[my hometown]

On out way home, we had to drive through Little Italy(it's only recently that I knew we had a Little Italy in San Diego.) You have to go through  there  to get to the freeway because of the way the streets are in downtown San Diego(I live here and think it's.. *shakes head*.) The worst was when I was trying to get to the House Of Blues. To anyone visiting from elsewhere, yes, the streets downtown are laid out wonkily.We're sorry. LOL.

Anyways, I hadn't been in Little Italy for a while. In spite of its name, there are some non-Italian restaraunts-a British pub is one of them-just down the road is another British pub-the two close to each other are the Princess of Wales and Shakespeare's, respectively.

I've only ever eaten at Princess,gone to the 7-11 and coffee shop right near the trolley station and Flippi's(about which more in a minute). There used to be a great Italian bakery next door(or a couple of doors down  from? Flippi's that had every kind of pastry you could think of but they also did  all of the Italian specialties like cannolis and pine nut cookies.

Flippi's is incredible. So, when you walk in, it's like you're in New York-the front of the restaraunt is a deli,and they sell every kind of ingredient you could ever want if you're cooking Italian food-and of course they have  cold cuts-the only place that is better stocked(and is as much of a specialty store/restaraunt) is Tip Top Meats in Carlsbad. I think I've mentioned Tip Top before..they are a full service European grocery and restaraunt. If you are looking for unusual  meats,they probably have it.

Anyways, as I said before, Flippi's is also a restaraunt. With very good pizza. The times that we've been there there's been a wait but the wait is well worth it.