Operating since 1933 — a Barrio Logan Mexican institution that's been run by the Estudillo family for four generations. Handmade flour tortillas sold by the dozen, chorizo and bean plates cooked in th...
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Oscar's Mexican Seafood — Hillcrest
Mexican / Seafood · Hillcrest
The smoked fish taco that has become a San Diego legend — charred mesquite-smoked fish in a handmade tortilla, spicy salsa, and the line that forms by 11:30 a.m. on any given day. The Hillcrest locati...
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Blind Lady Ale House
American / Brewery / Pizza · Normal Heights
Normal Heights' family-friendly craft-beer destination — a pizza program that takes dough seriously, a 32-tap rotating list that beer geeks across SD use as reference, and a dining room that lets the ...
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Super Cocina
Mexican / Guisados · City Heights
City Heights' guisados cafeteria — steam-table line, daily rotation of 20+ braises and moles from across regional Mexico, and prices that haven't caught up to what the cooking deserves. A San Diego ch...
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The Taco Stand — La Jolla
Mexican / Tacos · La Jolla
The TJ-import taco shop's La Jolla counter — handmade tortillas, adobada-trompo, and a Pearl St line that tells you why The Taco Stand is one of the fastest-growing SD-born brands. The Village street-...
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Pure Project Brewing — Miramar
American / Brewery · Miramar
Pure Project's production house deep in the Miramar brewery corridor, where the hazy IPAs and mixed-culture wild ales come out at scale. The tasting room runs large, the patio fills on weekends, and t...
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Modern Times Beer Lomaland Fermentorium
American / Brewery · Point Loma
Modern Times' Point Loma production brewery and tasting room — the mural-wrapped Lomaland home base of one of SD's most design-forward beer brands. Fully vegan kitchen, coffee-beer program, and the ki...
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Societe Brewing Company
American / Brewery · Kearny Mesa
One of San Diego's most-respected breweries — Kearny Mesa production facility, The Pupil IPA as the reference, and a program disciplined enough that local brewers name-drop Societe as the technique be...
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Rocky's Crown Pub
American / Burgers · Pacific Beach
Pacific Beach's dive-bar burger destination — one thing on the menu in any real sense (the cheeseburger), cash-friendly, no-frills, and a reputation that reaches well outside SD. The local answer to '...
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El Zarape
Mexican / Tacos · University Heights
University Heights' order-counter taco shop — the lobster burrito is the local-legend call; the scallop taco and fish taco share the top of the shortlist. A neighborhood institution that regulars quie...
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All 85 Happy Hour Spots in San Diego
Bobboi Natural Gelato
Dessert / Gelato · La Jolla
85
Bottlecraft Beer Shop
American / Bottle Shop / Bar · Little Italy
85
Mujeres Brew House
American / Brewery · Barrio Logan
85
Bronx Pizza
Italian / Pizza · Hillcrest
85
Fall Brewing Co.
American / Brewery · North Park
85
El Indio
Mexican · Mission Hills / Middletown
85
Stella Jean's Ice Cream
Dessert / Ice Cream · University Heights
85
Surati Farsan Mart
Indian / Gujarati / Sweets · Kearny Mesa
85
Board & Brew — Carlsbad
American / Sandwiches · Carlsbad
85
Pizza Port Solana Beach
Pizza / Brewery · Solana Beach
84
Border X Brewing
Brewery / Mexican-American · Barrio Logan
84
Waypoint Public
Modern American / Gastropub · North Park
84
Napizza — Little Italy
Italian / Pizza · Little Italy
84
City Tacos — Normal Heights
Mexican / Tacos · Normal Heights
84
Nolita Hall
American / Pizza / Bar · Little Italy
84
Cross Street Chicken & Beer
Korean / Fried Chicken · Kearny Mesa
84
Station Tavern & Burgers
American / Burgers / Bar · South Park
84
Belching Beaver Brewery — Vista
American / Brewery · Vista
84
Bivouac Ciderworks
American / Cider Bar · North Park
84
Bahia Don Bravo
Mexican · Bird Rock
84
Fathom Bistro, Bait & Tackle
American / Seafood / Bar · Shelter Island
84
North Park Beer Co.
American / Brewery · North Park
84
Karl Strauss Brewing Company — Downtown
American / Brewery · Downtown
83
Haggo's Organic Taco
Mexican / Tacos · Leucadia / Encinitas
83
Mimmo's Italian Village
Italian / Deli · Little Italy
83
Half Door Brewing Co.
American / Brewery · East Village
83
Kairoa Brewing Company
American / Brewery · University Heights
83
Small Bar
American / Bar · University Heights
83
Mike Hess Brewing — North Park
American / Brewery · North Park
83
Saska's Steakhouse & Sushi
Steakhouse / Sushi · Mission Beach
83
Pizza Port — Ocean Beach
Pizza / Brewery · Ocean Beach
83
Thorn Brewing Co. — Barrio Logan
American / Brewery · Barrio Logan
83
Bitter Brothers Brewing Co.
American / Brewery · Bay Park
83
Culture Brewing Co. — Ocean Beach
American / Brewery · Ocean Beach
83
Sushi on Fifth
Japanese / Sushi · Hillcrest
83
Olive Tree Marketplace
Mediterranean / Greek / Deli · Ocean Beach
83
Kilowatt Brewing — Barrio Logan
American / Brewery · Barrio Logan
83
Bolt Brewery — La Mesa
American / Brewery · La Mesa
83
Mission Brewery
American / Brewery · East Village
83
Eppig Brewing — North Park
American / Brewery · North Park
83
Callahan's Pub & Brewery
American / Pub / Brewery · Mira Mesa / Scripps Ranch