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Bread & Cie
This clattery, chattery cafeteria-sized bakery-deli makes the best bread around (with flavors like lemon sage ciabatta, anise and fig, and carmelized onion), and carries a limited assortment of gourmet sandwiches. Plus, it's got the best idea I've heard in a while: customized panini. It's an excellent spot to eavesdrop on locals, especially in the mornings. And it's 'cie' pronounced 'sea'.
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Croce's Restaurant & Jazz Bar
Empty tables are a rare sight at this sizzling restaurant, a pioneer of the Gaslamp and Ingrid Croce's tribute to her late husband, singer Jim Croce. The contemporary American menu has few false notes, as do the musicians who perform nightly at the jazz bar.
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Gaslamp Strip Club
Pull your own bottle from the wine vault, then char your own favorite cut of steak, chicken or fish on the open grills in this retro-Vegas dining room. Fab, creative martinis, 'pin-up' art by Alberto Vargas, and reasonable prices. No one under 21 allowed.
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George's at the Cove
George's proves the exception to the maxim that the better the view, the worse the food. Chef-proprietor Trey Foshee holds firm the helm at one of the city's top special occasion eateries, placing local, natural ingredients like meats from hormone-free Niman Ranch in the starring roles in his acclaimed Cal-Med production. The tasting menu, including wine, goes for around US$86 . Upstairs, the less expensive outdoor bistro is open for lunch and dinner and boasts the same view.
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Girard Gourmet
Fresh, affordable no-nonsense quiches, soups and sandwiches, plus daily hot plate specials like salmon penne pasta. If you bring the kids, don't expect to escape without buying one of the huge clownfish cookies.
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Hob Nob Hill
Slinging down-home, mid-scale diner fare since 1944, this San Diego institution is a favorite with locals - elderly couples at breakfast, middle management types and hung-over twentysomethings at lunch - who come as much for the uniformed, been-around-the-block waitresses as for the food. Vegetarians will starve.
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Oceanaire
The look is art-deco ocean liner, and the service is just as refined. Chef Brian Malarkey was named San Diego's chef of the year for the oyster bar and creations such as Maryland blue crab cakes and horseradish crusted Alaskan halibut. The 'stealing home' menu (available to ) lives up to its name, around US$30 for three courses.
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Waters Cafe
Here's a rarity: well-prepared, good value food at a museum cafe! Homemade soups and baguette sandwiches are some of the offerings at the elegant Waters Cafe, nestled in a courtyard overlooking the sculpture garden of the San Diego Museum of Art.
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World Famous
Watch the surf while enjoying 'California coastal cuisine,' an ever-changing menu of inventive dishes from the sea (banana rum mahi, bacon-and-spinach-wrapped scallops), plus steaks, salads, lunchtime sandwiches and burgers and occasional specials such as fish or lobster taco night. Popular at breakfast, too.
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