Just a quick one for this Wednesday:
Anny's Fine Burgers coming to Clairemont:
Man, it was just a couple of months ago that I noticed Dusit Thai had replaced Mrs. Rice in the strip mall on the corner of Clairemont Mesa and Kearney Villa Road. I guess we didn't need yet another Thia Restaurant in the area......what I guess we do need is another burger joint!
The sign says Anny's Fine Burgers is opening in this spot. I recalled hearing this name before, and yes Cathy has posted on the Santee location of Anny's.
I had thought we'd hit the burger saturation point, but maybe not.
5375 Kearney Villa Rd
San Diego, CA 92123
Jonathan Gold's 99 Essential LA Restaurants, rap style:
Jonathan Gold's decision to leave LA Weekly after almost 30 off and on years was pretty big news to me. The only food critic to ever win a Pulitzer Prize, he was source of some great restaurant recommendations when we lived in LA. Haven't really been keeping up in recent years, but for me it's the end of an era. There was, at least for me, a silver lining. Someone actually did the rap version of Jonathan Gold 99 Restaurants to Jay-Z's "99 Problems." Even more amazing, this person actually ate at each of these places first.
Talk about dedication. JG has indeed earned a Pulitzer, but this dude deserves something. So check it out. My favorite lines are "Oinkster Heart Disease" and "Gorbal's of Steel". Gotta love it!
Hope everyone is having a great week!
wow lots of burger places popping up here and there in Japan too...must be a trend of sorts.
Posted by: kat | Wednesday, 07 March 2012 at 10:39 PM
Dusit Thai sure didn't last long. I kept making a mental note to visit, but oh well.
This end of Clairemont Mesa could use a good burger place. Your other options are fast food or Boll Weevil.
Posted by: Sandy | Thursday, 08 March 2012 at 07:41 AM
Hi Kat - Burgers are taking over the world!
Hi Sandy - You know, I actually enjoyed the burger at Spice House a couple of months ago. And I had Dusit on my list as well....but they just came and went in a flash.
Posted by: Kirk | Thursday, 08 March 2012 at 07:43 AM
Hi Kirk,
Jonathan Gold was a restaurant critic at the L.A Times in the 80's, same time as I was there.
I don't know if this is his story, but in the 90's the Chandler family brought in some "experts" to tighten up the company so that they could make look like an attractive sales prospect. Vested employees were offered buyouts and staff and salaries were slashed.
Of course, the Chandler family had preferred Class A stock and the employees had Class B.
The Chicago Tribune Company bought the L.A. Times, the Chandler family banked their cash, and the newspaper is now a shell if what it was.
Since it was recently announced that the L.A. Times was following the New York Times' lead in charging for content, my guess is that Mr. Gold was hired back for his celebrity value and cred to drive online subscription sales.
Posted by: Gypsy Jan | Thursday, 08 March 2012 at 12:46 PM
Hi Jan - How are you. I hope all is well. If I recall Gold was with the Times from '90-'96, left for NYC sometime after that, then returned to the weekly in '01 or something like that. I'm surprised that the LAT hadn't started charging for contect earlier. After all even the lousy Star-Advertiser's been doing it for a while now.
Posted by: Kirk | Thursday, 08 March 2012 at 01:32 PM
Hey Kirk,
I was just recapping what I remembered from my time at The Times (I was always ordered to capitalize the first "T".
I read J.G.'s columns and appreciated his good writing.
Posted by: Gypsy Jan | Thursday, 08 March 2012 at 04:00 PM
Oooo... can't wait for Anny's to open at this location (did the signs say when that'll be?). The Yelp reviews for Santee seem very positive.
Posted by: Green Turtle | Friday, 09 March 2012 at 10:23 AM
Hi GT - I didn't see anything with a specific date. But driving past today, I saw more signage, so perhaps there's an update. I'll let you know.
Posted by: Kirk | Saturday, 10 March 2012 at 07:46 PM