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Gorge
By ROBIN DOHRN-SIMPSON
When the Szechuan Mandarin Restaurant closed a while back, it was like losing a limb for San Diegans who grew up dining there. It was the cornerstone of Mission Gorge Road and Interstate 8 for 40 years. Mark Sun sold the restaurant 20 years ago and now he finds himself back in the kitchen with his new passion project, Fish Grub, which held its official grand opening on March 31.
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The newly remodeled restaurant boasts a lovely patio with a fire pit. Enjoy indoor, outdoor or bar dining. Inside dining is now available and they offer comfortable booths, tall tables and an inviting bar. For your entertainment, you can watch a vibrant video of colorful fish swimming among coral on many big screen televisions throughout the establishment.
Sun’s philosophy is to serve seafood that is responsibly sourced. He is health conscious and combines standard cooking with an Asian fusion twist.
Fish and chips are the mainstay of the menu. Try the Sriracha aioli sauce with your battered fish. It’s mild yet tasty and addicting. Add a side dish of Asian slaw with sesame
Coconut curry shrimp (Photos by Robin Dohrn-Simpson) vinaigrette. Another intriguing side dish is cauli-mashed potatoes.
If you don’t enjoy fish or seafood, you are still in luck. Fish Grub offers a variety of sandwiches including chicken served on a hoagie bun. Here is another chance to try the Sriracha aioli sauce. It’s just doggone good. Coconut curry shrimp or chicken with rice is a nice alternative Fish Grub exterior or creamy walnut shrimp. Zinfandel can also hold up to
If you want just a bite, there the bolder flavors. are tavern bites offered. Oyster This restaurant will become shooters, peppery calamari, the new cornerstone on Mission sesame crusted seared Ahi, or Gorge Road. Try them now befish tacos. fore the lines are out the door,
Craft beers pair nicely with which they will be once the sefish and Fish Grub offers 13 cret is out. different local or nearby brews. For menu details and a map White and red wines also pair of the area go to fishgrub.net. with different fish and sauces. Try a chilled white wine —Robin Dohrn-Simpson is a paired with fish. If you enjoy San Diego-based food and travel red wines, they also pair nicely writer. Reach her at dohrnsimpwith the depth of some of the son@hotmail.com or visit robinsauces. Both Pinot Noir and dohrnsimpson.com.
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Del Cerro: Brian Gile, Abel Santana
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point all at once and begin the trillion in stimulus. Something search for a property. Renters has to give and as long as the
Simply put, current real estate have been told for years by their nation’s debt continues to rise, prices are not in equilibrium. elders to “buy a home!” and and the dollar continues to get When it comes to a hot stock, the are finally acting on it. Other weaker, expect home prices to stock price may increase by 50% homeowners are moving out continue rising. Purchasing real over just a couple of months and of smaller properties and up to estate in the world’s finest city with gasoline prices we have all larger properties. San Diego has with limited buildable land, is experienced a 25% increase in a very little land left on which to a low-risk proposition and has matter of weeks. However, home build so the supply of housing the potential to build substantial prices do not quickly adjust to cannot quickly increase. Also, equity. the equilibrium point! There are it is wildly expensive and diffi- If you are still renting and many reasons for this including cult for contractors and devel- have decent income, contact me appraisers who are slow to move opers to build homes these days, at your earliest convenience. I the value up or down and banks which slows down the process of am a specialist in getting buyer’s who lend on conservative val- increasing supply. offers accepted in this current ues. But currently demand is Another interesting factor market. I use many tools includgreatly outstripping supply, is that homes are an excellent ing exceedingly clean offers with causing prices to push upward investment because you can fully approved loans and direct as fast as they are able. put little money down to own communication with agents.
