198:, which vice president Fred Glick claimed doubled sales of the El Toro sandwich. Frank Sabatini, Jr., writing for the San Diego Gay & Lesbian News website, reviewed the restaurant. He rated its price as "moderate to high moderate", and gave it a "delightful" score of three out of four, and specifically cited the El Toro sandwich as a standout of the restaurant. Epicurious blogger Kerry Acker listed cited the Petco Park location as an example of quality ballpark food. The website Foursquare ranked Phil's BBQ among the top 10 most popular barbeque restaurants. Ellis Pierce, writing for the magazine "Cowboys & Indians", cited it as one of the "great barbeque joints of the west." In the Fodor's Southern California 2015 magazine, Phil's BBQ was listed as a "Fodor's Choice" and specifically cited the El Toro sandwich and its celebrity.
162:. In December 2013, it was announced that the Point Loma location would be temporarily closing in order to conduct $ 1 million worth of renovations. This was in order to implement energy-efficient equipment and systems as well as other improvements. It reopened six weeks later in February 2014. In March 2014, a second Petco Park location was announced to be in the works. The restaurant remodeled its bar area in October 2014. Later, in 2016, Phil's BBQ opened its location in Rancho Bernardo. The company is aiming to open its first location outside of San Diego County in the spring of 2020 in Temecula, California.
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