Evolving List Of Black-Owned Restaurants & Bars To Support All Around San Diego County

This February, in honor of Black History Month, we offer a dynamic and continuously updated directory of Black-owned bars, restaurants, breweries and other food businesses across San Diego County. 

To support and engage with San Diego's Black community, utilize the list and interactive map provided below to explore and patronize these unique businesses scattered throughout the county. Should you know of any Black-owned spots we've overlooked, please reach out to us at [email protected], and we'll add them in our guide. We're also expanding our scope to feature retail businesses and services, provided we receive sufficient information about them.  

For more in-depth information on each establishment, click on the links below and check out the the map. Join us in celebrating and supporting San Diego's Black-owned restaurants and bars.

Addis Ethiopian Market & Restaurant, Normal Heights
African Caribbean Market, City Heights
AJ's Creole Cuisine & West Coast Smokehouse, Food Truck
Ali's Chicken & Waffles, City Heights and Downtown
Altipiano Vineyard and Winery, Escondido
Awash Ethiopian Restaurant, North Park
Bankhead Mississippi Style Cooking, Spring Valley

Bay Hill Tavern, Clairemont
Bowlegged BBQ, Chollas View
Broady’s House of Flavors, Seaport Village
The Brûlée Bar, Pickup & Delivery in Normal Heights
Cafe X, East Village
Cardellino, Mission Hills
Caribbean Taste, Encanto
Chef Budda Blasian Soul Food, Food Truck

Chula Vista Brewery, Chula Vista

Coop’s West Texas BBQ, Lemon Grove
The Dojo Cafe, City Heights
D O T Cocktail Lounge, Shelltown
Extraordinary Banana Pudding, La Mesa
Faridas Somali Cuisine, Chollas Creek
Fat Joe's O'side, Oceanside
Felix’s BBQ with Soul, Carlsbad, Oceanside & San Marcos
Flavors of East Africa, University Heights
Fort Oak, Mission Hills

Fuel Thycells SeaMoss & Fruit Juice Bar, El Cerrito

The Gumbo Pot/PoBoy Shop, Sports Arena
Island Spice Jamaican Restaurant, Rolando

Jibaritos De La Isla, Bonita

Joey's Gone Grazey, Catering
Kamila's Breakfast & Lunch, Clairemont
Kebab Craft, Point Loma
Kim's Bar-B-Que, Mount Hope
Laine's Bar-B-Que, Sports Arena
Laylah's Jamaican Food, Barrio Logan
Le Parfait Paris, Gaslamp, La Jolla, Liberty Station & Del Mar

Liberty Wing Co., Liberty Station
Louisiana Purchase, North Park

Lucy Mae's Kitchen, Pop Up 

Luv Mylk, Hemp Seed Milk
Maya's Cookies, College Area & San Marcos
The Mental Bar, Encanto

Milk & Honey Bakery, Escondido
Mom's Chicken and Waffles, North Park
More Life Liquid, Bonita
Muzita Abyssinian Bistro, University Heights
Nomad Donuts, North Park
Oak and Anchor BBQ, Catering
One Love Island Cuisine, Oceanside
One WorldBeat Cafe, Balboa Park

Rare Society, Hillcrest & Solana Beach
Red Sea Ethiopian, City Heights

Redwing Bar & Grill, North Park 
Rock Steady Real Jamaican Restaurant, Grant Hill
Royal Food Mart, Bankers Hill
Sabor Piri-Piri, Kearny Mesa
Shadow Ridge Spirits Company, Oceanside
Smack'n Guamanian Grill, Miramar
Spacebar Café & Wine Bistro, La Mesa

Sunfire Hot Sauce, Oceanside
Sunnie’s Mexican Cuisine & Coffee, Ocean Beach
Surf & Soul Spot, La Mesa 

Thumbs Up! Bacon & BBQ, Carlsbad
Trust, Hillcrest
The Wise Ox Butcher & Eatery, North Park & Carlsbad
Yohed Coffee, City Heights

Originally published on February 3, 2025.