North Park's The Air Conditioned Lounge Introduces Outdoor Event Space Glampishere

February 8, 2018

Owners of North Park's The Air Conditioned Lounge have opened a new outdoor event space. Glampishere offers a retro-modern environment featuring an elevated bar, waterfall, firepits, multiple flat screen televisions, technology friendly communal tables, high speed WiFi, and outdoor presenters that make it the ideal destination for a business meeting, work retreat or private event. 

Little Italy Food Hall To Open Within Incoming Piazza Della Famiglia

February 7, 2018

As Little Italy’s highly anticipated Piazza della Famiglia nears completion, we have the scoop that a new 4,685+ square-foot food hall will open as part of the European-inspired community gathering place. The Little Italy Food Hall will debut within the piazza this summer, and arriving with it will be six locally-driven food stations, a mobile outdoor chefs’ area featuring pop-up cooking demonstrations from names such as Sam the Cooking Guy, and a full bar program complete with local beers and craft cocktails.

San Diego's First Harborside Brewery Tasting Room Opens This Week | Eppig Brewing Brings Craft Beer To Shelter Island With Launch Of Waterfront Biergarten

February 7, 2018

Eppig Brewing’s new Waterfront Biergarten opens to the public this Friday, February 9. Nestled in the heart of America’s Cup Harbor, Eppig Brewing’s Waterfront Biergarten is San Diego’s first harborside brewery tasting room.

San Diego Union Tribune Newspaper To Sell To California-Based Physician

February 7, 2018

A deal has been made for Chicago-based Tronc Inc. to sell the Los Angeles Times, San Diego's Union Tribune, Spanish-language Hoy Los Angeles and community newspapers to Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, a Los Angeles physician and a leading shareholder of Tronc, for $500 Million, making Soon-Shiong the fifth owner of San Diego's top newspaper in less than a decade.

East Village Food Marketplace Bottega Americano Ends Its Run After 3 Years

February 6, 2018

A typed sign hanging on the door was all the notice that many received about today's closure of Bottega Americano, an ambitious Italian-inspired restaurant and specialty food marketplace that opened in San Diego's East Village in Summer 2014.

La Mesa's Long-Awaited & Incomplete Depot Springs Beer Company Is Up For Sale

February 6, 2018

It's been nearly two years since we announced what we thought was the impending debut of Depot Springs Beer Co. in La Mesa, but in the hospitality business, plans frequently fail to come to fruition. Despite never opening, the combination brewery, restaurant, distillery and entertainment space is allegedly 70% complete and is ready for new ownership.

Grand Ole BBQ Y Asado To Team Up With Social Syndicate For Enormous East County Location

February 6, 2018

One of San Diego's top barbecue restaurants is gearing up for the launch of its second location. North Park's Grand Old BBQ y Asado is teaming up with local hospitality group Social Syndicate (The Local, Wonderland, OB Surf Lodge) for a second outpost, heading out to Flinn Springs in San Diego's East County.

Former Bijou Space To Become Covo La Jolla

February 5, 2018

The long-dormant space that last housed Bijou in La Jolla Village will soon reopen as Covo, a European restaurant, lounge and bar set to debut on Friday, February 13.

Once A Burgeoning San Diego Chain For 'Inauthentic Mexican' - Bull Taco Is No More

February 5, 2018

A San Diego North County destination for unique Mexican creations and at one time a successful chain on the rise, Bull Taco has shuttered its original and last remaining location at San Elijo State Beach's campground after a lease dispute.

Downtown San Diego's Don Chido To Become Volcano Rabbit

February 4, 2018

Downtown San Diego's Don Chido restaurant closed last Thanksgiving, claiming that the business would be renovating its space for an early 2018 reboot. We now know that the prime Gaslamp unit will soon reopen under the same ownership as an entirely new concept called Volcano Rabbit, a Mexican eatery and lounge set to unveil on February 16.

San Diego Winter Brew Fest Returns For 6th Year On February 24 | Save On Passes & Enter To Win VIP Tickets

February 4, 2018

The San Diego Winter Brew Fest returns for its 6th year on Saturday, February 24, taking over its new location at Fleet Science Center for an evening of unlimited craft beer from some of the country's finest breweries, as well as live music and a special MythBusters exhibit (rumor has it that cast members of the show may be at the fest). In addition to offering promo code SDVILLE to save on tickets (limited to the first 50 passes purchased), we are also raffling 2 VIP passes. Read on for more information and be sure to enter!

Team Behind Urban Mo's To Open InsideOUT At New Party-Centric Eitol Towers In San Diego's Hillcrest

February 3, 2018

The team behind some of Hillcrest's top hotspots - including Baja Betty’s, Hillcrest Brewing Company, Gossip Grill, and Urban Mo’s - is opening a new bar and restaurant called InsideOUT at the soon-to-be unveiled Eitol Towers, the party-focused mixed-use development unveiling this Spring.

Ike's Place To Bring Stuffed Sandwiches To San Diego's Gaslamp

February 2, 2018 

Heading into the prime Gaslamp space that last housed My Yogurt in downtown San Diego is the second area location of Ike's Place, the popular San Francisco-based eatery known for its expansive menu of super-stuffed sandwiches made on house-baked bread.

San Diego Celebrity Chef Brian Malarkey To Open Herb & Sea In Encinitas, Japanese Restaurant In Downtown San Diego, With More Concepts In The Pipeline

February 1, 2018

San Diego Celebrity Chef Brian Malarkey and his longtime business partner/general manager Chris Puffer are ready to start expanding...once again. Heading into the heart of Encinitas is Herb & Sea - the latest "social dining" venture from the team behind Little Italy's hit Herb & Wood. The duo also has three more concepts in the pipeline, including a Japanese seafood & steakhouse and a donut & ice cream restaurant.