Weekend Driver San Diego

One of those great little spots has closed. Our webmaster Geoff came back from lunch the other day and said the European Deli, on Park Boulevard north of Polk. Although the name was “European,” it was a Greek cafe, probably because a Greek woman named Sophie ran the place. She seemed to know all the [...]

One of the great old places in California, Clifton’s Cafeteria in downtown LA, is undergoing a renovation. When it opens again, hopefully sometime next year, it’s worth visiting. Read story from LA Times»

Just finished the gnoche at Cremolose in the Gaslamp. Very Italian but very different. Next time no dinner, just dessert. Check it out in the old SD Hardware, 840 5th.

After your trip to the desert (the story in today’s UT San Diego) or our Weekend Driver Classic cruise around South Bay today and you decide to head to LA tomorrow, stop in for coffee at one of the must-visits in downtown LA, Original Philippe’s, before the price goes up by 400 percent. My pal [...]

In the rush that was this summer I somehow missed the passing of Fred Spenner and the Sausage King, one of the really great spots in San Diego. A little shop on Washington Street in Mission Hills run by Fred and his wife, Charlotte, put out what were arguably the best German sausages in the [...]

One of the new things this year at the ComicCon in San Diego is a food court made up of local gourmet food trucks. There are seven trucks all in a circle at the corner of First and Island avenues, just across from the Convention Center and the First Avenue trolley station. I’ve been able [...]

That’s my condo building on the right. It’s packed here even on the first day!

Hog heaven on Father’s Day at the legendary Cook’s Corner roadhouse in Trabuco Canyon.

Well, I’m off to far-off Orange County in the Hyundai Genesis to map out the next Weekend Driver for the San Diego Union-Tribune. I’m hoping there won’t be too much traffic out there, even though Father’s Day will be a great day for dad to hop on the Harley and cruise some of, what I’m [...]

I was adding some video selections to the Weekend Driver store this morning when I checked the website for the old Maid-Rite chain. Food Network’s Alton Brown visited one in Iowa during his River Run second-season of the Feasting on Asphalt miniseries. I visited a different location during my 1998 month there while working on [...]