IN THE NEWS: Blogger Alice Q. Foodie aliceqfoodie.blogspot.com reviews Saladstyle in the East Village downtown and Jayne’s Gastropub and also reports: “The opening of the new Currant restaurant in the Sofia hotel downtown has apparently been pushed back to July - it was originally scheduled for April; Chow, the new noodle restaurant in the former Celadons location on University opened May 21; Hanis Cavin has taken over the kitchen at Kensington Grill - he’s been the chef at Dakota and Pacific Coast Grill; and Anthology, the new jazz supper club project from Bradley Ogden and Jim Phillips (the former chef at Pamplemousse) is opening any day now on the border of Little Italy/Downtown. … San Diego Reader’s Ed Bedford reviews Brothers Ópera (Patisseries Fines, 1354 Fifth Avenue) and considers dining on grasshoppers and goats in Tijuana. sdreader.com … Bloggers mmm-yoso!!! mmm-yoso.typepad.com visits Tapioca Heaven Cafe (9225 Mira Mesa Boulevard, San Diego), Tapioca Express (4646 Convoy, San Diego), Tea Station (7315 Clairmont Mesa Blvd), 99 Ranch Market (7380 Clairmont Mesa Boulevard, San Diego) and Grillions (8915 Towne Centre Drive, San Diego). … From blogger WhatWeDig.com, “In-and-Out burgers are hands down the best fast food (which excludes Rocky’s, Hodad’s and the Grill) burgers we have ever had. On this recent trip, I was particularly excited because Brother Josh recently told me about a Secret Menu item I had never heard of… Animal Style Fries. Obviously, I wouldn’t be a SoCal local if I didn’t know to order a burger Animal Style, but the fries? I had no idea and was deeply ashamed!” (FYI: Ordering a burger Animal Style adds mustard cooked beef, extra spread, pickes and the grilled onions. Fries Animal Style produces an order of fries with grilled onions, American Cheese and spread (which at In-and-Out is Thousand Island.)

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