If you feel like blowing off the healthy eating for one night, I highly recommend a place called Phillipi’s Pizza Grotto in Little Italy (or is it Fillipi’s?). It is on Little Italy’s main drag, about 4 miles from the Convention Center. During a 6 week span when I was in San Diego 3 times earlier this year, I ended up there each time. On each ocassion, I was with a different set of friends who all new the place and loved it. Expect a long line to dine in, but it moves faster than you think. It is a market/deli with restaurant seating in the rear and it is very casual. If you decide to get something to go (pepper steak sandwich is a good “to-go” item), excuse your way to the front of the line and order.

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