We both look forward to seeing many of our fantastic friends and colleagues at the ATA conference in San Diego in a few days! We are busy putting the finishing organizing touches on our lunches, dinners and meetings, and now our friend, colleague and fellow foodie Marianne Reiner, who lives in San Diego, has kindly put together this list of restaurants. We are grateful to Marianne for taking the time to do this for all her colleagues. We hope you find this list helpful. We are really hungry now....
San Diego
Restaurants nearby conference hotel (Hilton San Diego Bayfront)
In addition to the limited
on-site eatery options, there are numbers of good to excellent restaurants in
downtown San Diego. I will focus here on a part of downtown called The East
Village, which I think has better options for lunch and dinner.
-My absolute favorite is Café
Chloé , 721 9th Avenue, San Diego, CA 92101. www.cafechloe.com
The food is of very high quality
with mouth-watering fares such as Mushroom and Bleu d’Auvergne Tarte or Smoked
Trout and Apple salad to their Mussels or high-end version of Mac & Cheese!
The place is small and popular for lunch and dinner. So call ahead for
reservations.
-The Mission, Soma East
Village location, 1250 J Street, San Diego, CA 92101. www.themissionsd.com
This is a highly popular place in
San Diego, with 3 locations. The place is known for having long waiting lists
on week-ends. The East Village location is in a very cool building and within
walking distance from the conference hotel. The lunch menu is delicious and
stays close to classic fares with a Mexican influence. Again, you are better
off calling ahead or planning to wait. The Mission is not open for dinner.
-Lolita’s at the Park, 202
Park Blvd, San Diego, CA 92101. www.lolitasmexicanfood.com
This is a good option for a quick
and inexpensive lunch within walking distance to the conference hotel. This
place offers classic Mexican fares and is also open for dinner.
-Jsix Restaurant, 616 J
Street, San Diego, CA 92101. www.jsixrestaurant.com
This is an excellent restaurant,
with a young, innovative Chef, whose focus on sustainable and local ingredients
has given him a great reputation in San Diego. The place is pricey but if you
are willing to splurge, it is worth it.
-East Village Tavern and Bowl,
930 Market Street, San Diego, CA 92101. www.tavernbowl.com
This is a restaurant and a
hipster bowling alley! It has a surprisingly good lunch menu and as well as
easy fares on their dinner menu. The place gets very loud in the evening. But
it is a really fun place if you feel like a strike or spare in the middle of
the day!
-Neighborhood, 777 G
Street, San Diego, CA 92101. www.neighborhoodsd.com
This is a great option for a good
salad, burger, wrap or a warm soup for lunch. They are also open for dinner.
And I have to give it to them for their humor. Their website opens to a drawing
of Jesus eating a burger!
-Venissimo Cheese, 871 G
Street, San Diego, CA 92101. www.venissimo.com
Venissimo was the first high-end,
European style cheese shop in San Diego. Their first location was in the
Mission Hills neighborhood. This is not a restaurant but a cheese shop but if
you are craving a great cheese sandwich, this is the place to go to. They will
make you a sandwich with the cheese of your choice, on one of their ciabatta or
baguette bread and will accompany it with fresh grapes or an apple. A delicious
and easy treat. And if you are curious, I would suggest taking your sandwich
few blocks away and eating it at the ball park downtown. The baseball season
being over for our local Padres, the park is now fully open to the public. The
stadium and its surroundings will allow you to see a good example of the
downtown revitalization.
-Café 21, 750 5th
Avenue, San Diego, CA 92101. www.cafe-21.com
This is a wonderful option for
lunch. I only know their Normal Heights location but I am sure the downtown one
cannot disappoint. As their motto says this is a place for a “Neighborhood fare
with flair.”
-Zanzibar Café, 707 G
Street, San Diego, CA 92101. www.zanzibarcafe.com
This is another good option for
lunch and dinner. The place is very popular and gets loud but the food is worth
it.
-Saffron, 3731-B India
Street, San Diego, CA 92103. www.saffronsandiego.com
This is a great Thai restaurant
in San Diego. But you will need a car or take the trolley to get there. The
food is totally worth it. Su-Mei Yu has received accolades from food
publications from around the world. This is a lunch and dinner place (closes at
9PM though…). If you go there, you will need to beat the lunch crowd. So get
there just before noon or after 1PM. The place is highly popular as you can
imagine and people from all around the county drive to get some of Su-Mei Yu’s
best recipes.
-The Brooklyn Bagel Company,
1000 Island Avenue, San Diego, CA 92101. www.ordermybagel.com
I have not personally gone there
yet but it was recommended by some foodie friends. It is a bagel shop with what
promises to be great sandwiches for lunch. It may not satisfy our friends from
NY or Montreal but I still thought I would share it! And it is also a nice
stroll from the conference hotel.
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