The year is almost over and the votes have been tabulated for San Diego's Best Restaurants of 2011 Awards as Ranch & Coast, San Diego's Ultimate Lifestyle Magazine, brings us the results. Some of the winning restaurants include:
Best Steakhouse-(tie) Donovan's Steak and Chop House and Ruth's Chris Steak House
Best Seafood-(tie) Pacifica del Mar and The Oceanaire Seafood Room
Best American-Urban Solice
Most Romantic-The Marine Room
Best Burger-The Counter
Best View-(tie) George's at the Cove and Bertrand at Mr. A's
Best Catering-Waters Fine Catering
Best Fast Food-In-N-Out
We had many popular 2011 dining trends such as food trucks, kiosks, social media apps and couponing websites promoting dining deals and online menu hunting, restaurants growing their own gardens with local chefs doing their own butchering, and going back to basics. But there were those who thought we have too many burger places, cake pops are cake abuse, comfort food is boring, and specialty food companies should cease making horrible combinations like cheese-and-bacon cupcakes. It just depended on who you asked.
As many restaurants thrived in 2011, some did not fare so well. Some of the San Diego restaurants that closed this year are Keith's Family Restaurant after 17 years, Terra Restaurant after 13 years in Hillcrest relocating to East San Diego, The Big Easy, Blanca Restaurant, Curry House and Broken Hearts. They will be missed.
Over 180 restaurants participated this past September in San Diego's Restaurant Week. This countrywide affair gives foodies the chance to explore delights from the beaches to downtown and from North County to South Bay. Now in its fifth year as San Diego County’s largest and most successful dining event, San Diego Restaurant Week was launched with the intention of spotlighting the city as a premiere dining destination.
All-in-all it looks like 2011 was a great year for fine dining at San Diego's restaurants. Even as we speak restaurants and chefs are gearing up for what looks like an even greater 2012.
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