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Read our complete San Diego city guide here. This updated list shows just how much San Diego’s culinary landscape has changed and that the city is no longer a sleepy Navy town with a lackluster food scene (but we still have the best tacos and burritos). The dining scene had been growing over the past decade with design-centric farm-to-table spots, convivial pizza joints, and even award-winning sushi in a strip mall, but it’s exploded since 2019.Įven amid the pandemic, several new chic restaurants serving innovative cuisine have opened, and chefs who led kitchens at Michelin-starred restaurants have moved here to set up shop. Not only does Candelas on the Bay have a prime location with a beautiful view of Downtown San Diego, it has inventive Mexican cuisine that promises guests.

But the best restaurants in San Diego are now more diverse and, frankly, more delicious than ever-and credit is overdue. Aside from its architectural charm, the Gaslamp Quarter in San Diego is best known for its bustling nightlife, world-class restaurants, historical sites, and rich history. Lou & Mickeys 8.4 224 5th Ave (at L St. For a long time the dominant image of San Diego’s food was chill dudes eating tacos and burritos (it's true, we did a Getty Image search). Gaslamp Fish House, formerly known as Spike Africa’s, is the first restaurant in the historic Gaslamp Quarter, a 16 block neighborhood.

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