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Hotel Review: Fairmont Grand Del Mar, San Diego

  • December 3, 2021
  • Brad A. Johnson
This was my first time back to the Grand Del Mar in north San Diego County since the resort rebranded as the Fairmont Grand Del Mar in 2015.
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Hotel Review: Mission Pacific, Oceanside California

  • November 20, 2021
  • Brad A. Johnson
The six-story, 161-room Mission Pacific Hotel overlooking the beach in downtown Oceanside is part of the largest oceanfront development in San Diego County in more than 50 years. 
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Quick Review: Valle, Oceanside CA

  • November 19, 2021
  • Brad A. Johnson
Inspired by Baja’s Valle de Guadalupe where the chef first made a name for himself, Roberto Alcocer’s cuisine at the new Valle in Oceanside is intensely farm-to-table. It is uniquely Mexican, distinctly Californian and not always what it appears to be.
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Drink of the Week: The Bilbao at Fellow, Los Angeles

  • November 16, 2021
  • Brad A. Johnson
At Fellow in Los Angeles, The Bilboa is a modern riff on a gin martini made with rosemary-lemon-infused vermouth. It is herbal and citrusy and floral and fresh yet also surprisingly viscous and creamy, making it extremely enjoyable to sip.
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Hotel Review: Downtown LA Proper

  • October 31, 2021
  • Brad A. Johnson
The Downtown LA Proper is the fourth outpost of Kelly Wearstler and Brad Korzan’s Proper Hotel brand. (The first debuted in San Francisco in 2017, followed by Santa Monica and Austin.)…
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Food Photographer of the Year Exhibition at the Royal Photographic Society in Bristol, England

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Update – Review: Acre, Farm-to-Table in San Jose del Cabo, Mexico

  • June 27, 2021
  • Brad A. Johnson
A lot has changed at Acre in San Jose del Cabo since I originally visited and fell in love with this restaurant five years ago. But many things also remain the same. The restaurant still sits in the middle of a dusty, 25 acre farm on the outskirts of town, accessible by a meandering dirt road...
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Where to Eat in Los Cabos, Mexico: The Restaurants Redefining Baja Cuisine

  • June 13, 2021
  • Brad A. Johnson
Mexican cuisine in Los Cabos has for decades been defined by steak and lobster. If not for the accompanying margaritas and periodic mariachi, one might have easily forgotten they were in Mexico. But that's changing. These are the restaurants redefining what it means to eat Mexican food in Los Cabos.
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Hotel Review: Nobu, Los Cabos, Mexico

  • June 6, 2021
  • Brad A. Johnson
Nobu Hotel is a vibe, not a place. Opened in 2019 on the sparsely developed Pacific cape of Cabo San Lucas, this 200-room outpost is a sexy mashup of Japanese and Mexican motifs with a soundtrack straight out of Ibiza.
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How to Make the Red Snapper a la Talla from Tamarindos Los Cabos

  • June 5, 2021
  • Brad A. Johnson
Step 1, Catch a red snapper. Step 2, Build a fire in your wood-burning oven and pour yourself a mezcal...
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