With a giant hog ornament on its roof representing co-owners Hanis Cavin and Sara Stroud’s pet mini-pig, Carnitas Speck, North Park’s Carnitas’ Snack Shack is all things pork from the get-go. 

So, let’s get a few things straight: I am not a food critic. I have no culinary training and can’t afford to even utter the words “fine dining.” Truth is, I’m just a broke college student who knows what she likes to eat. And to the girl whose heart is located directly in the pit of her stomach, a burrito is the epitome of a perfectly balanced comfort meal.

Attention food truck cultists of UCSD: There’s a new truck on the block. SD Sushi Ninjas is a gourmet food truck servicing the La Jolla and San Diego county area (and soon to be delivering to campus on select days), fusing the old with the new by taking the traditional art of sushi-making and remixing it with the trendy foodie culture of today.

Cash strapped foodies, rejoice. San Diego Restaurant Week is back — it’s time to dust off that blazer, ditch the dining hall and take full advantage of this twice annual, prix fix extravaganza. With 180 participating restaurants stretching from Chula Vista to Oceanside, from classic steakhouses to well, Nobu, it won’t be too difficult to persuade your persnickety suitemates to finally go on that oft-promised suite dinner.