San Diego Eats

mts

Hey all
Last minute but heading to a conference this weekend/next week in San Diego

Looking for food and or coffee recommendations for lunch or dinner. I will be staing in the gaslight district near the convention center and would prefer not to have to travel too far.

Elvenshae

Cafe Sevilla, a couple blocks away from the Gas Lamp tram station, was pretty solid tapas and wine the last time I was there.

There's also a gelato place a little bit further up the same street (or one or two blocks away) that was amazing - Chocolat Cremerie. They also did some really good espresso. I didn't get to try their crepes, but they looked good.

TychoCelchuuu

Half Door Brewing Company
Tacos el Cabron
Lolita's Mexican Food
barleymash
Searsucker
Thotsakan Thai and Vegetarian Cuisine

Pyrian

Rei Do Gado for endless really good meats - at a high price.

Ghirardelli.

firewaterword

It's pretty fancy, but the US Grant hotel has great food and fantastic cocktails. The building is also quite interesting if you're into history at all. It's on 4th and Broadway in the Gaslamp.

If you like sushi, Full Moon SD is great as well. That's a block up on Fifth, between Broadway and E.

mts

i mean i imagine i will just be eating nothing but fish tacos and burritos since i can't get decent ones near me, but options are good. That and in and out.

I do love sushi though.

thanks for recs so far.

Karrmer

Lolita's as recommended by Tycho really is just... something words can't describe. Get a California Burrito or Carne Asada Fries and just keep eating it forever

Carpy

Yeah, Lolita's is great. I don't do much in Gas Lamp but 2-3 trolly stops North is the Little Italy area and there's some goodness there. Devil's Dozen doughnuts on Kettner and Grape is a hidden gem. Also around there is a Ballast Point tap room and restaurant, Fillipis for Italian, Underbelly for ramen. Also on the beer front is Mission Brewing's tap room a short walk from the imperial Transit center which is one stop South of the gas lamp stop, although I wouldn't do that walk at night.

mts

Carpy wrote: »

Yeah, Lolita's is great. I don't do much in Gas Lamp but 2-3 trolly stops North is the Little Italy area and there's some goodness there. Devil's Dozen doughnuts on Kettner and Grape is a hidden gem. Also around there is a Ballast Point tap room and restaurant, Fillipis for Italian, Underbelly for ramen. Also on the beer front is Mission Brewing's tap room a short walk from the imperial Transit center which is one stop South of the gas lamp stop, although I wouldn't do that walk at night.

i am actually staying near petco so that is relatively close by. is the walk from there sketchy or just the train tracks one from the station

Carpy

Mission is just on the south side of the Petco lot. You can actually walk there from gas lamp pretty easily. The city's pushed a lot of the homeless population to that South part of the city so it can feel a little sketch sometimes.

mts

I noticed that a bit. Homeless don't bother me all that much, I have lived near SF so they are abundant and aggressive there.

Ended up going to Lolitta's tonight.