16 Carlsbad Restaurants to Check Out Right Now

"Tip Top Meats was started by butcher “Big John” Haedrich back in 1967, and it runs the same way today that it did back then — there’s a shop full of German goodies, including chocolates, cheese, beer, wine, and pretzel rolls from the old country, and in the back, there’s a deli counter where you can get a steak, a schnitzel, a stroganoff, or a whole plate of European sausages for very reasonable prices. Sadly, their lease will end in September with no firm plans for the future of the beloved Carlsbad institution." - Candice Woo, Helen I. Hwang