A Bite of San Diego: date night

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 USD seniors Wyatt and Loukas are back with more unique thoughts on SD food 

Wyatt Warren / Contributor / The USD Vista
Loukas Diafos / Contributor / The USD Vista

 We thought — as I’m sure most of you changemakers do — that once in a lifetime opportunities happen only once. However, for the first time in both of our lives, we were wrong. Loukas and I were lying on the couch, savouring the sultry San Diego winter air. I looked up, knowing something was about to happen. I heard a ring pouring from Loukas’ phone, I picked it up. To my suprise, Lizzy Jennings was on the line begging us to consider creating another masterpiece for The USD Vista’s Valentine’s Day special. We agreed that if we were going back down this road, we were going to have to take our readers on a ride they’d never forget, so before you continue, take a seat, kick back, and get ready because Wyatt and Loukas are back.

We’re going about this review a little differently than last time. With Valentine’s Day coming up, you’re probably frantically running around trying to find something to do with your partner. Don’t fret, Wyatt and I are going to tell you what to do, depending, of course, on how far you’re willing to go for love.

Level 1: Ask yourself, how much do you really love your partner? Did the spark die? Are you tired of the monotonous routine that you find yourself trapped in? That look she gives when you say “Go take a shower, it’s been a week?” We have the perfect Valentine’s Day date spot that’ll have your partners breaking up with you before you can say “check please.”

7-Eleven
6615 Linda Vista Road, San Diego, CA, 92111

If you can get past the begrudging host that’s inevitably at the door, then you’ve essentially got the fast pass on the road to break up with your partner. If you don’t fill up on their large selection of packaged hors d’oeuvres, 7-Eleven has some house-made delicacies to try. Cast your gaze just left of the register to the heat box where the ever-rotating ‘meat’-filled, deep-fried, crunchy, droopy, somehow stale-tasting despite being made that month, taquitos. We can almost guarantee that a couple of those things for a Valentine’s Day dinner will both painlessly end your relationship and result in a painfully long night on the toilet. 

Ambiance: 2.12 – Food: 1.4 – Price: $ – Service: Dynamite 

Level 2: Life’s good as is. Why try for more? Life’s all about maintaining the norm, don’t surpass the threshold, work the 9-to-5 and go home sad but fulfilled so that you’re not a complete waste of a human. So that’s what we’re doing for Level 2 — helping you make sure that there won’t be wedding bells chirping in their head, but also not pushing yourselves onto the verge of a disastrous breakup. 

Filippi’s Pizza Grotto 
962 Garnet Ave. San Diego, CA, 92109

With 14 locations across San Diego, Filippi’s Pizza Grotto is the perfect way to show how average your feelings about your partner are. The food offers enough calories to get you through the night, but it’s bland, just like your relationship. Mario from Yelp said it best when he wrote “spaghetti not that great but chicken fettuccine was good, waitress was not friendly.” You’ll leave satisfied, but not ecstatic. Content, but not overjoyed. Your night will end as it always does; pretending to care about what happened to your partner that day, and letting out a soft, angsty sigh before falling asleep only to wake up and endure another mediocre day.

Ambiance: 3.00 – Food: 3.00 – Price: $$ – Service: Average

Level 3: This is it; the one that will bring your relationship from the lobby to the penthouse. If you’ve made it this far in the article, you obviously are ready to take your relationship to the next step. We’re not telling you to go out and buy a ring, but this date night idea will definitely bring you to the next level. Get your wallet out and make the reservation, because Ironside Fish and Oyster will be a night you won’t forget. 

Ironside Fish and Oyster 
1654 India St. San Diego, CA 92101

Take a step into the inviting atmosphere of the Ironside Fish and Oyster restaurant. Service is impeccable, food is mouth watering, and the overall dining experience will bring you to the gates of heaven. Your partner will fall head over heels after you take them to this restaurant. The seafood sampler gives you a taste of what the mysterious Pacific has to offer including oysters, prawns, ceviche, and whatever else might tickle your taste buds. The wood-encased interior puts you at sea, all the while being enveloped in the safety of your lover’s arms. 

Ambiance: 4.48 – Food: 4.87 – Price: $$$ – Service: Impeccable 

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