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Restaurants in San Diego

The citywide restaurant rankings — the flagship list, the new openings tracker, steakhouses, waterfront tables, and the dishes you should have eaten by now.

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The Best New Restaurants in San Diego: 10 Places to Know

Nduja shells in North Park, steak frites down the street, dry-aged katsu in Carlsbad and a former Pizza Port brewer's rice lager in Oceanside.

Updated Aug 2Read →

Fresh seafood served for a waterfront restaurant meal

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The 9 Best Waterfront Restaurants in San Diego

Local fish on stilts over a Point Loma dock, a glass-edged terrace above La Jolla Cove, a 1953 tiki room: nine San Diego tables with the water right there.

Updated Aug 2Read →

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The 15 Best Restaurants in San Diego Right Now

Callie's Mediterranean feast, a Michelin-starred omakase counter and 6am birria: 15 San Diego restaurants worth planning a night, or a morning, around.

Updated Jul 31Read →

A plate of tacos with salsa, guacamole, lime, and drinks on a restaurant table

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The 12 Essential San Diego Dishes, Ranked

Birria with consomé in Nestor, adobada after midnight in Chula Vista and Dutch apple pie in Julian: the 12 dishes that explain how San Diego eats.

Updated Jul 30Read →

A sliced steak served at a San Diego steakhouse

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The 7 Best Steakhouses in San Diego, Ranked

A 35-day dry-aged ribeye from a steakhouse with its own butcher shop, red oak fire in University Heights, and Miyazaki A5 with banchan downtown.

Updated Jul 24Read →

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20 CH Projects Restaurants and Bars in San Diego, Ranked

A 16-seat cocktail room hidden in East Village, a tiki bar made with rum expert Martin Cate, and bowling in a 1946 hotel: 20 CH Projects spots, ranked.

Updated Jul 23Read →