Campfire’s octopus, chorizo, and celery-root entrée.
Gage Forster
Feb 24, 2024
By Morgan Korovec/SanDiegoGulls.com
Despite a high-powered push to discover the game-tying goal, the San Diego Gulls ultimately found themselves unable to dethrone the Ontario Reign Saturday Night at Pechanga Arena San Diego as they dropped a tight 3-2 decision on Gulls Fight Cancer Night.
To kick off the action, Samuel Fagemo cashed in on the power play at 8:37 in the opening frame to put the Reign in the score column with the lone goal of the first.
Tensions heightened through the middle frame which saw scuffling, penalties, and a determined San Diego pushing to get on the board, while Ontario’s Martin Chromiak managed to sneak one in at 8:16 to bring their lead to two.
With less than a minute remaining in the middle frame, the Gulls teased the puck around the net but wouldn’t see it get past the goalie to end the second.
To launch the final frame, the Reign continued to put the pressure on with a goal by Charles Hudon, extending the difference to three.
Less than 30 seconds later, Olen Zellweger awakened the arena with a fiery response, tucking in his 11th goal of the season (11-22=33) into the net at 1:00 in the third.
“Felt like that goal gave us some life,” head coach Matt McIlvane said. “It was a real shot of energy, get our fans involved in the game, give energy into the building. From there, it just felt like we had a pretty consistent push right up until the very end.”
Fueled by that energy, captain Chase De Leo struck on the power play at 3:07, shoveling his 11th goal of the season (11-17=28) past Erik Portillo to bring the Gulls within one.
The remainder of regulation saw no letting off the gas for either team with a strong San Diego push to even the score, against a rival Reign who held onto their one-goal lead, sealing the deal for their second win over the Gulls in five games.
“I think what the team needs is to just stay patient with our game,” McIlvane said. “We’re winning quite a bit in the series there, along those wins there’s a lot in our game that we could clean up and keep getting better at. I think that maybe caught up to us a little bit right now.”
“Now what we need to do is be able to find that break that gives everybody just that little bit of shot of life. Maybe heading to Texas is exactly what we need.”
Gulls goaltender Calle Clang stopped 30-of-33 Ontario shots on the evening.
Andrew Agozzino picked up two helpers on the night, giving him his team-leading 28th assist (13-28=41).
Glenn Gawdin recorded an assist on the night (16-21=36).
The Gulls next gear up for a road trip as they will square off with the Texas Stars in back-to-back contests at the H-E-B Center at Cedar Park on Tuesday, Feb. 27 (5 p.m. PST) and Wednesday, Feb. 28 (5 p.m. PST).
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SANDY, Utah — SANDY, Utah (AP) — Sergi Solans had two goals and an assist, Diego Luna added a goal and two assists, and Real Salt Lake beat San Diego FC 4-2 on Saturday night to extend its unbeaten streak to six games.
Morgan Guilavogui scored his first goal in MLS and had an assist for Real Salt Lake (5-1-1). The 28-year-old designated player has five goal contributions in his first six career games.
RSL hasn’t lost since a 1-0 defeat at Vancouver in the season opener.
San Diego (3-3-2) has lost three in a row and is winless in five straight.
Luna opened the scoring in the fifth minute when he re-directed a misplayed pass by Duran Ferree, San Diego’s 19-year-old goalkeeper, into the net.
Moments later, Solans headed home a perfectly-placed cross played by Luna from outside the right corner of the 18-yard box to the back post to make it 2-0. Solans, a 23-year-old forward, flicked a header from the center of the area inside the right post and past the outstretched arm of Ferree to make it 3-1 in the 37th minute.
Guilavogui slammed home a first-touch shot to give RSL a three-goal lead in the 45th.
Marcus Ingvartsen scored a goal in the 14th minute and Anders Dreyer converted from the penalty spot in the 66th for San Diego.
Ingvartsen has five goals and an assist this season and has 10 goal contributions (seven goals, three assists) in 16 career MLS appearances.
Rafael Cabral had three saves for RSL.
Ferree finished with five saves.
