San Diego Reader

""From there, crab linguini in sea-urchin sauce; it’s the sort of thing culinary dreams are made of." -Brandon Hernandez, SD Reader"

""Happy hour at the Prado is really happy hours — there’s an early one on Tuesday through Friday from 4 till 6 and a late one from 8 till 10 (11 on Friday and Saturday)." -M.B. Abate, SD Reader"

""This should be a two-plus-hour affair, comprising many glasses of their wicked house vermouth; salty lupini beans; and courses of salami, hand-cut prosciutto, and imported cheese." -I.Pike, SD Reader"

""I choose either a soft slice of jalapeño cheese bread or the Croque Americaine, a breakfast panini filled with sliced egg, bacon, tomato, watercress, and pepper jack cheese." -B.Fokos, SD Reader"

""El Zarape offers some innovative dishes in a cozy taco-shop setting. I love the shrimp burrito (lots of grilled shrimp in these babies)." -Patrick Henderson, SD Reader"

""The Frogman with the ’shrooms, grilled onions, guac, and an extra ($1) of bacon. Costs $13.25. What I like: crunchy outside of the grilled hand-shaped patties." -Ed Bedford, SD Reader"