{"id":12843,"date":"2012-05-26T17:49:43","date_gmt":"2012-05-27T00:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/?p=12843"},"modified":"2012-05-26T17:49:43","modified_gmt":"2012-05-27T00:49:43","slug":"lunch-at-phils-with-old-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2012\/05\/26\/lunch-at-phils-with-old-friends\/","title":{"rendered":"Lunch At Phil&#8217;s With Old Friends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the first time since my recent dental disaster I went to Phil&#8217;s BBQ to try me some\u00a0chewin&#8217;\u00a0of the barbecue. And no, I didn&#8217;t eat alone. I met the Tapias there along with Mama and Papa Carvajal since it was Rodrigo&#8217;s idea in the first place. (He and Sylvia already wanted to go two days ago but they waited until I could join them. Such friends as these&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p>I ordered a quarter chicken dinner with sides of beans and potato salad, all of which were really good. And I had almost no problems whatsoever with all that juicy and messy masticating. (Wipe that smile, Lisa.) It tasted as good as I remembered and I didn&#8217;t get a single drop on myself. (Your smile as well, Heather.) I needed a bit more moistness to my meat so Rodrigo was nice enough to share some of his sauce with me.<\/p>\n<p>I give up.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"570\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.pacsworlds.com\\\/blogs\\\/2012\\\/05\\\/26\\\/lunch-at-phils-with-old-friends\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:21460605}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 570px; height: 255px;\" data-original-width=\"570\" data-original-height=\"255\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 381px; height: 255px;\" data-original-width=\"381\" data-original-height=\"255\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Phils01-05-26-12-lo-res.jpg?ssl=1\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\" rel=\"lightbox[12843]\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"377\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"251\"> <img data-attachment-id=\"12845\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Phils01-05-26-12-lo-res.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"720,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D70&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1338028941&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Phils01 05-26-12 lo-res\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Phils01-05-26-12-lo-res.jpg?fit=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Phils01-05-26-12-lo-res.jpg?fit=570%2C380&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Phils01-05-26-12-lo-res.jpg?w=377&#038;h=251&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"377\" height=\"251\" data-original-width=\"377\" data-original-height=\"251\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Phils01 05-26-12 lo-res\" alt=\"Phils01 05-26-12 lo-res\" style=\"width: 377px; 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height: 377px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the first time since my recent dental disaster I went to Phil&#8217;s BBQ to try me some\u00a0chewin&#8217;\u00a0of the barbecue. And no, I didn&#8217;t eat alone. I met the Tapias there along with Mama and Papa Carvajal since it was Rodrigo&#8217;s idea in the first place. (He and Sylvia already wanted to go two days &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2012\/05\/26\/lunch-at-phils-with-old-friends\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[3,59],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1s2SN-3l9","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13177,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2012\/06\/05\/post-zoo-lunch-at-phils\/","url_meta":{"origin":12843,"position":0},"title":"Post-Zoo Lunch At Phil&#8217;s","date":"June 5, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"After a fun morning spent at the San Diego Zoo with Heather and Lauren, our empty stomachs demanded that we head over to Phil's BBQ for lunch. I had the amazingly good and filling Broham (pulled pork) Sandwich. Something about the food and ambiance at Phil's that makes me feel\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Aircraft&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Phils01-06-05-12-lo-res.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":10531,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2011\/12\/22\/my-post-post-birthday-lunch\/","url_meta":{"origin":12843,"position":1},"title":"My Post, Post Birthday Lunch","date":"December 22, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"After passing a homeless, guitar-playing Santa on a street corner, I had an intimate get together with some of my oldest friends for a Mary-organized belated birthday lunch at Phil's BBQ in Point Loma. We even got to watch ourselves in line on Phil's webcam, courtesy of Rodrigo's Droid. I\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Birthday&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Phils-Bday-Lunch01-12-22-11-lo-res.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4834,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2011\/02\/06\/super-messy-lunch\/","url_meta":{"origin":12843,"position":2},"title":"Super Messy Lunch","date":"February 6, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Met Rodrigo, Sylvia, Mary, Dave, Bethany, Chip and the two kids for lunch at Phil's BBQ in San Diego.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Food&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Phils-BBQ01-02-06-11-lo-res.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3535,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2010\/11\/23\/bryans-welcome-home-dinner\/","url_meta":{"origin":12843,"position":3},"title":"Bryan&#8217;s Welcome Home Dinner","date":"November 23, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Met Bryan, Heather and Lauren at Phil's BBQ, with Stephanie and KK, as a welcome back dinner for Bryan who today returned from his successful tour in Djibouti.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Food&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Phils-BBQ01-11-23-10-lo-res.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":7828,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2011\/07\/28\/sandwiched-for-lunch-between-two-beauties\/","url_meta":{"origin":12843,"position":4},"title":"Sandwiched For Lunch Between Two Beauties","date":"July 28, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Had a great barbecue lunch\u00a0at Phil's BBQ in San Diego\u00a0with my two great friends, Sylvia and Lannie. Tried the Baby Beef Rib with two onion rings, french fries and cole slaw. The meal was really good but the dish could have used a second rib.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Food&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Phils-Lunch05-07-28-11-lo-res.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":6757,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2011\/06\/03\/walk-along-old-seaworld-drive\/","url_meta":{"origin":12843,"position":5},"title":"Walk Along Old SeaWorld Drive","date":"June 3, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"The Tapias picked me up so we could go walking along Old SeaWorld Drive and out to the Marina jetty. By far the weirdest, if not creepiest, moment was toward the end of the jetty when we walked passed at least thirty feral cats of all colors, all staring at\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Food&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12843"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12843"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12843\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12850,"href":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12843\/revisions\/12850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}