The Craving: San Diego Food + Drink News – Week of October 19, 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.
Bach Collegium San Diego’s 2021–22 Season Begins With “1707: A SONIC YOUTH”
Bach Collegium San Diego’s 2021–22 Season Begins With “1707: A SONIC YOUTH” On October 30, 2021
Bach Collegium San Diego returns to live, in-person performance for its 19th season, beginning with “1707: A Sonic Youth” featuring works by Handel and Bach,...
Take A Culinary Road Trip To Monterey County, California This Fall
Road Trip Idea: Take A Culinary Cruise To Monterey County This Fall
If you’re itching to get out of San Diego for a few days this fall, a culinary road trip to Monterey County should be on...
Rooftop Cinema Club Announces Its November Movie Program
Rooftop Cinema Club Announces Its November Movie Program
With Fall in full swing and daylight savings time coming to an end, Rooftop Cinema Club at the Manchester Grand Hyatt is embracing the seasonal change...
The Rancho Santa Fe Tennis Club Hosts “RSF Open”
The Rancho Santa Fe Tennis Club Hosts “RSF Open”
The “Rancho Santa Fe Open” $60,000 Challenger will host some of the top 100 female tennis professionals in the world began Monday, October 11 at...
The First Annual Great Pumpkin Beer Festival In San Diego!
The Great Pumpkin Beer Festival Looks To Be An Experience Like No Other!
Prepare yourself and your pumpkin-loving crew, because the first-ever Great Pumpkin Beer Festival will take over the streets of the Gaslamp Quarter Halloween weekend! This...
Chef Brad Wise Debuts New Fall Flavors At Cardellino
Chef Brad Wise has unveiled a new fall menu at Cardellino – Trust Restaurant Group’s unabashedly Italian-American restaurant in Mission Hills – drawing inspiration from...
San Diego Ballet Returns For Fall Season With “Ritmos Latinos” Outdoor Performance
San Diego Ballet Returns For Fall Season With “Ritmos Latinos” Outdoor Performance
San Diego Ballet commences its 2021-2022 fall season with two weekends of shows safely outside in the picturesque Ingram Plaza in ARTS DISTRICT Liberty Station....
San Diego Botanic Garden Premieres Fall Festival/Festival de Otoño
San Diego Botanic Garden Premieres Festival De Otoño
The San Diego Botanic Garden (SDBG), a 37-acre urban oasis that we consider one of the hidden gems of San Diego, today announced its Fall...
Erykah Badu Coming To San Diego For One Magnificent Concert
Erykah Badu Coming To San Diego For One Magnificent Concert
Erykah Badu is coming to Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre later this month for what is sure to be an amazing night! Although...
Pop Culture And Food Collide At Blended Festival San Diego
Blended Festival, the country’s fastest-growing music, art and culinary experience, produced by My Wine Society Presents, will make its third and final stop of the...
Pacific Catch Makes Its Southern California Debut In San Diego
Pacific Catch Makes Its Southern California Debut In San Diego
Pacific Catch, the Bay Area-based fish house known for serving sustainable seafood with Pacific Rim flavors in a decidedly West Coast style, officially opens its...
Ultimate Fall Celebration: Pumpkin Decorating & Cider Donuts
Join Bivouac Ciderworks For Pumpkin Decorating & Cider Donuts From Nomad
Join Bivouac Ciderworks for the Ultimate Fall Celebration! Tickets to the pumpkin decorating party include a pumpkin and decorating supplies, a 12oz glass of pumpkin...
Calavera, A Dia De Los Muertos Dinner With 818 Tequila At Pendry San Diego's Provisional Kitchen
Calavera, A Dia De Los Muertos Dinner With 818 Tequila At Pendry San Diego’s Provisional Kitchen
Toast to the beauty of a life well-lived with a special 3-course dinner at Provisional Kitchen, Cafe & Mercantile, plating flavorful Mexican dishes by Chef...
