Peanut butter — it’s an all-American classic. Thanks to National Peanut Butter Lovers Month (November), we have more spots than ever to eat and drink our peanut butter in San Diego!
Spread the peanut butter love in Mission Hills at Farmer’s Bottega with a breakfast creation that will make you smile. Take in the rustic ambiance of the intimate restaurant while enjoying their beloved Reese’s & Ice Cream Pancakes, a stack of warm and fluffy buttermilk pancakes filled with thick Reese’s chunks and topped with a Reese’s spread that takes breakfast to a whole new level of yum.
Satisfy your early morning peanut butter cravings at Lazy Hippo, the charmingly quirky Gaslamp Quarter café that promises breakfast without an alarm clock. Sink your spoon into the Banana & Peanut Butter Oatmeal, a mason jar of Greek yogurt mixed with peanut butter, chia seeds and nonfat milk and topped with banana slices for a powerful start to the day!
Keep the peanut butter party going all day long with a trip to Duck Dive, located in the heart of Pacific Beach! This month, dig into a morning meal of the PB&J French Toast, smothered in strawberry jam and house-made peanut butter-infused butter!
Looking for a dessert to round up your day of peanut butter lovin’? Baked Bear’s Ice Cream Cookie Sandwiches at The Village at Pacific Highlands Ranch stuffs two fresh-baked peanut butter cookies with your choice of any of 12 unique flavors including birthday cake, cookies & cream and salted caramel fudge. Finish it off with M&Ms, Heath Bar bits, hot fudge, and any number of other toppings and voilà, a custom cookie sandwich masterpiece!
Hillcrest’s speakeasy cocktail lounge Backdoor Betty’s offers up a spectacular peanut butter cocktail made by your “spirit guide.” The Beso de Muerte cocktail features local liquor Skrewball Peanut Butter Whiskey, one of my favorite local spirits. The peanut butter flavored whiskey is combined with Mr. Black Cold Brew Coffee Liqueur and Bitterman’s Mole Bitters, served up with a smoked sea salt rim.
