Bite’s newest tour is launching in Encinitas the weekend of May 18th! Reserve your spot on the Bite website soon before the first weekend tour is booked! Tours start at 1pm on Saturdays and Sundays. Don’t forget comfortable walking shoes! The Encinitas tour has 6 new foodie favorites:
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Union Kitchen and Tap
Encinitas’ modern spot for craft beers and stellar burgers Potato Shack Cafe Chuao Chocolatier Encinitas Pizza Co. Via Italia Trattoria Roxy |
San Diego is known for its gorgeous weather, beautiful beaches, and being one of the most social cities in California. Here are some dates to mark on your calendar for some events you wont want to miss this summer. Don’t worry… summer is almost here!
Comic-Con
Comic-Con is a yearly San Diego Event that brings in millions of comic book lovers together for a weekend of fun. It is easily San Diego’s largest moneymaking weekend. Don’t miss out seeing your favorite childhood super hero live July 18th -21st .
San Diego County Fair
Who doesn’t love a spin around the big wheel? The San Diego County Fair will be held this year June 8th thru July 4th. You wouldn’t wait to miss all of the terribly delicious food you can only get at the fair! There are going to be tons of great performers this year including: Train, The Beach Boys, Switchfoot, and many more.
Stone 17th Anniversary Celebration Beer Festival
San Diego is home of some awesome Breweries. Grab a pint and support your local brewery! There will be over 40 guest breweries attending Stone’s event on August 17th.
San Diego Padres
I don’t think anyone can beat a game at Pecto Park on a beautiful summer day. Just picture it, hotdog in one hand and beer in the other with the sun on your skin. Doesn’t that sound like a great day? The Padres will be playing their opponents all summer long right here in San Diego.
Bite San Diego Tour
Last but certainly not least don’t forget to book your next Bite San Diego tour! We will be offering tours all summer long at our 7 current locations. Come hungry and don’t forget your walking shoes!
Cheers to the perfect glass of wine – or four! Located in the hub of San Diego’s captivating North Park neighborhood is any wine lovers dream come true, a self-serve wine bar. Splash, voted San Diego’s best wine bar last year, offers more than meets the eye. This 21+ wine lounge invites wine experts and wine amateurs alike to indulge in the self-serve atmosphere that sets it apart from any average wine lounge in San Diego. With over 100 wines from all around the world, Splash is nothing less than a glass half full.
Splash has created an environment that welcomes customers by allowing them to taste as many wines as they would like. The easy to use drink card allows customers to try one wine or multiple wines until they find the perfect taste. The inviting ambiance creates a space where large groups can mingle, yet remains the perfect choice for a romantic evening. To complement the selection of wines are decadent meat and cheese plates for those who prefer small bites. Splash’s menu also includes made-to-order flatbread pizzas and seasonal deserts that pair perfectly with any number of the wines offered.
Splash is devoted to providing a welcoming space and hosts weekly events Wednesday through Sunday, bringing San Diegans together to appreciate great wine, great company, and the community. In addition to the traditional Wine Wednesday, Splash offers half-price wine nights on Tuesdays and two for one drink card specials on Fridays. Keeping it in the neighborhood, Splash features SLO (Sustainable, Local, and Organic) Thursdays, which showcases the fresh ingredients from the North Park Farmers Market and local farms. Splash creates exceptional salads and pizzas that are paired with sustainable wines to recognize and support the local flair of San Diego produce.
Setting the bar for wine, Splash is the up and coming destination in San Diego. The inviting and inventive atmosphere makes it the ultimate discovery for any foodie or wine connoisseur.
Healthy pizza….is that possible? Napizza mastered the art of making Americans favorite food into a healthy, organic, and light choice! Beginning with the art of Napizza’s unique flour recipe, these pizza chefs forms an ultra-light crispy pizza that has a high protein content and less sugar to form the foundation of the organic ingredients that will leave your tummy feeling happy and satisfied.
Napizza supports leaf eaters with their fresh organic salad bar, uniquely crafted by their nutritionist to provide the most healthy and tasty options for any salad enthusiast. Napizza works closely with sustainable and organic suppliers, to support the local community and get the most fresh ingredients possible! These include Suzies Farm, McGrath Family Farm, Rutiz family farms, Coastal Range Organics, Jaime Farms and Mike and Son Eggs Ranch.
Not only does Napizza provide simple quality food, they believe in sustainability and the importance of responsibility to our earth. Napizza composts and recycles, is green certified, support local farms and suppliers, and provides food not only for a healthy meal but a healthy lifestyle.
