Electric Scooters Sharing Startup "Bird" Lands In San Diego

January 28, 2018

If you've visited the Pacific/Mission Beach area of San Diego over the past few days, you have likely noticed black electric scooters located around the neighborhood branded with the word "BIRD". Bird is an eco-friendly, electric scooter sharing startup that launched in Los Angeles last year and is now testing the waters in America's Finest City.

San Diego's Modern Times Beer Unveils Its Downtown Los Angeles Dankness Dojo Brewery & Restaurant And Is Now Brewing In Portland

January 27, 2018

Two years in the making, San Diego's Modern Times Beer has opened its downtown Los Angeles brewery & restaurant, The Dankness Dojo. The burgeoning craft beer company also announced that its Portland Brewery, dubbed The Belmont Fermetorium, is officially up and running.

Get Your Legal Pot At One Of San Diego's Marijuana Dispensaries

January 26, 2018

As of 2018, cannabis is sort-of-kinda legal in California, and our typically-conservative city is actually on the forefront of the movement for a change. As such, marijuana dispensaries are starting to pop up all over San Diego, so we thought it necessary to dust off our handy map-making techniques and list off all the places to grab legal pot in America's Finest City!

Pop Pie Co. To Takeover Nati's Mexican Space In Ocean Beach For Second Location

January 25, 2018

After originally reporting that new owners of the building at 1852 Bacon Street in Ocean Beach had no intention of ousting longtime tenant Nati's Mexican Food, we have learned that the Nati's space is destined to become part of the second location of Pop Pie Co., which be a 3,600 square foot full-scale bar & restaurant, as well as an in-house ice creamery and coffee shop when it opens in 2019.

San Diego's Ballast Point Brewing Is Heading To Disneyland | Ballast Point Brewing To Open Restaurant, Brewery & Beer Garden In Downtown Disney District In Anaheim

January 24, 2018

San Diego-based Ballast Point, a pioneer in the beer industry and one of the nation’s leading breweries, announced today the opening of a brewery, tasting room and kitchen in the Downtown Disney District at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, CA.

¡Salud! Taqueria To Open Midway District Location At Former Kristy's MVP Space

January 23, 2018

A San Diego hotspot for all things taco, ¡Salud! will bring their award-winning Mexican recipes to the Midway District of Point Loma as they head into the space last occupied by Kristy's MVP Sports Bar & Grill for the opening of their second location.

Los Angeles' Absolution Brewing Company Heading Into Former La Jolla Brewing Space

January 22, 2018

Moving into the space that was left dormant after La Jolla Brewing Company's sudden closure late last year is an offshoot brewpub and restaurant by Los Angeles-based Absolution Brewing Company, set to debut as early as this weekend.

New Brewery, Restaurant & Entertainment Space Debuts In Downtown San Diego

January 21, 2018

A new one-stop-shop venue has soft opened in downtown San Diego. KO Underground Brewery & Restaurant is a seven-barrel brewhouse and restaurant that will host live entertainment, comedy shows, art gallery showings and more.

Del Mar Heights' Incoming One Paseo Mixed Use Development Announces First Confirmed Tenants Including Nationally Acclaimed International Smoke By Celebrity Chef Michael Mina

January 20, 2018

Del Mar Heights' incoming One Paseo mixed-use development and retail destination has announced its first four confirmed tenants. The neighborhood village will be home to an exciting culinary lineup, including Celebrity Chef Michael Mina and Ayesha Curry’s acclaimed International Smoke restaurant, modern organic Mexican eatery Tocaya Organica, Top Chef Dakota Weiss’ Cali-meets-Hawaii Sweetfin Poké, and Huntington Beach’s Ways & Means Oyster House. These restaurants are the first look at One Paseo’s curated retailers scheduled to debut in early 2019.

Dine Out Escondido! Restaurant Week Returns To San Diego's North County January 28 - February 3

January 19, 2018

Enjoy scrumptious specials from more than 30 highly-acclaimed chefs, restaurateurs, and eateries in San Diego's North County at Dine Out Escondido! Restaurant Week, taking place from January 28 through February 3, 2018.

San Diego's Flourishing Rise & Shine Restaurant Group To Open Dual Concepts Casa Rustica & California Taco Club

January 18, 2018

Rise & Shine Restaurant Group has a lot on its plate in 2018, no pun intended. In addition to more locations of its epidemic Breakfast Republic concept, North Park Breakfast Co., Eggies, and Liberty Station's incoming El Jardin, the hospitality collective is also opening dual concepts Casa Rustica & California Taco Club within the former Crudo by Pascal Lorange space in The Village at Pacific Highlands Ranch in Del Mar.

San Diego's Iconic Hotel Del Coronado Celebrates 130 Year Anniversary In 2018

January 17, 2018

More than just an iconic skyline, architectural marvel or seaside resort, Hotel Del Coronado represents a bygone era, a relaxed SoCal mindset and a timeless elegance, and there is no better time to frolic on the beach like Marilyn Monroe in Some Like it Hot than during its 130th anniversary in 2018.

Farmer's Table Restaurant To Open Location In Little Italy’s Incoming Piazza Della Famiglia

January 16, 2018

Heading into the last available restaurant space within Little Italy's incoming European-style town square Piazza della Famiglia is a second San Diego location of Farmer's Table, an Italian country-style farm-to-table restaurant and bar with a location in La Mesa.

From The Group Behind True Food Kitchen, Blanco Tacos + Tequila & North Italia Are Heading Into San Diego's Fashion Valley Mall

January 15, 2018

The founding team behind True Food Kitchen are bringing two new concepts to San Diego's Fashion Valley Mall. Fox Restaurant Concepts will install outposts of the company's North Italia restaurant and Blanco Tacos + Tequila within the al fresco mall later this year.

Battle Of The Chef Bands Returns To Belly Up Tavern On January 30 | Enjoy Live Music From Local Restaurant Industry Insiders While Sampling Delicious Eats - All For A Great Cause!

January 14, 2018

On Tuesday, January 30, San Diego's culinary community will converge at Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach for a delicious party as fellow restaurant industry insiders rock the roof off a packed house all while other eateries showcase their fare to concert goers. Battle Of The Chef Bands is an annual fundraiser where bands made up of restaurant employees and chefs compete battle-of-the-bands-style to benefit the domestic violence awareness efforts of the esteemed Center for Community Solutions.

Owner Of Turf Supper Club Takes Over Nunu's Tavern

January 13, 2018

The owner of San Diego's historic Turf Supper Club in Golden Hill has purchased another longstanding local institution - Nunu's Cocktail Lounge in Hillcrest.

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.