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fillings such as curried-chicken salad and Black Forest ham. Boxed lunches cost $11.
Great pastries, too.
Urban Solace
CALIFORNIAN
( 619-295-6464;
www.urbansolace.net
; 3823 30th St, North Park; mains lunch $10-23, dinner
$17-27; 11:30am-10pm Mon-Thu, to 11pm Fri, 5-11pm Sat, 5-9pm Sun)
North Park's young hip gourmets revel in creative comfort food here: bluegrass burger;
'not your mama's' meatloaf of ground lamb, fig, pine nuts and feta; 'duckaroni' (mac 'n'
cheese with duck confit); and chicken and dumplings. The setting is surprisingly chill for
such great eats; maybe it's the cocktails like mojitos made with bourbon.
Waypoint Public
GASTROPUB
4pm-1am Mon-Fri, from 10am Sat & Sun; )
The comfort-food menu at chef-driven Waypoint is meant to pair craft beers with its
dishes, which range from smoked tomato minestrone with grilled cheese to a burger with
mozzarella, pulled pork, tomatillo salsa, fried egg and spicy pickled vegetables. Glass gar-
age doors roll up to the outside, all the better for people-watching in busy North Park.
East Village Asian Diner
ASIAN FUSION
mains $9-14; 11:30am-2:30pm Mon-Fri, 5-10pm Mon-Wed, to midnight Fri, 11:30am-midnight Sat,
11:30am-10pm Sun)
This den of modernist cool fuses mostly Korean cooking with Western and other Asian in-
fluences (witness the 'super awesome' beef and kimchi burrito). Try noodle dishes (thai
peanut, beef and broccoli, etc), or build your own 'monk's stone pot,' a super-heated rice
bowl to which you can add ingredients ranging from pulled pork to salmon. Sauces are
made in-house.
Baja Betty's
MEXICAN
619-269-8510;
bajabettyssd.com
;
1421 University Ave, Hillcrest; mains
$6-15;
11am-midnight Mon-Fri, 10am-1am Sat, 10am-midnight Sun)
