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Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in San Diego Reader and San Diego Magazine. Updated August 2026.
Waterfront Bar & Grill · Little Italy
San Diego's oldest continuously operating bar, pouring in Little Italy since 1933, with a packed Sunday-brunch patio.
Parc Bistro-Brasserie · Bankers Hill
A shaded-patio Bankers Hill brasserie doing unapologetically 1980s-French steak frites and escargot.