• The Best Restaurants Near Downtown San Diego,Cole Novak

    The Best Restaurants Near Downtown San Diego

    Over 18 years of eating through the city as a food writer—a profession that feels like it needs an “ahem” attached to it—I’ve kept a list of the dishes and drinks and places that floored me. The ones I yammer on about to strangers, or share with people I love who don’t owe me money. For Comic-Con, I

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  • Where to Eat Near Downtown During Comic-Con 2025,Cole Novak

    Where to Eat Near Downtown During Comic-Con 2025

    Over 17 years of eating through the city, I’ve kept a list of the dishes and drinks and places that floored me—the ones I yammer on about to strangers. For Comic-Con, I thought I’d share nearly 50 of my favorites within striking distance of the comic core: Gaslamp, Barrio Logan, Little Italy, Missio

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  • Winning Essay: Becoming Here,Cole Novak

    Winning Essay: Becoming Here

    As I boarded the orange line trolley on a Monday, my eyes snapped to the empty seat next to the conductor’s cabin. The usual occupant wasn’t there. For six months, he had been a fixture in the first car, his presence as reliable as the trolley’s 6:26 a.m. departure. Then, he vanished.The quiet rhyth

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