From Michelin stars to its first James Beard award finalist, the San Diego-Tijuana region’s culinary scene is on the rise. We hear from local food and culture journalists about this dining revolution. Plus, San Diego is a well known beer destination, but it’s becoming known for other drinks too.
S1: Welcome to KPBS roundtable. I'm Andrew Bracken. San Diego's food offerings are becoming one of the main reasons tourists come to the city. And it has locals buzzing , too.
S1: And , I mean , you mentioned there anchovies. Like , how much has it changed ? We don't see it so much with the anchovies these days. But by and large , is is the Caesar salad we're seeing today. S1: So now , you know , zooming out a bit more and kind of coming back to today with that kind of history lesson , that's pretty cool. You know , with the Caesar salad there , the San Diego Tourism Authority , you know , it says the food and drink scene is now growing reason driving tourism in the region.
S2: And the first is bringing a real awareness of Filipino cuisine. She's certainly certainly not alone in that in those efforts , I know Chef Phillip Esteban threw white rice through the the upcoming Wildflower Deli in coming to Liberty Station. They are both integral pieces of bringing that that cuisine to San Diego and really elevating it to a national stage.
S1: Well , one interesting point. I think , Jackie , you mentioned you referred to , you know , the tourism and how that plays a role here. I mean , how does this relationship between tourism and locals and what a restaurant caters to ? Right. I think some of these restaurants we might think of more as kind of like tourist traps or whatever.
S1: I want to move now on to more about the food itself and what kinds of new types of food we're seeing take hold. Earlier , we talked about Chef Tara Massoud from anime and now The Cook. And here is a clip of of a story KPBS did this spring after she was announced as a James Beard finalist. S3: Know if I may yarn on this for a second. This is actually pretty revolutionary. And I talked to arsalan , uh , to Faisal , the , uh , who owns projects about this specifically. So he's obviously open a number of restaurants , bars and hotels around San Diego , only in San Diego. But he is Iranian , and Layla is the first Middle Eastern concept that he'll be doing and he's going to feature dishes.
S1: That's ahead on Round Table. You're listening to KPBS roundtable. I'm Andrew Bracken. We're talking about San Diego's blossoming food and drink scene today with journalists Beth Demmon and Jackie Bryant of San Diego Magazine. So , Beth , aside from food , obviously San Diego is well known for its craft beer scene.
S2: And just to jump off of that , you know , you mentioned cocktail bars , but restaurants themselves are really starting to elevate not just their cocktail list , but their mocktail lists. And I think we can get into that in a second. But I mean , you mentioned Beau Dubois earlier and he's going to be opening Roma Norte as part of the puesto group. He's going to be opening that down at the headquarters in Seaport Village.
S2: I mean , I think that there's a lot more of the the fast casual , um , really customization options , things like that counter service , absolutely anything that will help minimize food and labor costs while kind of getting the most bang for the consumer's buck. I think we've seen a huge proliferation of , yeah , more of that casual stuff where it's still , you know , even I'll mention cava that's not , you know , that's it's a chain.
S2: Oh , I mean , there's a million places , like if I'm getting pizza , I like going downtown to TNT pizza. If I am looking for , um , you know , some sort of pan-Asian fusion influence , I'm going to go see chef. Chef search over at her pop ups that she does on Sundays and Mondays at White Rice Marina. I mean , heck , half the time I'm eating out white rice on Adams or at Liberty Station.
S1: That's a great idea. I think that's really cool. And also , you know , if you don't go to any of the events , if you're just there to people watch , I mean , it's like amazing to go down there. I'm kind of excited. They're doing I think it's for badge holders though , but they're doing a one piece concert is one of the , uh , at.S1: It's a really famous anime show. There's like a Netflix version that came out this year.
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