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The Craving: San Diego Food + Drink News – Week of June 8, 2026

The Craving is ThereSanDiego's weekly guide to what's worth eating and drinking in San Diego right now. Every Tuesday, we surface new restaurant openings, standout happy hours, limited-time menu specials, and upcoming food events across the city - so you know what's happening before everyone else does.
Mission Fed ArtWalk Announces 2021 Featured Artists For 37th Annual Festival
Mission Fed ArtWalk Announces 2021 Featured Artists For 37th Annual Festival
Mission Fed ArtWalk announces this year’s Featured Artists for its 37th annual event. This weekend-long premier arts and culture event is returning to the streets...
SD Loyal Launches “18/86” Initiative To Celebrate San Diego’s 18 Cities And 86 Neighborhoods
SD Loyal Launches “18/86” Initiative To Celebrate San Diego’s 18 Cities And 86 Neighborhoods
San Diego Loyal SC (SD Loyal), and presenting partner Quidel, announced the launch of its newest initiative, 18/86, in efforts to connect with San Diego’s...
The San Diego Festival Of Arts Is Back And At A New Location
Follow your Art and join the San Diego Festival of the Arts Foundation, Inc. in celebrating the 35th San Diego Festival of the Arts™ at...
Be Inspired At One Paseo’s Street Art Block Party
Embrace Your Creative Side At One Paseo’s Street Art Block Party
One Paseo invites you to embrace your creative side at their Street Art Block Party, featuring local chalk artists working their magic on the street,...
InterContinental Hotel San Diego Names Franck Tasic New Executive Chef
InterContinental Hotel San Diego announced that it has named Franck Tasic as Executive Chef. Chef Franck Tasic brings years of luxury hotel culinary experience and...
Seaworld San Diego Reveals Gruesome Details Of Inaugural How-O-Scream Nighttime Event
SeaWorld San Diego Reveals Gruesome Details Of Inaugural Halloween Event
The horrors of Howl-O-Scream lurk just around the corner with SeaWorld San Diego’s first-ever nighttime Halloween event kicking off September 17 and running through October...
San Diego Blues Festival Returns This Year As An In-Person Event
San Diego Blues Festival Returns This Year As An In-Person Event
The AimLoan.com San Diego Blues Festival returns this year as an in-person event on the Downtown San Diego waterfront! This is the festival’s eleventh year....
Mingei International Museum
Don’t Miss Art Of Elan’s Fall Concert Series
Art of Elan’s next season of performances, dedicated to the revitalization of San Diego’s creative community, is back as a series of live performances. Entitled...
Pure Taco Brings Globally Inspired Tacos To Carlsbad Village
Pure Taco Brings Globally Inspired Tacos To Carlsbad Village
Pure Taco, the latest concept by co-founders of Casero Taqueria, Clayton Wheeler and Craig Applegate, and John Zagara, is excited to announce that they opened...
After A Three-Year Renovation, Mingei International Museum Is Back
After A Three-Year Renovation, Mingei International Museum Is Back
After a three-year closure for a transformational renovation, Mingei International Museum, located in Balboa Park, has reopened September 3rd with a dynamic slate of exhibitions,...
Spiro’s Mediterranean Cuisine To Celebrate One-Year Anniversary Of La Jolla Location
Spiro’s Mediterranean Cuisine To Celebrate One-Year Anniversary Of La Jolla Location
Spiro’s Mediterranean Cuisine (Spiro’s) is set to celebrate the one-year anniversary of its second fast-casual, taverna-inspired eatery in the village of La Jolla. Guests are...
Brand-New Exhibition & Exciting Workshops Happening This Month At Oceanside Museum Of Art
Brand-New Exhibition & Exciting Workshops Happening This Month At Oceanside Museum Of Art
Summer may be coming to an end soon, but things are only heating up at Oceanside Museum of Art (OMA). This month, enjoy live music,...
ArtReach Auction Features Thirty-Two Stunning Custom-Designed Guitars
ArtReach Auction Features Thirty-Two Stunning Custom-Designed Guitars
ArtReach is hosting a Guitar Art Auction to support visual arts education for youth at San Diego County schools and community centers. Proceeds from the...
MAKE Projects Presents Food And Farm Fest Fundraiser
MAKE Projects Presents Food And Farm Fest Fundraiser
MAKE Projects, a non-profit job-training program for refugee and immigrant women and youth, will be hosting Food and Farm Fest! Guests will enjoy locally-sourced, globally-inspired...
Mexico In A Bottle Returns For An Afternoon Of Mezcal, Music, And More
Mexico In A Bottle Returns For An Afternoon Of Mezcal, Music, And More
Mexico in a Bottle returns to San Diego on October 3rd for an afternoon of mezcal, Mexican craft spirits, food, art, music and more! What...
Love Always
“Love Always” Invites San Diego Creatives For A Night Of Art, Performance, And Socializing
At the end of a letter, “Love Always” shows care and connection across distance, a theme that is the inspiration for an upcoming event in...
The San Diego Museum Of Art Invites You To A Dinner Party
The San Diego Museum Of Art Invites You To A Dinner Party
We love this idea! The San Diego Museum of Art invites you to enter into the vortex with an intimate experimental dinner party in partnership...
Beyond Van Gogh Coming Soon To San Diego
Beyond Van Gogh Comes To San Diego
Immerse yourself in the world of Vincent Van Gogh like you’ve never experienced before. Beyond Van Gogh is a rich and unique multimedia experience, taking...
The 18th Annual Harvest For Hope Menu Is Here & It’s Epic!
The 18th Annual Harvest For Hope Menu Is Here & It’s Epic!
Calling all foodies! The Emilio Nares Foundation is hosting the 18th Annual Harvest for Hope Food & Wine Tasting Fundraiser, giving you the opportunity to...
Stay At Home Challenge Encourages Animae Staff To Make The Most Of Quarantine
Stay At Home Challenge Encourages Animae Staff To Make The Most Of Quarantine
Like a handful of restaurants that have been affected by the pandemic, Animae announced this week that they would temporarily close because a member of...
Moonshine Beach + Flats Invite You To Celebrate The Return Of Football Season At San Diego’s Rowdiest Game Day Parties
Whether you’re a die-hard football fan, or just love the camaraderie that comes with rooting for a team, or simply want something normal to look...
Grand Openings & More Happening This Month At ARTS DISTRICT Liberty Station
Grand Openings, International Adventures & More Happening This Month At ARTS DISTRICT Liberty Station
The first day of fall may be less than one month away, but things are far from cooling down at ARTS DISTRICT Liberty Station. This...
AleSmith Celebrates 26 Years Of Brewing With Weekend-Long Event
AleSmith Celebrates 26 Years Of Brewing With Weekend-Long Event
AleSmith Brewing Company will be celebrating the brewery’s 26th anniversary this month, as well as the “Sublime” album’s 25-year anniversary, with a three-day-long celebration! Here’s...
Kové Hard Yerba Mate Introduces Limited Release Of New Flavor
Kové Hard Yerba Mate Launches New Flavor With Tasting Room Party
Kové Hard Yerba Mate‘s upcoming launch event introducing the limited release of the new flavor, ‘Sweet Peach Heat,’ in collaboration with Syd Perkins of House...
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