places to go…

Urban Grind
3799 Park Blvd, Hillcrest/North Park division point, San Diego
I discovered this little place one Sunday night, disparaged by the Starbuck’s on the corner as my only option for a light dinner/caffeine fix. Just past Cafe on Park, which I’m sure I’ll get to shortly. This little place has a mid-intersection crosswalk right in front […]

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Uncle Biff’s, California’s Killer Cookies
650 University Av, Hillcrest, San Diego
This is, amazingly enough, a business, in a shopping center, selling about 12 different cookies, for $1.50 from about 10am-5pm, no Sundays, and somehow, they keep the doors open, why? I think it’s really because Hillcrest <3’s cookies. NYC has cupcakes, we have KILLER COOKIES (and […]

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Bronx Pizza
111 Washington Street, Hillcrest, San Diego
Okay, I have a confession to make. I’m not really from NYC. I moved there about a year ago from the triangle area of NC. So I’m not giving the review of a true “New Yorker” of this pizza. That is to say, I may not be so harsh […]

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Hillcrest Sandwich Company
3780 5th Av, Hillcrest, San Diego
Have you ever had a sandwich, just a plain ol’ sandwich, you bought somewhere, and looked down at it and said, “Now, THIS, is a sandwich, damn”. That’s this place. They aren’t much for dinner hours, but they will deliver to Hillcrest.
Now don’t get me wrong, they fancy […]

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T-Deli
1469 University Av, Hillcrest, San Diego
Oh T-Deli, how do I love thee, let me count the ways.
1. Your paninis aren’t smashed oily mushiness, all pretentious with mayonnaises people are too lazy to make at home for like 40 cents.
2. You make fresh fruit salad, the moment I ask for it. Not 10 minutes before.
3. You […]

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Baja Betty’s
1421 University Avenue, Hillcrest
When taking the first cruise of Hillcrest’s restaurant dense University Avenue, only a few places can possibly stand out as, “I gotta go THERE, places”, funny that two of the most prominent, based almost entirely on name alone turn out to be linked. Baja Betty’s and Urban Mo’s.
We first went […]

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Brians’ American Eatery
1451 Washington Street, Hillcrest
Some of these places really need to get with the website-ing.
This was the first restaurant Alex and I stepped foot in after we got the keys to our apartment and officially became San Diegans. Our property manager recommended it. He’s great like that, hasn’t steered us wrong yet! He also […]

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