A Highly Accomplished Pastry Chef Is Opening a Downtown Cafe and Bakery | Eater San Diego

"A new fast-casual, daytime entry in downtown San Diego, landing on the ground floor of the Symphony Towers complex by mid-2024, will be Knead — an artisan bakery and scratch kitchen developed in partnership with the members-only University Club but open to the public. It will showcase the pastry prowess of Adrian Mendoza, the club’s current pastry chef, whose 16-year career includes roles as lead pastry cook at Spago, assistant kitchen manager at Wayfarer Bread & Pastry, director of pastry for the Puffer-Malarkey Collective, and the Urban Kitchen Group’s catering pastry chef. The menu will emphasize baked goods — sourdough loaves, baguettes, focaccia, bagels, cookies, and croissants (a Mendoza specialty) — alongside a full coffee program and daytime dishes for breakfast and lunch, such as toast topped with house ricotta, prosciutto, and apricot conserve, roast turkey sandwiches on milk bread, plus soups and salads." - Candice Woo