6 lunches and 7 dinners SD
In town for a week next month and want to treat ourselves to a real foodie & wine adventure...your favs and pans please. THX
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Friends were in town last week and we went to the restaurant at Se right next to the House of Blues. It was amazing!! I highy recommendit and the desserts are amazing. Also if you want real neighborhood flavor and want to go a bit casual, Basic in the East village for drinks and pizza is great. Another choice is Cowboy Star - also in East Village. A really original steakhouse with great cocktails. Fun.
Also - for really expensive, but top of the top, is Addison's at the Grand Del Mar. -
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I highly recommend El Agave in the Old Town area. It is unlike any other Mexican restaurant in the states (very upscale menu). There are a lot of fun (lower-scale) restaurants in Old Town such as Old Town Cantina (great carnitas). And there is a fun Brazilian steakhouse near the Gaslamp area but I can't recall the name. It used to be the only one in town and is right by Horton Plaza. Prado is also good and has a great location in the park.
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honkman
Feb 17, 2009 12:22 PM
I would also highly recommend Better Half (for food and wine) and Urban Solace in Hillcrest/North Park.
Jayne's Gastropub can be very inconsistent. I had two great meals end of last year but also one very disappointing one three weeks ago.
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A lot of interesting new restaurants are popping up in the North Park neighborhood, mostly along 30th St. Try Urban Solace and the Linkery for what's going on in San Diego right now. I have a real fondness for Prado in Balboa Park, too - try to get a table outside. The Better Half in Hillcrest is getting a LOT of buzz at the moment but I haven't tried it yet. This is not a town where you can flag down a cab, so put this phone number in your cell phone - 619 234 6161. That's Yellow Cab, I use them all the time to get to the airport, they're very reliable.
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Staying at the Solamar, and will not have a car but willing to go to La Jolla or equivalent distance by cab. Thanks!
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re: oldmanwino
DiningDiva
Feb 14, 2009 06:37 AM
A round trip cab ride between downtown and La Jolla would probably cost you as much or more than the dinner in La Jolla. Cabs, while plentiful, are not inexpensive in this town. Hillcrest is much closer and has good options as well
If you search this board for downtown, Gaslamp or Little Italy you'll turn up a gazillion and one recommendations, it's a very, very, very frequently asked question. Here are some of the usual suspects
Cafe Chloe
JSix (in your hotel)
Oceanaire
Red Pearl
Cowboy Star
Candelas
Molly's (in the Marina Marriott)
Napa Valley Grill
Quarter Kitchen
Crescent Heights
Avenue 5
Basic Urban Bar
Neighborhood
Bertrands at Mr. A's
Laurel
Hexagone
Indigo Grill
Buon Appetito
Pete's Meat (lunch)
Roseville (Point Loma)
The Pearl (Point Loma)You can read about almost any of these places in the SD Reader - http://sdreader.com or
the U/T - http://www.signonsandiego.com-
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re: oldmanwino
We travel to San Diego 4-5 times a year and often stay at the Solamar. We are Boston based foodies. We are not fans of Jsix (too much like any other hotel restaraunt) or Mr A's (though you night want to try them and form your own opinion). Dining Diva has given you plenty of amazing options. Crescent Heights is one of the newest and the food/ambiance is fantastic. Others on her list that we are "regulars" of and would recommend you try are:
Quarter Kitchen
Neighborhood (great burgers)
Cafe Chloe (french)
Laurel
Buon Appetito
The Pearl (there is a downtown location)
OceanaireWe are also fans of Nobu (in the Hard Rock Hotel)
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