Best place to be bad: Great Maple. Oversize portions of over-the-top comfort food and glorious desserts are what Great Maple is known for, headlined by the maple bacon doughnuts.
A few weeks back San Diego Magazine released its annual restaurant “Best Of” list, in which there was a “Best Bloody Mary” category. The critics’ pick for Best Bloody Mary went to Great Maple
Mid-century designer diner Great Maple boasts a sizeable and unique bloody mary presence on its menu – here you’ll find everything from the Pickle Mary to Johnny’s Hangover Bloody finished with a chorizo and melted cheese topped crostini.
This top brunch spot packs flavor into all its dishes to satisfy any discerning diner. From fresh scones, maple bacon donuts and beignets, the bakery pumps out delicious treats that are great to share with the table.
The chance to try Great Maple’s maple glazed salmon and maple bacon doughnut (choices on their $40 three-course dinner) is tempting, but I’m probably going to resist in favor of sampling the fried chicken and doughnuts ($16) on their regular brunch menu.
Fans of Great Maple will undoubtedly flock to its newly-minted location at Westfield UTC, where its photogenic 5,000-square-foot space with 1,500-square-foot patio sits on the perimeter of the mall along Genesee Avenue.
Great Maple (a “Modern American Eatery,” as it informs us), fits so nicely on the ground floor of the newly branded The Paseo (formerly The Paseo Colorado) — giving the ground floor a point, a direction, a central vector — that it’s hard to believe it hasn’t always been there.
