San Diego Restaurant Week

It's that time again... time for the broke foodies of San Diego to crawl out of their holes, reach into their pockets, and manage to score a table at some of the pricier pubs and swankier sweet spots during the new decade's first San Diego Restaurant Week! In its 5th year and sure to be biggest so far, his event takes place from January 17 through January 22, and almost 200 restaurants are participating throughout the county. The pricier restaurants (the ones that I probably wouldn't be caught dead in with my tattooed arms and loud behavior) such as 1500 OCEAN at the Hotel del Coronado, Bertrand at Mister A's, and George's at the Cove top the price list with prix fixe menus for $40, while slightly less bourgeois but equally spectacular joints such as 333 Pacific, Coronado Boathouse 1887, and JSix are sandwiched at $30. Last but certainly not culinarily least, the $20 category comes in strong with contenders such as the newly re-located Point Loma Corvette Diner and Boathouse Restaurant. I'm declaring here and now that I will visit as many restaurants in each category as financially possible, and loving every second of it. I'm hoping to see a good turnout of foodies, new and old, coming out to enjoy what so many people are going without in this economy- food, friends, and fun!