San Diego
10 places to eat.
10 places to drink.
San Diego eats Mexican better than almost anywhere north of the border, and the ten leans that way: a Tijuana taqueria that never softened for the Gaslamp, tortillas made that morning in Barrio Logan since 1933. The drinking is where the city shows off instead — a tiki room through a freezer door, a bar behind a fireplace that turns, and the beer that made its name.
Eat
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Little Italy brunch done loud and pink, with a thirty-minute queue that moves.
OrderSomething off the breakfast side and a coffee with something in it.
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An East Village bakery whose croissants are gone by noon and whose regulars preorder.
OrderWhatever bread is left. Go early rather than clever.
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Strip-mall sushi San Diego has argued about for thirty years, usually in its favour.
OrderSit at the counter and take the omakase.
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Drink
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A tiki room behind Craft & Commerce, reached through a walk-in fridge, and strong with it.
OrderSomething rum-based and communal. Book; it is small.
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Polite Provisions
An apothecary bar making its own bitters, sodas and syrups, under a glass roof.
OrderSomething spirit-forward, or an actual soda if you are driving.
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A Gaslamp hotel roof with the skyline on three sides and a barrel-aged list.
OrderHappy hour outside, before the sun goes.
7 of these 10 are hidden
Including number one. Every pick comes with a line on why it is here and what to order. A free account opens all of them, in every city.
Free, and it keeps your saved places across devices. Already have one? .
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