Food is on Fire in San Diego

August 24, 2016 posted under

Our very own Mike Spilky was invited to contribute Market Highlight article about San Diego’s restaurant scene for France Media’s Western Real Estate Business, issue August 2016. San Diego is incubating, energizing and fueling emerging brands like never before — and landlords are “eating it up!”. Restaurants just can’t seem to find enough real estate, … Continue reading Food is on Fire in San Diego

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Italian concept replaces Chad White’s former East Village restaurant “East Village was significantly lacking in fast casual, that and more bar-centric concepts seems to resonate more in the area vs. ‘Top Chef-style’ dining,” said Mike Spilky, president of real estate firm Location Matters. “The RMD Group has a reputation of being great bar operators, and … Continue reading Check out what Mike Spilky had to say about East Village’s restaurant scene in San Diego Magazine’s Hot blocks

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Top Chef contestant says adiós to San Diego Chad White, a contender in the upcoming season of Top Chef and owner of Común Kitchen & Tavern, is leaving San Diego and has closed his East Village taqueria. White made the announcement last weekend that he is leaving in December to open a restaurant in his … Continue reading Check out what Mike Spilky had to say about the closure of Comun Kitchen & Tavern

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What should replace Rama Thai restaurant in the Gaslamp? “Alex Thao announced earlier this month his decision to close two of his downtown Asian restaurants, Saja Korean Kitchen and Rama, and is completely transferring the management of Lucky Liu’s, a dim-sum eatery he opened in 2013. Rama, a Thai restaurant known for its stone waterfall … Continue reading Mike Spilky Quoted in San Diego Magazine’s Hot Blocks Column

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Avila’s El Ranchito now has 12 restaurants under its banner after opening a Seal Beach location in late August, though it lacks one thing: a headquarters. Each location is individually owned – most by the children of Salvador and Margarita Avila, who moved to Los Angeles in 1958 from Mexico and in 1966 opened the … Continue reading Location Matters’ Lease Deal, Avila’s El Ranchito, Opens 12th Location in Seal Beach

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