Chopbiscuit on the road dining review: Searsucker - San Diego, CA

Welcome to another delightful ad hoc Chopbiscuit inspection of some of the USA's most frequented saloons, dining halls, dive bars, food trucks, in-room dining and high end bistro's. At least one of your humble contributors is on the road virtually every week and luckily have the opportunity to dine at some of the finest institutions and loathsome watering holes known to man. Now and then we had a hope that if we lived and were good, some deity would permit us to be pirates and savage our nutriment.

I like eating. It fascinates me. I sit and look at the food for hours. I often eat while laying down in my hotel room with a bib in my lap and my outlook calendar open. Eating is my tweeting, except it's much cooler. Food is often made into the celebrity of carnage, which makes us appear to be pompous and scarce in regards to the act of eating itself. You eat because you fuel. I eat because I'm hungry. I eat because it's my job. I go out to these establishments to consume their lineups.

I then judge it.

Searsucker
611 5th Avenue
San Diego, CA 92101

(619) 233-7327

Travels last week brought me to the Left Coast. I've often heard, "The left side is the best side" -  so
I was excited to hear that our group was going to hit a restaurant that has been on my radar for the
last couple months. 

Searsucker is new, trendy spot in downtown San Diego that is a favorite among many of the locals. 

According to their website, Searsucker is located in the heart the Gaslamp Quarter, the San Diego fine dining and culture district, and serves New American Classic cuisine, emphasizing approachable and unpretentious dishes paired with local craft beer, handcrafted cocktails and a selection of one-of-a-kind wines from all over the world.

Owner and Celebrity chef Brian Malarkey has done a great job with bringing a unique sense of style to his  menu
For dinner I started with some soft pretzels, ham and honey along some of his famous cheddar puffers. These were amazing, simplistic spins on snack items that created a very comfort food style aura for a great beginning to our dinner. I also ordered the strawberry, ricotta and sherry honey salad with some beef tartare, black crackers and quail yolk. This might have been the best beef tartare I have ever eaten. We washed our food down with some great Cabernet.

Outside of the great food , Searsucker has an incredible space and (according to their website) has teamed up with nationally acclaimed designer Thomas Schoos, whose past projects include Koi Restaurant, O-Bar, Huntley Hotel, and Tao, (the number one revenue generating restaurant in the country.) Schoos has taken the 7,000 square foot space and created a restaurant that is laid-back, comfortable and warm – yet classic. The design is not unlike the seersucker, a paradox in itself, a smooth and rough material, originally worn by the poor, then adopted by the rich and now accessible to all.

The space had a very organized and disheveled feel to it and created a sense of calm around our large communal table. So, if you're ever in San Diego - get all Ron Burgundy and class it up at Searsucker.