Dining & Nightlife

Across the entire county, San Diego serves up an enticing menu of dining and nightlife options. Whether you are craving live music, dancing, filet mignon or fish tacos, we'll help you find a place to match your style.

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• 02/21 - Mardi Gras in the Gaslamp Quarter
• 12/10 - 04/01 - Whale Watching San Diego
• 03/29 - Todd Snider with David Jacobs-Strain
• 02/11 - Honey Island Swamp Band with The Euphoria Brass Band
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San Diego Restaurants: Editor's Picks

With hundreds of restaurants and every type of cuisine imaginable, San Diego offers something for individual tastes and all price ranges. From modest takeout establishments to four-star dining rooms, you'll find great food at every turn. We've chosen the following restaurants as noteworthy standouts, places that offer everything from fabulous views and renowned chefs to authentic ethnic cuisine from around the world....

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San Diego's Nightlife Sizzles

When the sun goes down, San Diego’s nightlife comes alive. Downtown San Diego’s historic Gaslamp Quarter is the region’s hub with more than 40 nightclubs and bars drawing vibrant, bustling nighttime crowds. Throughout the region, cool beach bars, live entertainment venues and sexy lounges also specialize in modern SoCal cool. Skip the line and the cover charge with San Diego Nightlife Passport , who offers...

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Marvelous Modern Mixology in San Diego

Today’s cocktail culture is miles beyond bartenders who specialize in bland margaritas. Mastermind mixologists are refining and reenergizing happy hours across the nation with incredible, innovative cocktails. Even in San Diego, a town that is legendary for it’s laid back craft beer culture, modern spirit-driven libations and re-imagined classics are in high demand at bars and restaurants far and wide. Helping to...

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San Diego’s Gourmet Food Truck Revolution

Restaurants on wheels, today’s food trucks offer upscale cuisine on the go. These quirky eateries are all the rage across the country and, with year-round perfect weather that almost demands dining al fresco, San Diego offers up a bevy of delicious gourmet options on the food truck front. The truck websites offer a weekly schedule, however the best way find out where these mobile restaurants are dishing up haute...

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San Diego Culinary Adventures at California Attractions

San Diego’s world-famous attractions are known for providing visitors with amazing adventures. At the San Diego Zoo you can get up close and personal with rare giant pandas, exotic elephants and hundreds of other incredible wild animals from around the world. SeaWorld San Diego is known globally as the home of Shamu and her wet and wild aquatic friends, while LEGOLAND California offers incredible rides and fantastic...

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What's New

In November 2009, the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) launched EatHumane.org, a website that helps consumers find humane restaurants committed to animal welfare and the environment.  The site includes 150 restaurants in 15 cities which serve humanely raised meat and dairy products that have not been factory farmed, a method linked to environmental issues. Six San Diego restaurants made the cut including Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens in Escondido, The Linkery in North Park, Stingaree in downtown San Diego and AR Valentien, Nine-Ten and The Marine Room, in La Jolla.