Australia's MRKT SPACE Cafe To Bring Second San Diego Location To La Jolla

January 31, 2021

In addition to an outpost heading to Encinitas this spring, Australia-based MRKT Space cafe, bar and gourmet market concept will open a second San Diego location in La Jolla Shores later this year.

Global Fried Chicken Chain Wingstop To Open In San Diego's Pacific Beach

January 29, 2021

Texas-based fried chicken chain Wingstop is in the process of opening a location in the heart of San Diego's Pacific Beach neighborhood. 

San Diego's Consortium Holdings To Open Young Blood Speakeasy Within A Speakeasy

January 28, 2021

San Diego's burgeoning hospitality collective, Consortium Holdings (Born & Raised, Morning Glory, Ironside Fish & Oyster), is launching Young Blood - a speakeasy within a speakeasy accessible through a hidden entrance in the East Village’s Neighborhood bar & restaurant complex.

Miss B's Coconut Club To Open Spinoff Concept Coco Maya At Former PrepKitchen Space In Little Italy

January 27, 2021

San Diego's 5-year-old Miss B's Coconut Club will soon open a spinoff concept inspired by Mexico's Caribbean coastline dubbed Coco Maya by Miss B's in Little Italy, taking over the space that last housed PrepKitchen. 

MasterChef & Hells Kitchen Contestant Opens New Restaurant In San Diego's North County

January 26, 2021

Chef Lauren Lawless, who previously was a contestant on Fox's MasterChef and is currently competing on the latest season of Gordon Ramsay's Hell's Kitchen, has opened a restaurant in San Diego's North County. 

Marriott Purchases San Diego's 57-Year-Old Welk Resorts Company

January 26, 2021 

Marriott Vacations Worldwide announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Welk Resorts, which was founded in San Diego in 1964 and is now one of the largest independent timeshare companies in North America.

California Lifts Regional Stay-At-Home Order To Allow Restaurants & Other Business Sectors To Resume Certain Operations

January 25, 2021

California has lifted the regional coronavirus stay-at-home order, which allows for restaurants and other business sectors in San Diego to reopen some onsite services. 

Swami's Cafe Owner Takes Over Former Waypoint Public Space In San Diego's North Park For New Concept

January 24, 2021

The owner of popular San Diego-born healthy breakfast & lunch destination Swami's Cafe is doubling down in North Park and will open a new concept called Nautica within the space that last housed Waypoint Public.

San Diego Birria Specialists To Open South County Taco Shop

January 23, 2021

The family behind South County's 15-year-old birria destination Fernandez Restaurant is opening a new taco shop. Tacos Fernandez will open soon in San Diego's South Bay. 

Former Mother's Saloon Seriously Damaged By Fire In San Diego's Ocean Beach

January 23, 2021

The bar previously known as Mother's Saloon was seriously damaged by fire last night in San Diego's Ocean Beach.

The Balboa Park Dine-In Ferris Wheel Project Has Been Suspended

January 22, 2021

The Cohn Restaurant Group's plan to install a dine-in Ferris wheel in San Diego's historic Balboa Park has been suspended. 

Toscana Cafe Shutters While Owner Opens New Italian Restaurant In San Diego's Gaslamp

January 21, 2021

Toscana Cafe & Wine Bar has permanently closed in the San Diego Gaslamp but the owner has opened a new Italian restaurant Il Sogno Italiano Ristorante in a nearby space. 

San Diego's Historic Pekin Cafe Chop Suey Restaurant To Revive As Chop Suey Social Club

January 20, 2021

In early 2019 after almost 90 years in business, Pekin Cafe Chop Suey restaurant ended its nearly century-long run on University Avenue in San Diego's North Park, but the historic property is in the process of being revived as Chop Suey Social Club.

Baba's Chicken To Open In San Diego's Hillcrest

January 19, 2021

More Nashville hot chicken is coming to America's Finest City! Riverside, CA-based Baba's Chicken will soon open the company's first San Diego location in Hillcrest, taking over the space that last housed Blue Fourno Grill. 

More Details Emerge About Consortium Holdings Private Social Club | Members-Only The Reading Club To Open In Downtown San Diego

January 18, 2021

More details have emerged about the newest and possibly most ambitious project from local hospitality collective Consortium Holdings (Born & Raised, Morning Glory). The Reading Club & Seneca restaurant will open later this year on the 19th floor of InterContinental Hotel in downtown San Diego, offering a members-only social club and public restaurant with expansive bay and city views. 

664 TJ Birrieria To Open Location In San Diego's Hillcrest Community

January 17, 2021

National City's 5-year-old 664 TJ Birrieria Mexican eatery is continuing its San Diego expansion with the opening of a location in Hillcrest, taking over the space that last housed Capricho restaurant. 

Wild Things To Replace Surf Rider Pizza In San Diego's Ocean Beach

January 16, 2021

The standalone building that long housed Surf Rider Pizza is in the process of becoming Wild Things, a family-friendly pizzeria and wine & beer bar inspired by a classic children's book.