SAN DIEGO — Nathalie Taylor took third place in the Review category at the San Diego Press Club Award Banquet held at Balboa Park’s Hall of Champions on October 20 for her story “J.J. Landers Pub: Eat, drink and be merry!” (Village News, 9/25/08).

Taylor compared the establishment to pubs she has visited in Britain with a thorough account.

The story had an entertaining angle: “Speaking of forks, at J.J. Landers they are large, but need to be, in order to capture that marvelous mélange of ingredients in one bite! This is not a place to practice dainty eating. One must tackle the...