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  • Welcome to Little Italy!

  • ... alright. Hahaha!

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  • Welcome to Little Italy!

  • Hahaha... we always laugh. Sorry.

  • Oh, am I doing it first? Hahaha!

  • Yeah.

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  • Welcome to Little Italy!

  • I can't even say "Little Italy" right now.

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  • Welcome to Little Italy!

  • So today we are going to hang out around Little Italy.

  • Well, actually the weekend. We're spending the weekend here.

  • And we're in Little Italy, San Diego. I know there's a bunch of Little Italys.

  • Yeah, the one in San Diego. I live in San Diego and Crystal is visiting from Florida

  • but I actually have never really checked out Little Italy.

  • I've been kind of waiting to check it out when Crystal's here

  • because I want that same experience that she gets like you know, everything's for the first time.

  • So we're gonna go check out some restaurants and cafes.

  • I know there's a lot of good pizza places around here.

  • Obviously, hahaha.

  • Cafes - there's a ton of cafes.

  • Oh and gelato!

  • And I love it here because there's a lot of seating outside

  • and the weather in San Diego is perfect almost all year round so it's a great place to sit outside.

  • So nice.

  • Just enjoy the views - you can see the ocean from here.

  • So we're gonna go check it out now and you can follow us along on all of our exploration today of Little Italy.

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  • Someone's sleeping, hahaha

  • "That Red Chair" hahaha

  • You did it!

  • So we just saw the um... what was it called? That Big Red Chair in SD

  • so gotta take a photo there of course like everybody.

  • All these store locations always has that big chair that people have to take pictures in

  • so of course we had to do that.

  • These are Little Italy's legends.

  • Rose and Salvatore Cresci

  • they're cofounders of the Italian-American social event in San Diego

  • so that's why they're the stars... er, the legends.

  • So this is a little map here. Where are we, Candy?

  • Oh, we're right here.

  • That's where we are. And we're gonna go this way?

  • Yeah because this is all India Street.

  • Ok so this is Born and Raised. It's a steak restaurant.

  • It is amazing in there. I think it took them 3 years to build or a little bit longer.

  • But the amazing thing is they spent over 6.5 million dollars building this place

  • and you can tell that it was worth that much because it's very grand in there

  • and their bar upstairs, it overlooks Little Italy.

  • Usually they open at 5:00, I think, from what Candy was saying.

  • I think that's what I saw it online and I'm like 5?

  • Yeah but we want to be up on the rooftop before the sunset because the sunset's at 4:30

  • so she just asked the hostess what time they open and she said 4 so we'll definitely go there by 4.

  • Here's a beer... brewery eatery place.

  • Awww, hi!

  • Awww hey cuties.

  • Oh my goodness, look at that face.

  • Found another legend. This is Renata and Stefano Brunetto. Let's see what they did.

  • They look like a happy couple.

  • Yeah, they look very happy.

  • Oh. They opened the first Mona Lisa restaurant

  • this famous place here.

  • That car is kind of in the way.

  • So Candy was telling me that the Mona Lisa Italian Foods Restaurant is pretty popular.

  • Yeah, that's why their legends here because they opened the legendary Mona Lisa restaurant.

  • Let's go check it out.

  • Ok.

  • Are you guys doing like a tour thing or what?

  • Yes, we are.

  • That's cool! Of this area?

  • Yup, of Little Italy.

  • Are you from here or are you just visiting?

  • CRYSTAL: I'm visiting my sister.

  • CANDY: Yeah but I live here.

  • CRYSTAL: I'm from Florida.

  • Oh. You're from here?

  • Well, not from here but I live here now. Yeah, currently.

  • Oh cool, well, welcome. It's a nice area.

  • Oh, it's really packed in here.

  • There's breads and stuff.

  • Oh yeah, I see the bread. And a deli.

  • It's very popular.

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  • So we're inside Mona Lisa Italian Foods and when we pass by with all these people in there

  • and we also saw - throughout Little Italy they have like these little plaques of Italian legends

  • and one of them was near this restaurant - or the little market.

