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Adventures
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Adventure 004
San Francisco, CA
While the city itself is spread across 49 square miles, most visitors don’t get to see life on the west side of San Francisco. The Outer Sunset neighborhood is too often left out from recommendations by travel guides…
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Adventure 003
San Diego, CA
Multifaceted. Adaptable. Versatile. There are many ways to describe San Diego, California. The reason why this place holds on to its locals and is teeming with transplants and visitors is it practically has something for everyone.…
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Adventure 002
Valle De Guadalupe, MX
A short drive down the coast from the San Diego – Tijuana border is the destination that’s kindling people’s thirst for traveling to Mexico’s viticultural epicenter. Beyond the spring break beach towns, would-be resorts…
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Adventure 001
Vancouver, CAN
Ranked amongst North America’s top cities is Vancouver, BC thanks to its thriving economy, cultural identity, extensive public transport, and gorgeous surroundings. EBH Pathfinder and Vancouver native Rachael Fouchier guides us…
Food + Culture
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Corazon De Tierra
Valle De Guadalupe, MX
Two things make Corazón de Tierra’s Chef Diego Hernández stand out in today’s culinary landscape: A passion for the ingredients his organic garden yields and the vision with which he employs them. After harvesting the day’s ingredients…
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Común Kitchen + Tavern
San Diego, CA
We first learned about Chef Chad White through a whimsical video we still get a kick out of. When we were formally introduced by Art Pusher at his Tijuana outpost La Justina, we knew we needed more of his craft in our diets…
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20th Century Cafe
San Francisco, CA
We all have a “treat yourself” place we frequent for, well, the treats. 20th Century Cafe is one. Classic and beautifully polished, this sunny corner spot in San Francisco’s Hayes Valley is where we come for the salt-crusted…
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Boxer Ramen
Portland, OR
A small spot for a big appetite, downtown’s Boxer Ramen is precisely what your tired bones will crave after a long day of Portland explorations. A micro menu offers the pork lover hearty tonkotuso-shio and spicy red miso bowls of Sun…
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Café 123
Mexico City, Mexico
Café 123, located on Calle Artículo 123 in Ciudad De Mexico’s “Centro” neighborhood, is a true off the path find. Housed inside a reclaimed building once used for the sale + storage of newspapers, the interiors have been left to…
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La Cocina de Doña Esthela
Valle De Guadalupe, MX
Ideally, we recommend you visit Doña Esthela for an early lunch on an empty stomach (we’d call it brunch, but you won’t find mimos here). See, after trying the handmade queso fresco and tortilla chips no older than your appetite…
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Bird Rock Coffee Roasters
San Diego, CA
In the wake of reinventing its food + beer scene, San Diego has now turned to rethinking how it takes its coffee. Leading the path is alumn Roaster of the Year Bird Rock Coffee. Since 2006, BRCR has been bringing hand selected…
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El Mercado Urbano
San Francisco, CA
La Urbana’s adjacent garage space brings us nostalgic flashbacks of Tijuana house parties (yes, this is a good thing). While the adults sit inside enjoying prime cuts and top-shelf agave, we say post up in “El Garage” with a Modelo…
