I would like names of restaurants that locals frequent in San Diego.?

Answer 1

http://www.localwally.com/food.html

The Old Town Mexican Cafe has AMAZING carnitas.

Answer 2

The Big Kitchen in South Park is legend.
Las Quatras Milpas at Chicano Park under the bay bridge is the best by far.
For good american food with large portions, try Brians American Eatery in Hillcrest. In fact, Hillcrest has lots of great restaurants without the tourist trappings of the Gaslamp.
For good asian food, try Convoy street in Kearny Mesa. It's full of chinese, korean, japanese, and more. There's a pho place on the corner of Convoy and Aero that is particularly popular.
For vegetarian mexican food, try Ranchos in North Park or Pokies down town. There's also a great one on Park near Adams Ave. that I can't remember the name of. Across the street is a great persian place.

Try to avoid the gaslamp, aside from Croces, they are all generic over-priced places. Croce's is only special because it was the first and the owners.

San Diego is about really good peasant food. We have our share of fancy places, but the inexpensive stuff really shines. Speaking of which, I just remembered Super Cocina on University ave, between 805 and 15.

Answer 3

People so far have not been steeering you wrong...Go to any taco shop with the name "ERTOS" in the end "Robertos" Roybertos", Andalnbertos, and Cotijas or Santanas. Filippi's has great family style spaghetti and pizza, but if you're going to be in LIttle Italy you must try "MIMMO's" it's more like family style Italian, not fancy, but they have great food and about 30 salads;their most popular dish is the four salad sampler: I get Greek Salad, Tuna w/Tarragon, Red Potato, and Antipasto, with their garlic bread Oh yeah!! Then in the Gaslamp, there are restaurants, well too many. Dublin Square is a great Irish pub on 4th between Market and Harbor and Cafe Sevilla is almost right across the street for great Spanish Tapas, which if you don't do Tapas, they're a great way to do dinner, their appetizers so you just order a bunch and you get a lot of everything and not to tooo much money.. Dick's Last Resort is a locals place that tourists love, the deal is the wait staff is really rude to you, but they have great crab and corn on the cob and the gimmick works. If you go uptown from ***** about two miles another Restaurant that abuses the clientle is Corvette Diner, and it is a diner, but It's all chrome and 60's caddy's and if you ask for Matt Smith, he'll personally treat you like crap! The thing is really family dining, it's not like ***** where it can get kind of "R" rated, Corvette's know's what the target audience is so they aim a bit above the kids heads!!Pizza Nova is across from Corvette and has fantastic pizza that are different (artichoke goat cheese, fettucine sauce; sundried tomatos mozzorella, plus just regular pizza too) Great pasta, but the best is their salads Romaine, Watercress with Gorganzola and spiced pecans (tell them to shop up some red onion, that makes it perfect!) AND if you're up there the best pizza in San Diego is at Bronx Pizza on Washington. I hate pizza, but everyone goes ape ca-ca over Bronx so it's good. On the water, there's the Fish Market, Near Seaport Village, kitty corner from the Embassy Suites downtown. Upstairs is fancy and a little more expensive; downstairs, everything is cooked over mesquite wood BBQ and is DIVINE - I recommend scallops wrapped in bacon with augratin potatoes colslaw and a couple of artichokes for the table to split (1 per 2 or 3 people) If you can get to Ocean Beach for Breakfast go to Shades or Tower two.TT is basic food, but great steak and eggs and real hashbrowns. Shades is a little more Chi Chi but the food is great. I love Calamari and eggs. If you want to get your buzz on, there are 20 bars in OB just go up the st from Shades to Newport and they're all there and the beach is right there, so very cool. A nice dinner at night is upstairs from Shades called Nicks, it was Qwiggs until 2 months ago. If you have money to burn spend a meal at Humphry's. Beautiful view, best, the very best brunch in San Diego and great dinners. They have groups that play there all week so a lot ofpeople do dinner then watch the show (Pretty big shows, Tears for Fears, Diana Ross, Boz Scaggs, Hootie) And then I would have to start all over if you tell me you're going to be in Pacific Beach, Del Mar La Jolla, or anything South or east of these areas I gave you...That should give you a start... If you need more ideas just email me Have fun here, It's a GREAT vacation place. Vacation place, then go home;)

Answer 4

If you want a good local bar with the best burgers EVER!!!, go to The Waterfront-San Diego's oldest bar. It's on Kettner Blvd. between Grape and Hawthorne, one street west of Little Italy (India St). Get a Texas Burger-trust me!

Answer 5

There are a lot of restaurants in San Diego that locals frequent - mostly because there are a lot of locals ;)

Here are some of my favorite places to eat in San Diego:

cheap taco shops: Nico's (on Morena), Lolita's (on Clairemont Mesa east of 805), JV's (on Morena), Lucy's (downtown, on C St)

sandwich shops: Scott's Deli (downtown on 6th, south of B St, or also on 7th south of B)

the fish taco chains: Wahoo's (Mission Valley), Fins (La Jolla Village), Rubio's (UTC area).

Chinese food: Dumpling Inn (Convoy), Jasmine (for Dim Sum, on Convoy), Shanghai City (also on Convoy)

for burgers: Jeff's Burgers (La Jolla Shores), Islands (multiple locations), and of course In N Out and Jack in the Box.

Persian: Albourz Cafe (Del Mar Heights)

i'm not really a high end restaurant guy, but here's a few spiffy expensive places i like: Pacifica Del Mar (seafood - Del Mar), Baci's (Italian - Morena Ave), Indigo Grill (fancy - Little Italy), Prado (european - Balboa Park)

Answer 6

Phil's BBQ interior the activities section section or Pat and Oscar's interior the Stadium section. both are surprising and a lot less expensive. Sorry-those doesn't be seen truly tremendous eating places, in simple terms tremendous nutrition. attempt l. a. Jolla-There are some rooftop eating places there that ignore the sea. also some on Coronado which have tremendous environment and could not wreck the monetary employer.

Answer 7

Sushi Deli 1
Phil's BBQ
Mr. Wasabi
Sam Woo Chinese BBQ
Brians American Eatery
Cafe on Park
A La Francais
Corvette Diner
Bandar (Persian)

Answer 8

DZ Akins, Fillipi's, Boll Weevil in lemon grove, In n' out, ***** Last Resort (that place is awesome!), Graciella's taco shop

Answer 9

Coronado Hotel has an excellent restaurant.

Answer 10

depends on where you are. the strip club in the gaslamp, its a steak place. filipis, its an italian place in PB and Chula Vista. Hell there are tons, what area are you in and you can get better answers.