  • So they started Little Italy Foods in 1956 and have been here ever since

  • and now they are three generations in and it's still family-run

  • and very popular. Everybody's at the deli getting some stuff.

  • And they also have a restaurant next door.

  • And we came walking in here and everybody's super friendly and they're like

  • Oh hey! What are you guys doing?

  • So we love the vibe here.

  • This is made in Italy, this pasta.

  • I mean all these noodles look really good actually.

  • They got lots of ricotta cheese

  • Beer. Lots of beer. They have some wines too that I saw earlier.

  • But yeah, lots of different kinds of pasta

  • so if you're looking for Italian ingredients, this is probably the place to go.

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  • **plane's loud jet engine**

  • That's why you can't fly drones here.

  • That was super close!

  • So close!

  • It says hashtag Star Wars up there.

  • Whaaaat!? This is so pretty!

  • Look at how nice it is in here.

  • Oh my goodness. They did such a great job with the Christmas decoration.

  • Yeah, it's beautiful.

  • Oh wow.

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  • **plane's loud jet engine**

  • It really is crazy how close it is.

  • Yes. Very, very close.

  • Ok, movin' on.

  • Here it is. Here's James Coffee.

  • This is James Coffee. They actually have several locations in San Diego

  • and this is their Little Italy location.

  • It's a pretty interesting coffee place because around it are these little boutique shops and a barber shop.

  • The one thing I like about James coffee which really has nothing to do with coffee

  • is I really love their logo hahaha

  • I'm not a fan of owls or anything. I don't know why. There's something about their logo that I really like.

  • That's the logo there. The owl. Is that it? That's the owl?

  • There's the owl there too.

  • Oh ok.

  • And there's the barber shop right next to it. Urban Shave.

  • this whole area is the hangout where you can drink your coffee and stuff

  • and they have glasses here.

  • If you need some glasses.

  • And there's a small boutique store here.

  • It's mainly men's fashion here. It's probably why the vibe is pretty - male type of vibes

  • kinda dark and grungy hahaha

  • but I like it!

  • They do have one that's more female-oriented over here.

  • And if you go a little bit further down - if you're a coffee connoisseur, they have a shop there

  • with a bunch of coffee gadgets - I guess if you want to call them gadgets

  • but I know a lot of men are into their coffee, drip coffee, coffee grinder

  • cause they got some fancy ones here if you're into that kind of stuff.

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  • Oh my gosh these are all mug shots of celebrities

  • it's like Rick James.

  • And there's Mick Jagger.

  • yeah Jagger.

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  • Alright, so we just kind of like hit the end of... what road is this, Candy? India?

  • India Street.

  • India Street. It's where El Camino is.

  • They actually have a cool wall over there so we took some pictures.

  • I really like the design of this building.

  • I've never been there and it's closed right now so they must not be open until dinner hours.

  • Or maybe they're closed for the holidays. Who knows.

  • Oh, possibly yeah.

  • But then they have cute little stores like this next door.

  • I like their clothes and their little...

  • lots of plants.

  • I really, really love these creeper glasses.

  • He he he ha ~~~

  • Candy suggested I go on a scooter with this. What do you think? Hahaha!

  • I think we'll be the talk of the town!

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  • Look at this green gyoza.

  • What is that?

  • Vegetable...

  • Looks like original ramen...

  • They have a lunch special where you order ramen with a side

  • and my side is the veggie gyoza which I've never had a veggie gyoza so...

  • Give this a shot.

  • It's not bad but I do enjoy regular pork gyoza more.

  • What's different is that it's not crunchy. And I'm used to a little bit more of a crunch when I have gyoza.

  • Not bad.

  • So I got a lunch combo as well.

  • And I got the original Hakata Tonkotsu ramen and some kara-age

  • So all this was only like ten bucks.

  • I usually don't use sauce but I'll try this one.

  • Hot.

  • That was some good stuff. It was just so hot.

  • And that's really spicy sauce. I don't think I need the spicy sauce. The favors are already good enough for me.

