San Diego's BBQ benchmark since 1998 — baby back ribs that built a loyal following, the Mr. Pig sandwich that shows up on best-of lists, and the kind of line that tells you the recipe hasn't changed. ...
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Grand Ole BBQ y Asado
American / BBQ · North Park
Chef Andy Harris's Texas-meets-Argentine BBQ — brisket smoked overnight, an asado board program, and a dining yard that gave North Park its reference BBQ room. One of SD's defining BBQ operations with...
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Buga Korean BBQ
Korean / BBQ · Clairemont
Clairemont's tableside-charcoal Korean BBQ — a serious banchan spread, charcoal (not gas) grills built into every table, and a reputation as SD's Korean BBQ reference for two decades. The Clairemont d...
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SURF Korean BBQ
Korean / BBQ · Kearny Mesa
Convoy's Korean BBQ — tableside grills, marinated short rib, a banchan program that feeds the table before you order, and an all-you-can-eat format that Convoy's KBBQ regulars use as a reliable defaul...
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Kansas City Barbeque
American / BBQ · Downtown
Downtown's Kansas City Barbeque since 1984 — the bar where the Top Gun piano scene was filmed, with memorabilia on every wall, a serious Kansas City-style BBQ menu, and a Market St location that is on...
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Sam Woo BBQ
Chinese / Cantonese / BBQ · Kearny Mesa
Convoy's Sam Woo BBQ — the multi-state Cantonese-BBQ brand's SD location, with roast duck and char siu hanging in the window, and a format that the SD Cantonese community has protected as one of the d...
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Jong Ga House
Korean / BBQ · College Area
College Area's 24-hour Korean BBQ — tableside grilling, soondubu jjigae, banchan program, and a College Area crowd that fills the El Cajon Blvd dining room late into the morning. An SD 24-hour Korean ...