been a San Diego neighborhood institution since it opened, combining a serious Asian noodle program with a creative wings menu and one of the most respected sake selections in a city that has developed a strong appreciation for Japanese drinks culture. It
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Califonia, Restaurants, San Diego, Season 17Hodad’s on Newport Avenue in Ocean Beach has been a San Diego burger institution since Mike Hardin opened it in 1969, serving the hand-formed burgers in a surf culture setting that has made it one of the most beloved and recognizable restaurants in a city with a serious burger culture. It appeared in Season 17,
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Burgers, Califonia, Restaurants, San Diego, Season 17Harold and Dorothy Hoersch opened a 14-stool lunch counter called the Juniper Café on a corner in San Diego’s Bankers Hill neighborhood in May 1944. Dorothy had previously worked as a secretary at Consolidated Aircraft and had no restaurant experience. Within two years the café had outgrown its space and moved to 2271 First Avenue,
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American, Califonia, Diner, Restaurants, San Diego, Season 5Tioli’s Crazee Burger on 30th Street in San Diego’s North Park neighborhood has built its reputation on a burger menu that takes “crazee” seriously: exotic meat options including elk, kangaroo, ostrich, and wild boar alongside the standard beef, all ground fresh and cooked to order. It appeared in Season 4, Episode 11 of Diners, Drive-Ins
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Burgers, Califonia, Restaurants, San Diego, Season 4Matt and Judd Braun grew up in and on the water — surfing, diving, boating, and fishing the beaches and blue water of San Diego and Baja California. They went to Point Loma High with the sons and daughters of the city’s Portuguese fishing community. They worked on boats as commercial divers and knew, intimately,
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