  • This ramen looks really yummy.

  • Mmmm... really good flavors and the noodles are thick, which I like.

  • Whooo - just had some lunch at the ramen place.

  • It was really good. The broth was really, really good.

  • It was SO good.

  • Side dishes are average but... I would say skip the side dishes and just get the ramen

  • cause the ramen is delicious.

  • Oh my goodness, it was so creamy. I got the tonkotsu one. It was such creamy broth

  • and they put some kind of citrusy flavor to it too.

  • It tasted like yuzu to me. It's a Japanese -

  • it's like a cross between a lime and a lemon but it was very distinct.

  • Yeah.

  • But it kind of added a nice light refreshing flavor to it. I really enjoyed it.

  • I had chicken broth and it was perfect for the chicken broth.

  • And I had the pork broth and I like the thick noodles too.

  • Yeah, I liked the thick noodles and they weren't overcooked.

  • Mhmm.

  • That's one thing we're picky about.

  • Yeah, definitely.

  • So we're making our back to...which area?

  • Ummm....it's kinda - I don't know what the area is called. It's where the food hall is.

  • Yeah and the fountain. There's a little fountain there.

  • We're heading back that way because there's an ice cream shop across the street

  • that I heard was really good.

  • And I think it's homemade ice cream.

  • I think that's what it said. So, we're gonna go check that out now.

  • Oohh, it smells good.

  • Oh my goodness.

  • That smells amazing!

  • Looks pretty busy in there.

  • Yeah.

  • I was like, "Crystal!" and you're walking off.

  • HAHAHAHA!

  • Oh, I'm sorry. The smell...

  • You're like so excited.

  • I was just like, Oh my god! I'm like a dog. Just smelling.

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  • We are at the Saturday Farmers Market here in Little Italy.

  • Yes we are!

  • Oh, and Little Italy San Diego.

  • I know. We keep on saying Little Italy like you know where it's at.

  • Hahaha yeah, San Diego, California.

  • And uh... we woke up pretty early. We had coffee first

  • at Frost Me Cafe and Bakery. We sat there for about an hour and had breakfast.

  • and the farmer's market opens up at 8 so it's perfect timing to have coffee and then come.

  • And the coffee place is right in the middle of the farmer's market so it's perfect.

  • You know when everyone's setting up and ready to go.

  • Yeah right now is the perfect time to come because it's not that busy.

  • And everything is freshly out and nicely organized.

  • Yeah, there's like a lot of samples down there so actually, we didn't have to eat breakfast, hahaha

  • Yeah, I know, that's true. We shouldn't have but whatever. We needed to have that cinnamon... what is it?

  • The Morning Bun!

  • That Morning Bun is so good. We had to have it two days in a row.

  • It's so good.

  • Alright, so let's go explore.

  • Look at the piggies.

  • Oh my goodness.

  • The kitty one's cute too.

  • There's so me juices.

  • Chips.

  • Bitchin' Sauce is what it's called.

  • With bitchin' prices.

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  • Traditional. This is red bell pepper. This is not chimichuri. We call it [foreign language].

  • That is tango.

  • Hi!

  • Would you like a sample?

  • Uhhh... sure, I'll try a sample.

  • We do have one of each. They're all caffeine-free. There's no additives. No sugar added in any of them.

  • Alright, let's do the stress relief, hahaha!

  • That one's my second favorite I think.

  • Yeah?

  • Yeah. That one's gonna help with relaxing your muscles. It's great for panic attacks and anxiety.

  • You need stress relief really bad.

  • It almost tastes like oolong tea.

  • Kind of, yeah. We do have an oolong too.

  • Oh you do. There it is.

  • These are all herbal tea so they don't have caffeine

  • you can drink them at night and not have to...

  • Stay awake?

  • Yeah.

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  • You can actually taste the almonds in there.

  • Oh yeah?

  • Yeah. It's very light. Very refreshing.

  • Oh that's good.

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  • I'm gonna try the blue one cause it looks the most fun.

  • It's really good. It's really chewy.

  • How fun!

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