Downtown San Diego's Hooters Space To Become Second Location Of Draft Bar & Restaurant

January 12, 2018

After two decades in downtown San Diego, Hooters - the sports bar and grill known for its scantily clad waitstaff and chicken wings - closed in late 2017. Later this year, the 6,600 square-foot space will become the second San Diego outpost of Draft, a craft beer bar and gastropub that first debuted on the Mission Beach boardwalk in Belmont Park in Summer 2014.

Candelas On The Bay Shutters In Coronado

January 11, 2018

After nearly a decade serving up Cali-Mexican cuisine paired with an incredible San Diego skyline view, Candelas on the Bay shuttered this week in Coronado.

Long Dormant Former Wang's Location In North Park To Become 'Small Format' Target Location

January 11, 2018

Heading into the 35,000+ square-foot building that previously housed Wang's in North Park is a third San Diego location of what was previously dubbed Target Express, a smaller format version from the retail behemoth.

Golden Road Brewing Founder To Open The Bell Marker In Downtown San Diego On January 22 | Get Your First Glimpse At The Space & Menu For San Diego's Newest Brewpub

January 10, 2018

San Diego will soon receive its newest modern American brewpub! From the co-founder of Golden Road Brewing and more Los Angeles bars that you can count, The Bell Marker is opening its doors on January 22 in the downtown space that last housed The Beer Company.

San Diego Restaurant Week Returns This January 21-28, 2018 | Satisfy Your Culinary Cravings At Over 180 Restaurants During The 14th Annual Dining Celebration

January 10, 2018

Created to unite the curious, the hungry, and the talented, the 14th annual San Diego Restaurant Week returns this January, offering 8 days of discounted dining deals at nearly 200 restaurants around San Diego County!

The World's Top Monster Trucks Are Taking Over Petco Park | Monster Jam Returns To San Diego With Car-Crushing Action On January 20 & February 3

January 9, 2018

We've been on the field at Petco Park a few times and the grounds crew is always crazy about where you walk on the grass, but in the next few weeks, there will be monster trucks ripping around the outfield! San Diego motor sports fans should get revved up, as the ultimate dirt-flying, car-crushing action spectacular, Monster Jam, returns to San Diego, playing for its fourth year at Petco Park stadium, the home of the San Diego Padres, for two action-packed weekend events - Saturday, January 20 & Saturday, February 3. We are raffling off two tickets to attend on January 20, so read on and be sure to enter!

SuperNatural Sandwiches Expanding To Mexico, Orange County & San Diego's Little Italy

January 9, 2018

SuperNatural Sandwiches, San Diego's popular destination for creative seafood sandwiches, is readying for a big expansion in 2018, with plans in place for new outposts in Tijuana, Orange County and Little Italy!

Caliano Pizza Food Truck To Go Brick-And-Mortar | The Friendly Is Coming To San Diego's North Park

January 8, 2018

The team behind San Diego's Caliano by Spinelli wood-fired pizza food truck is gearing up to open their first brick-and-mortar restaurant. The Friendly is currently being installed in North Park and will soft open as early as this weekend, offering a menu of East Coast style pizza made with fresh ingredients and local flavors.

San Diego Farm To Fork Week Returns For Second Year This January 13-21 | Support The Restaurants That Do It Right At This Annual Event For Discounted Dining

January 7, 2018

After a successful inaugural year in 2017, San Diego Farm to Fork Week returns this January 13-21, reminding San Diegans of the importance of supporting our local farms and all the area restaurants that depend on them. The annual grassroots effort brings together a community of independent and loyal local purveyors for a week of dining deals and events to nourish the soul, while also promoting wider awareness of local and sustainable food systems.

Downtown San Diego's Manchester Grand Hyatt Revamps Onsite Sports Bar To Create Beer & Burger Gastropub Brew30 California Taps

January 6, 2018

Replacing Redfield's Sports Bar inside Downtown San Diego's Manchester Grand Hyatt is Brew30 California Taps, a new 4,500 square-foot burger, beer and sports restaurant that is now open.

After Nearly One Year Renovation, The Hake Is For Sale In La Jolla

January 6, 2018

After closing in early 2016 for a ten-month makeover and reopening in a newly renovated 5,000-plus square-foot space perched atop La Jolla Cove, The Hake restaurant is now listed for sale.

After Nearly Three Decades, Extraordinary Desserts Moving From Original Location In 2018

January 5, 2018

A San Diego hotspot for all things sweet, Extraordinary Desserts has been teasing big news on its Facebook Page since the start of the year, and the popular dessert and coffee shop announced today that it will be moving from its original Hillcrest location to a new building in Bankers Hill.

UPDATE: San Diego Dim Sum Destination Emerald Chinese Cuisine Shutters | Emerald & Pearl To Reopen Under New Ownership

January 5, 2018

We reported earlier this week that after more than 25 years in business, Emerald Chinese Cuisine took to Facebook to announce the immediate closure of all its dim sum restaurants, but the company announced today that Emerald Chinese in Kearny Mesa and Pearl in Rancho Bernardo would reopen later this month under new ownership.

Sophisticated Cannabis Supper Club Emerges In San Diego | Lego Optimo Kicks Off Six Dinner Series On January 25

January 5, 2018

In collaboration with Chefs Flor Franco & Benito Molina in partnership with Urbn Leaf Medical Marijuana Dispensary, Lego Optimo will be San Diego’s first sophisticated fine dining experience for the cannabis connoisseur, premiering this January for an evening of four strains, four courses, and forever memories of an evening of fine food, cannabis, music and magic.

Mikkeller Brewing Announces Little Italy Tasting Room & Restaurant Expansion

January 4, 2018

Mikkeller Brewing - which was founded by self-taught homebrewer Mikkel Borg Bjergsø in 2006 in Copenhagen, Denmark and opened its first U.S. brewery in San Diego in April 2016 - has announced that it will open a satellite tasting room at 2021 India Street in Little Italy in early 2018. The brewery will also be moving their area brewing operations to a new spot down the road from their original location where they will add an onsite restaurant.

From The Owners Of Ocean Beach People's Organic Food Cooperative, OB Garden Café Is Now Open

January 4, 2018

From the cooperative that owns Ocean Beach People's Organic Food Market, OB Garden Café is a bi-level vegetarian restaurant now serving a menu of healthy organic food and beverages in the footprint where Tiny's Tavern long stood.

Soda Bar Changes Hands In Normal Heights

January 3, 2018

Normal Heights music venue Soda Bar has been sold to a group that includes entertainment and dining veteran Tim Mays of Little Italy's Casbah and Starlite.