Reviews of Restaurants in San Diego and everywhere I go…

So I’m in Coronado with the wife and 2 month old baby in tow and we decide it’s time to eat. However, going out to eat when you have a young  baby is just not that easy so we figured our options were a bit limited. Candela’s is there and I’m a big fan of that place (I’ve only eaten at the Downtown SD location) but I figured it’s a little too nice to take a baby into. I love going out to dinner and I’d be pretty pissed if I was out at a nice place and there was a  screaming baby next to me so of course that’s my big fear. So we passed on any of the high end places in Coronado and was walking by Sopori and instantly I thought it was Japanese. Turns out it’s actually Italian. Damn good Italian food if I might add.

So the ambiance is great here, dimly lit, small and cozy. Once seated I kind of felt like I was back in Italy again. Their menu for the evening was written in chalk on the wall.  The entire place was staffed by real Italians who spoke to each other in Italian and to their tables in Enlish with heavy accents, just like back in Italy. We started out sharing a caprese salad with prosciutto that was absolutely delicious. This was an actual salad-salad (not your regular caprese salad), with greens in an oil and balsamic vinegar dressing, fresh buffalo mazzarella topped with home made pesto and served with some incredible proscuitto. Every single ingredient was at its freshest and that’s a big reason why this salad was so delicious. For entres I had the spicy shrimp  linguine and Steph had the risotta with asparagus. I added some fresh squeezed lemon on my shrimp linguine and I thought it was perfect. The risotta was absolutely loaded with flavor and the asparagus added a nice touch. We had some Chianti Superiore with dinner and it was nice but it’s no Duckhorn Cab or anything. My wife is what you might call a desert freak so of course we had to order a desert. I’m so glad we did because we had a dark chocolate tart served with a bit of coffee flavored gelato on the side and it had to be one of the best deserts I’ve had in quite a long time. Not to sweet, not to heavy….just perfect. We had cappucinos with desert which had to be the best I’ve had since the last time I was  in Rome. All in all…just a perfect meal for our first night out as a family. Damn, I sound a little sappy don’t I? Oh well…when the food is that good it’s ok to be sappy.