{"id":482676,"date":"2026-10-02T11:02:27","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T11:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/482676\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T11:02:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T11:02:27","slug":"the-dish-swells-sourdough-opens-new-bakery-in-little-italy-today-san-diego-union-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/482676\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dish: Swells Sourdough opens new bakery in Little Italy today \u2013 San Diego Union-Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"

Swells Sourdough Bakery<\/a>, a 4-year-old, family-owned bakery specializing in naturally fermented sourdough breads, has expanded from local farmers markets to a permanent home in Little Italy.<\/p>\n

The new location, which soft-opened last weekend and will hold its grand opening today, Oct. 1, was co-founded by Pamela and Erik Ramos Peraza.<\/p>\n

They are now cooking and selling onsite their 36-hour to 2-days fermented breads made with organic ingredients,\u00a0 as well as cookies, bagels and more. They will continue to sell their goods at the Little Italy Mercato on Saturdays and La Jolla Open Aire Market on Sundays.<\/p>\n

\"ErikErik and Pamela Ramos Peraza are the co-founders of Swells Sourdough Bakery, which hosts its grand opening Oct. 1 at 2254 India St. in San Diego. (Swells Sourdough Bakery)<\/p>\n

\u201cWe started Swells because we wanted to create the kind of bread we felt good about bringing home to our own family \u2014 bread made with quality ingredients, thoughtfully sourced grains and plenty of time to ferment,\u201d Pamela Ramos Peraza said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Swells is at 2254 India St., San Diego.swellssourdough.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Tom Ham\u2019s marks 55 years:\u00a0Tom Ham\u2019s Lighthouse restaurant on San Diego\u2019s Harbor Island will mark its 55th anniversary next week with a celebration. The lighthouse-inspired bayfront seafood restaurant was opened in January 1971 by restaurateur Tom Ham, who had previously saved the Bali Hai on Shelter Island from closure in the 1950s. Ham passed away in 1973. Today, Ham\u2019s daughter Susie Baumann owns the restaurant and Tom\u2019s grandson, Andy Baumann, is general manager. Tickets to the event are $80 and include fresh seafood and oyster stations, chefs preparing throwback and current dishes, live music, one complimentary drink, a champagne toast and a commemorative mug. 6-10 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 7. 2150 Harbor Island Drive, San Diego. tomhamslighthouse.com<\/a><\/p>\n

\"ChristopherChristopher Hutchison is the new executive chef at Ember & Rye restaurant in Carlsbad. (Park Hyatt Aviara)<\/p>\n

New chef at Ember & Rye: There\u2019s a new executive chef at the helm of Ember & Rye, the Park Hyatt Avaira Resort restaurant in Carlsbad led by restaurateur-chef Richard Blais. Christopher Hutchison joins Ember & Rey following more than 10 years of experience in West Coast restaurants restaurants, including serving as executive chef at Lumi Rooftop by Akira Back and Huntress in downtown San Diego. He also worked under chef Michael Tusk at Michelin three-star restaurant Quince in San Francisco and at several restaurants in the Portland area. His skill-set includes expertise in live-fire cooking, whole-animal butchery and pasta-making. 7447 Batiquitos Drive, Carlsbad. parkhyattaviara.com<\/a><\/p>\n

McDonald\u2019s Monopoly game is back:\u00a0McDonald\u2019s will launch the second year of its Monopoly peel-and-win game at participating restaurants on Tuesday. Diners who order eligible menu items will get a card with a peel-off sticker that reveals a scannable QR code for a Monopoly game property piece or instant-win Chance card. Menu items include breakfast sandwiches and hash browns, large fries, drinks, McNuggets, the Quarter Pounder and McCrispy strips and more. This year\u2019s top prizes include a $1 million cash prize and $50,000 college debt paydown. mcdonalds.com<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Stir-friedStir-fried beef with peppers at Chef Fei, a China-based Hunan restaurant chain that opened its first U.S. location last month at Westfield UTC mall in San Diego. (Chef Fei)<\/p>\n

Chef Fei makes U.S. debut at UTC:\u00a0Chef Fei, a Hunan-inspired restaurant chain with more than 200 locations in China, opened its first U.S. location last month at Westfield UTC shopping center. Founded by chef Lianghui Fei in 1997, the chain specializes in high-heat wok cooking with a focus on Hunan stir-fries. Every year, it sells more than 10 million of its signature dish, stir-fried beef with peppers. The restaurant is located next door to Din Tai Fung. 4545 La Jolla Village Drive, Suite E-25, San Diego. cheffei.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Swells Sourdough Bakery, a 4-year-old, family-owned bakery specializing in naturally fermented sourdough breads, has expanded from local farmers…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":482677,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[7,421,181,412,74,84,76,75,420,1696],"class_list":["post-482676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-california","tag-food-and-drink","tag-latest-headlines","tag-restaurants","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-county","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news","tag-things-to-do","tag-top-stories-sdut"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482676\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/482677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}