San Diego Magazine’s Happy Half Hour

San Diego Magazine’s Happy Half Hour

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The weekly guide to San Diego’s food + drink scene, hosted by award-winning food writer and Food Network host Troy Johnson and San Diego Magazine’s culture brain, Jackie Bryant. Field notes and perspectives on restaurants, bars, and chefs—including dishes and drinks you gotta try, restaurant openings and closings, events worth your time, and laugh-cry interviews with chefs, restaurant owners, farmers, brewers, and makers who make San Diego’s food + drink scene hum.

Recent Episodes

  • Celebrating 10 Years of Juniper & Ivy with Chef Jon Sloan: San Diego’s Culinary Powerhouse Looks to the Future

    1 week ago
  • San Diego Seafood’s Past and Future: A Dive Into Local Fishing with Chris Rov Costa and Theresa Talley

    2 weeks ago
  • Behind the Tap Truck: Corbin O'Reilly on Beards, Brews, and Building a Mobile Bar and BBQ Empire

    3 weeks ago
  • How Dang Brother Pizza Turns Fire Trucks into Pizza Hotspots

    1 month ago
  • Travis Swikard: On French cuisine, returning to his hometown, and opening Callie

    1 month ago
  • How Kitchens for Good Tackles Food Waste and Empowers Student Chefs

    1 month ago
  • Eric Greenspan: On Michelin-Star Kitchens, Food Network, and Reinventing American Cheese

    2 months ago
  • How The Mental Bar Became Encanto’s Third Place

    2 months ago
  • The Story Behind San Diego’s Most Legendary Cocktail

    2 months ago
  • The Royal Family of San Diego Taco Shops: A Deep Dive with Jorge Farfan of Lolita’s

    3 months ago