Napizza’s 72 hour rise, slow bake square pizzas provides the community of Little Italy with a healthy cut of an Italian lifestyle that is hard to turn down–the pizza al-taglo in its large rectangular form is synonymous with high quality Italian street food.
Want a taste? Visit Napizza’s website or go on a Downtown/Little Italy Bite Food Tour and experience these fabulous pizzas for yourself!
Restaurant Spotlight: Krafty Krêpes
While walking through modern day La Jolla you will be sure notice the natives who are up to date on today’s hottest trends. Surprisingly, one of La Jolla’s favorite spots in town has everyone taking a step back in time. Krafty Krêpes has mastered the art of traditional crêpe making in their 1960’s styled Northern French Crêperie. By fusing Paris’ notoriously delicious crêpes with fresh, healthy options, they guarantee you have just stumbled upon your new happy place!
Only opening its doors in early 2012, they have already won over the hearts of La Jolla residents and tourists alike. Within a year of opening, Krafty Krêpes has been presented two Readers Choice Awards for Best Restaurant: Voted Best Dessert and Voted Best Breakfast. Every meal is prepared made to order including their smoothies and signature freshly squeezed juices.
Krafty Krêpes will keep your mouth watering as you watch your meal being created right before your eyes. Creative customers can even design their own crêpe at the signature interactive crêpe bar, which was featured on San Diego 6 News Report in a segment entitled “Where’s Ruben?” This chef to customer interaction guarantees you will receive unsurpassed service and fresh ingredients every time!
Trying to keep that beach body while in La Jolla? Not a problem. Aside from their Sweet Krêpes, which typically contain powdered sugar, succulent fruit, and chocolate of all forms, you can try their Savory Krêpes which are stuffed with melted cheeses, vegetables and an assortment of meat. Not in a crepe mood? (Although I don’t know if that’s possible!) Don’t miss out on their signature salads, panini’s, and soups.
Still not convinced? Check out their virtual tour on YouTube to see how their food is made and get a peek around the crêperie. With a variety of European and American food on the menu, Krafty Krêpes guarantees to be an engaging and irreplaceable experience!
Krafty Krêpes also participates in Brian’s Farmer’s Market:
Thursday: UTC Farmer’s Market
Saturday: Golden Hill Farmer’s Market
Sunday: Point Loma Farmer’s Market
Not only is Little Italy a fabulous neighborhood to go on a Bite Food Tour, but a historical, cultural and familial community that brings the delightful spirit of Italy to America. San Diego’s Little Italy is one of the few Italian neighborhoods in the country that has prospered and maintained a stable ethnic business and residential community, flourishing since the 1920′s. There was a point in time when there was more than 6,000 Italian families living in the district of Little Italy, building San Diego as the center of the world’s tuna industry!
Not only is there a thriving Italian business market in Little Italy, there are many wonderful restaurants to satisfy all your Italian pasta, pizza and wine needs! One of our favorites is Isola Pizza and Wine bar, a stop on our Downtown/Little Italy Bite Food Tour.
Got a sweet tooth? Head to the Italian delicacy shop Cafe Zucchero to obtain the best Italian pastries, cannolies, chocolates and more. Bite into warm Italian panini sandwiches on a lunch break and discover the heavenly taste of Italy in one bite.
Not convinced?
That’s more like it! Bite Food Tourists rave about Cafe Zucchero, Isola Pizza Bar and the many other restaurants on the Downtown/Little Italy tour. Pizza, gelato, pastries, paninis, wine…how can you go wrong?
“Food & Fun, Refueled™” at R-Gang Eatery, a restaurant created and raised by Top Chef contestant and Former Executive Chef at Confidential Restaurant + Loft Rich Sweeney. Searching across the country while attending culinary courses and diving into recipe research and practice, Sweeney discovered the gem of San Diego and cultivated an incredible restaurant in the heart of Hillcrest.
Keeping the restaurant at a gourmet level without the feeling of pretentiousness, R-Gang makes eating fun and serves the highest quality on the same platter. Chef Sweeney produces Retro-American food that modernizes, refreshens, and refuels the classic homemade comfort food. Fresh ingredients are born again into fabulous dishes, without masking the quality with overwhelming sauces or seasonings.
Visit the casual, homelike hybrid of the gang’s clubhouse where the feeling of a family kitchen welcomes you and leaves you walking out with a happy and singing stomach. Visit www.rgangeatery.com and check it out yourself!
