San Diego's Holy Matcha Named In Lawsuit Alleging It Benefited From Founder's Mother's Multi-Million Dollar Embezzlement Scheme

One of San Diego’s most recognizable cafés has been named as a defendant in a sprawling civil lawsuit accusing the founder’s mother of diverting more than $4.5 million from a prominent Imperial Valley agricultural group. The complaint claims corporate funds were used to pay Holy Matcha’s uniforms, utilities and property taxes, while the café and its founder allegedly received other financial benefits.

University Heights Residents Complain Park & Rec Has Become Neighborhood Nuisance As Incoming New Operator Promises Changes

Residents living around one of University Heights' busiest nightlife destinations say years of late-night noise, public intoxication and quality-of-life issues have reached a breaking point, but the hospitality operator seeking to take over Park & Rec says he recognizes the problems and is committed to rebuilding the venue's relationship with the neighborhood.

La La Land Cafe Signs Lease For First San Diego County Location At Del Mar Plaza

One of the country's fastest-growing coffee chains known for its kindness messaging, bright yellow branding and mission-driven approach to hiring has officially signed its first area location. Viral coffee and matcha brand La La Land Cafe is coming to San Diego County. 

New Chicken Restaurant To Replace Beloved Jeremy's On The Hill In San Diego's Backcountry

Just months after the closure of one of East County San Diego's most beloved destination restaurants, a new concept is preparing to breathe new life into the property. Dub's Chicken Shack has filed permits to take over the former Jeremy's on the Hill space in Santa Ysabel, marking the next chapter for a location that served as a culinary landmark in the Julian backcountry for nearly two decades.

San Diego Music Venue Brick By Brick Announces Final Shows At Longtime Bay Park Home, Future Uncertain

San Diego’s heavy music community is preparing to lose the room it has called home for generations. Brick By Brick will end its longtime run on Buenos Avenue after two final shows this month, closing a chapter that helped shape the city’s metal scene while leaving open the possibility that the venue could someday return elsewhere.

Sprouts Farmers Market Sets Opening Date For New North Park Store Replacing Beloved Pancho Villa Market

After nearly two years of anticipation, San Diego's newest Sprouts Farmers Market finally has an opening date. The specialty grocer has announced it will officially debut its long-awaited North Park location on October 2, transforming the former Pancho Villa Farmers Market into one of the company's largest neighborhood stores.

On The Border's North County San Diego Restaurant Closing As Franchise Faces Uncertain Future

After surviving the nationwide shutdown that wiped out every company-owned On The Border Mexican Grill & Cantina restaurant in America just weeks ago, one of San Diego County's last two remaining franchise locations is headed for closure. 

Barrio Logan Business Dispute Erupts On Social Media As Morning Dew Libations And Jaguar Paw Restaurant Clash Over $2,200, Lease Agreement

A once-collaborative relationship between two Barrio Logan hospitality businesses has erupted on social media into a public dispute involving conflicting allegations over an early departure from a shared space, changing business terms and approximately $2,200 in disputed rent and security deposits.

San Diego Seafood Company Catalina Offshore Products To Leave Longtime Morena District Home For Smaller Area Facility

One of San Diego’s most influential seafood companies is preparing to leave the Morena District facility it has occupied for years, but Catalina Offshore Products says the move is a strategic downsizing, not a closure. Beginning in late September, the pioneering local seafood supplier plans to transition into a smaller, more streamlined location while keeping its public fish market open and fully stocked.

Padres’ Record $3.9 Billion Sale Nears Final Vote As New Owners Prepare To Take Control In Mid-August

The San Diego Padres’ ownership transition is entering its final and most consequential stage. With a record $3.9 billion sale nearing approval and the team making an aggressive trade-deadline push for October, José E. Feliciano and Kwanza Jones could officially take control before the end of August—and inherit a franchise whose expectations have never been higher.

Hillstone Restaurant Group’s Long-Awaited San Diego Restaurant Is Finally Open - Honor Bar Has Unveiled In Del Mar

After nearly a decade of planning, redesigns, delays and multiple concept changes, Hillstone Restaurant Group has finally opened its first San Diego County restaurant. Honor Bar is now serving sushi, martinis, burgers and the company’s cult-favorite French dip from a newly constructed property in the heart of Old Del Mar.

Rust Appears All Around San Diego's New Multimillion-Dollar Mission Beach Lifeguard Tower Just Weeks After Opening

Less than three months after San Diego unveiled its controversial multimillion-dollar temporary Mission Beach Lifeguard Tower, new photographs provided to SanDiegoVille appear to show significant rust developing along welded steel joints throughout the structure, raising fresh questions about the durability of the taxpayer-funded facility installed to serve one of California's busiest beaches.

From Team Behind Nolita Hall, By The Sea Restaurant To Open August 12 After $6 Million Transformation In Coronado

After nearly four years of planning and a sweeping $6 million renovation, Black Swan Hospitality will open Mediterranean-inspired By The Sea on August 12 near Hotel del Coronado.

San Diego's JuneShine To Close Final Tasting Rooms As Once-Local Brand Continues Retreat From Its Hometown Roots

San Diego's once high-flying JuneShine has now closed or abandoned nearly every major piece of the local empire it spent years building. From North Park to Scripps Ranch and now its final tasting rooms, here's how one of the city's biggest beverage success stories quietly walked away from its San Diego roots.

Encinitas-Based Haggo’s Organic Taco To Open New Restaurant In San Marcos’ North City

Haggo’s Organic Taco, the longtime North County San Diego eatery known for its organic ingredients, scratch-made Mexican food and entirely seed oil-free kitchen, is preparing to open a new location in San Marcos.

North County San Diego Destinations Rosanna's Pasta Shop & Ironsmith Coffee To Anchor Revamped Oceanside Retail Center

Two popular North County San Diego culinary institutions are expanding to Oceanside as part of the transformation of a long-standing South Coast Highway retail center, bringing an acclaimed Italian pasta shop, an award-winning specialty coffee roaster, and several locally owned businesses to one of the city's busiest coastal corridors.