Many sellers are holding off a high value property and then Also, I continue to handle listwith placing their property on rent it to pay the mortgage. For ings all over San Diego county. If the market in anticipation of example, buy a $700,000 home you are thinking about selling, higher prices a year from now for $200,000 down and wait reach out and I will guide you while with buyers, it’s exactly 10 years for prices to double to on the home selling process to the opposite. The expectation of $1,400,000. You just made al- ensure you get top dollar with higher prices is causing a mad most a million dollars and had the fewest days on market. dash to buy a property as soon renters paying most or all of as possible. your mortgage the whole time! MARKET SUMMARY SINGLE
Some thought that after last We put a property on the market FAMILY HOMES year’s spike in home prices, this last week in Mira Mesa and had 92115 College Area: the year would bring just moderate nearly 30 offers in three days, year over year median home increases. However, year to date many from investors! I just read price is up 16% to $739,500 home prices continue their sig- in The Wall Street Journal that and with only 13 homes on the nificant upward climb. large Wall Street funds are buy- market compared to typically
Several factors explain this ing up hundreds of thousands over 50. phenomenon. The government of homes across this nation and 92119 San Carlos: The year is massively increasing the mon- renting them out for the long- over year median home price is ey supply and increasing the term. The article stated that in up 12% to $827,500 and with nation’s debt in unprecedented Houston, Texas nearly 25% of all only six homes on the market for ways. Fundamental economics home sales are sold to investors! the entire zip code! dictates the consequence of this The article had one example 92120 Del Cerro/Allied action is weakening the nation’s where a hedge fund purchased Gardens: The median home dollar which directly causes the an entire neighborhood under price is up 9% to $873,750 and price of nearly everything to go construction. with just 12 homes on the marup. This is happening with the If you still do not own a prop- ket currently. stock market, the price of gas, erty, I strongly believe prices will food, and of course home prices. continue their upward trajecto- —Sarah Ward is a realtor with
Additionally, the work-from- ry for some time. I recently saw Fine & Coastal Real Estate. Reach RESTAURANT OWNERShome issue is causing many renters to reach the tipping that Washington D.C. is now trying to pass yet another $2 her at sarah@fineandcoastal.com, or 858-431-6043.
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Crusaders Soccer Club restarts competitive play
By JAY WILSON
For the first time in 14 months, on Saturday and Sunday, March 27 and 28, the competitive teams from the Crusaders Soccer Club were allowed to play games against teams from other soccer clubs throughout San Diego County. Thus, began the first of up to 10 weeks of weekend games for this unusual spring season for competitive teams.
“It was a great weekend to see our teams playing real games against teams from throughout San Diego. Every week our teams are playing Shelby Harden shows her skills (Courtesy CSC) games on our fields throughout San Diego County,” and made the leap up to the comsaid Rene Miramontes, director of petitive level. coaching for Crusaders Soccer Club. In addition to all the competitive “Our players and coaches have been games, 46 recreational division diligently training two and three teams continue with their very suctimes a week since June and to see cessful spring season which plays them actually playing a real game on Sundays through May 2. was just outstanding.” A special thanks to Mark Dirkes,
A competitive spring season is a Crusaders competitive coachunusual for the soccer clubs affiliat- es and owner of MD Coating & ed with the Presidio Soccer League. Specialty Finishes, for donating The competitive season is scheduled the manpower, paint and the large to run through May. Crusaders letters and logo now
All you have to do is look at featured on the south side of the the faces of the players. You can Crusaders cargo container on the see the excitement on their faces. Pershing Middle School field. After hours and hours of practice, For more information about the they finally have an opportunity Crusaders Soccer Club, visit our to play real games against teams website at crusaderssocer.org or from other clubs. For several of the follow on Facebook, Twitter and Crusaders competitive teams it was Instagram. their first competitive game because last fall they were playing in —Jay Wilson writes on behalf of the Crusaders recreational division Crusaders Soccer Club.
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Single-Family Home Stats
Median Sale Price Up 13.3% to $700,000 Median sale price is now at $700,000, up 13.3% from $618,000 in 2020. When you price correctly from day one, you can maximize offers and ultimately sell for the highest possible price as quickly as possible.
Average Days on Market
Sale-to-List Price Ratio
Months Supply of Inventory
2021 YTD vs. 2020
Down 14.3%
Up 3.8%
Down 73.3%
Analysis
Median days on market are exceptionally low, at 18 days for the year. Current high demand and low supply play a major role, especially when compared to 2020’s statistic at 21. Strategic pricing and marketing ensure your home sells for top dollar in few days on market.
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