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When John Resnick opened Campfire on a quaint little street in Carlsbad, Calif., in 2016, some locals weren’t sure what to think. The coastal enclave wasn’t exactly awash in innovative, chef-driven establishments, so it was a shock to see the dining room consistently full. Early on, one woman wondered aloud to Resnick, “Where did all these people come from?”
It’s a moment he remembers vividly. “I was struck by her statement, because I think she was surprised that so many other people in Carlsbad were there,” Resnick says.
The rest of the culinary world would take some time to catch up to what was happening. In 2019, when Michelin expanded to rate restaurants throughout all of California—not just the San Francisco area—Addison was the only one in San Diego to earn a star. But since emerging from the pandemic, the region’s food scene has grown dramatically. Driven by outstanding farms, ingredients, a bumper crop of talented chefs, and a G.D.P. approximately the size of New Zealand or Greece, San Diego County has become one of America’s most underrated dining destinations.
Campfire’s octopus, chorizo, and celery-root entrée.
Gage Forster
Perhaps no single restaurant is a better emblem for this shift than chef William Bradley’s Addison, which opened in 2006. After landing his first star, Bradley knew he wanted more. To get them, he transformed his French-leaning fare to serve what he calls California Gastronomy, which combines the cultures of SoCal with impeccable ingredients and wildly impressive techniques, prizing flavor over flair. Michelin responded, awarding Addison a second star in 2022, and making it the first Southern California three-star restaurant just a year later. The accolade has created a halo effect, attracting culinary tourists from around the world.
Berry beet tartlets at San Diego’s three-star stalwart Addison.
Eric Wolfinger
“Earning three stars forces the global dining community to pay attention to a place that may not have been on their radar before,” says chef Eric Bost, a partner in Resnick’s four Carlsbad establishments.
Resnick recruited Bost, who spent time at award-winning outposts of Restaurant Guy Savoy, to run Jeune et Jolie, which he led to a star in 2021. They’ve since taken over an old boogie-board factory down the street and converted it to an all-day restaurant and bakery, Wildland. The space also hosts an exquisite tasting-counter experience called Lilo, which was given a Michelin star mere months after opening in April 2025. And as Resnick and Bost grew their successful Carlsbad operation, chef Roberto Alcocer earned a Michelin star for his Mexican fine-dining spot Valle in nearby Oceanside.
The stylish tasting counter at Michelin one-star Lilo in Carlsbad.
Kimberly Motos
About 25 miles to the south, another affluent coastal community is going through its own culinary glow up. In La Jolla, chef Tara Monsod and the hospitality group Puffer Malarkey Collective opened the stylish French steakhouse Le Coq. Chef Erik Anderson, formerly of Michelin two-star Coi, is preparing to launch Roseacre. And last year, Per Se alums Elijah Arizmendi and Brian Hung left New York to open the elegant tasting-menu restaurant Lucien, lured by the ingredients they’d get to serve. “A major reason we chose San Diego is the quality and diversity of the produce,” Arizmendi explains. “San Diego County has more small farms than anywhere else in the U.S., and its many microclimates allow farmers to grow an incredible range of ingredients year-round.”
Wildland’s spicy Italian sandwich.
Gage Forster
Chef Travis Swikard has also been a tireless advocate for the region’s ingredients since he returned to San Diego, his hometown, and opened Mediterranean-influenced Callie in 2021. There’s no sophomore slump with his latest effort, the French Riviera–inspired Fleurette in La Jolla, where he’s serving his take on classics like leeks vinaigrette and his San Diego “Bouillabaisse” with local red sheepshead fish and spiny lobster. Its food is bright, produce-driven, and attentive in execution, while the dining room maintains a relaxed and unpretentious style of service. And Swikard sees that approach cohering into a regional style with a strong network of professionals behind it.
“It’s really nice that we are developing our own identity, not trying to be like L.A. or any other market, just highlighting what’s great about the San Diego lifestyle and ingredients,” he says. “Similar to New York, a chef community is starting to develop where chefs are supporting each other. There is a true sense of pride to be cooking here.”
Top: In La Jolla, Lucien serves ocean whitefish with tomatoes turned into concasse, sabayon, and other expressions.
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