From Roger’s notebook

Seafood / American

Food history

Latest recorded visit2010-01-24
“Awesome service, great quality and very nice culinary artwork on their plate presentation!”
Roger, Google Maps review (2010-01-24)

Seafood · American

McCormick & Schmick's

East Village, San DiegoClosed

Roger rated this 4 stars, praising the awesome service, great quality, and very nice culinary artwork on the plate presentation.

Closed

McCormick & Schmick's closed abruptly at this East Village location in early January 2020. This page keeps Roger's dated review as a record, not as a place to visit.

SanDiegoVille — McCormick & Schmick's Closes In Downtown San Diego (Jan. 2020) (2020-01-06) ↗

The call

This page is kept as part of the dated record. The order notes below describe the place as Roger recommended it, not as it operates today.

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    • Food history

    Source-backed notes

    Visit history

    2010-01-24day precision · source explicit
    ★★★★☆
    “Awesome service, great quality and very nice culinary artwork on their plate presentation!”

    Roger praised the service and food quality here, calling out the plating as very nice culinary artwork. (From an unpublished Yelp draft review, never posted publicly.)

    Source 1 ↗

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