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This “non-toxic nail salon” feels peaceful and un-claustrophobic as you sit in super-wide club chairs and have your hands and feet worked on simultaneously. Get shellacked on Sundays, when it’s gloriously empty.

Gelato Vero Caffe Restaurant Review: How about a cup of caramel cream-with-brownies gelato, a coffee drink and a little wireless internet on the side? Gelato Vero Caffè offers 12 flavors daily---mocha-rum crunch, espresso bean, and spumoni---plus ...

In a town that loves piney triple IPAs, it takes guts to craft one that’ll stand up to the likes of Russian River Pliny the Younger, Dogfish Head 120-Minute, and Green Flash Palate Wrecker, but that’s exactly what Mother Earth Brew Co. did—and did...

There are three major dim sum restaurants in San Diego - Jasmine, China Max, and Emerald. All three are very good, nearly San Francisco quality, but Emerad takes the win in 2011 for their dim sum dumplings. The smell of propane from the little car...

Who needs a paltry pedicure. I hate pink-painted nails anyway. I just want someone to touch my feet with some modicum of force and care. Enter Happy Buddha (4619 Convoy St. in Kearny Mesa), one of the 20 or so foot-reflexology joints offering one ...

This throwback haven has a soundproofed bar and dining room as well as a “Recording Studio” where guys can follow their genetic destiny by challenging other booths to old-school video games; the room also houses the Karaoke stage. Try singing with...

The cute coffee shop and cupcakery is all grown up now and serving top shelf cocktail concoctions along with their signature PB&J cupcakes. Snag a table at brunch before their weekly Sunday church event and you’ll be ogling hordes of hotties over ...

Sure, Nobu is just fine.... if you have a hundred bucks you want to blow. Let's face it, just about anyone can do top notch sushi if price was no object. The trick is to find the sushi restaurant that delivers the goods without chocking you at the...

(Convoy) There are three major dim sum restaurants in San Diego - Jasmine, China Max, and Emerald. All three are very good, nearly San Francisco quality, but Emerad takes the win in 2011 for their dim sum dumplings. The smell of propane from the l...

It’s won every award and serious foodies love it—yet we often find few customers at this little slice of Napolitano in Hillcrest. Yes, the parking’s tough and the strip of Park Blvd. sketchy, but make it happen, people. Mangia!