Ginger’s To Host Karaoke For A Cure
Ginger’s will be hosting Karaoke for a Cure, a fun-filled event for a good cause! The Gaslamp speakeasy will have a silent auction and karaoke,...
USS Midway
Resurrecting Lives Foundation Hosts Veterans Weekend Traumatic Brain Injury Awareness Event At The USS Midway Museum
Resurrecting Lives Foundation is hosting a traumatic brain injury (TBI) awareness event on the flight deck of the USS Midway Museum. The Veterans’ Day Weekend...
San Diego Dessert Chain, SNOICE, Celebrates Filipino American History Month
San Diego Dessert Chain, SNOICE, Celebrates Filipino American History Month
Asian American dessert shop, Snoice, announced a month of collaborations that will showcase Filipino desserts and flavors in celebration of Filipino American History Month this...
New Exhibition + More Things To Do At Oceanside Museum Of Art This Month
October is already in full swing and Oceanside Museum of Art (OMA) is kicking off the month with a brand-new exhibition, celebrating all things plein...
The La Jolla Art & Wine Festival Returns To The Jewel Of San Diego
The La Jolla Art & Wine Festival Is Back On The Streets Of La Jolla This Weekend
After a year in quarantine, the highly regarded and free La Jolla Art & Wine Festival has announced that it’s making its way back to...
Opening This Fall: Cormorant Boutique Hotel + Birdseye
Opening This Fall In La Jolla: Cormorant Boutique Hotel + Birdseye
The highly anticipated Cormorant Boutique Hotel and its rooftop bar and lounge, Birdseye, are opening this fall in the heart of La Jolla. Named after...
619 Spirits Claims Second Place In USA Today’s Award For Best Craft Vodka Distillery
619 Spirits Claims Second Place In USA Today’s Award For Best Craft Vodka Distillery
San Diego’s very own 619 Spirits won second place in the 2021 USA TODAY 10Best Readers’ Choice for Best Craft Vodka Distillery! A panel of...
Celebrate Bazaar Del Mundo's 50th Anniversary In Old Town
Celebrate Bazaar Del Mundo’s 50th Anniversary In Old Town
Diane Powers’ popular Bazaar del Mundo in Old Town is gearing up to celebrate its 50-year anniversary. Opened in 1971, Powers created a unique shopping...
Gaslamp Quarter's Sultry Speakeasy, Prohibition, Serves Up An Endless Summer With New Cocktails
Gaslamp Quarter’s Sultry Speakeasy, Prohibition, Serves Up An Endless Summer With New Cocktails
Prohibition, GBOD Hospitality Group’s popular speakeasy hidden underground at 548 Fifth Ave. in the Gaslamp Quarter, goes against the grain of pumpkin spice in lieu...
Carlsbad Music Festival Returns For Its 18th Annual Celebration
Carlsbad Music Festival Announces Eclectic Lawn Concert
Carlsbad Music Festival is bringing more live music to the seaside community this Fall with its Eclectic Lawn Concert on the lawn at St. Michael’s...
Sashay Away to Havana 1920 For New Latin-Infused Live Entertainment
Sashay Away to Havana 1920 For New Latin-Infused Live Entertainment
Havana 1920 has introduced weekly, Latin-inspired music performances as sweltering as the late-summer heat. The September and October lineup includes Latin jams by Karlos Paez...
Upcoming Events
A.I.M By Kyle Abraham Brings New Work To San Diego
A.I.M By Kyle Abraham Brings New York To San Diego
February 2, 2022
8:00 pm
  • Balboa Park
“One of the most consistently excellent troupes working today” (New York Times), A.I.M’s (Abraham.In.Motion) kicks off ArtPower’s 2022 live performances on February 2nd with their...
The Original 40 Brewing Company Hosts Pawsitive Memories Event
The Original 40 Brewing Company Hosts Pawsitive Memories Event
January 29, 2022
1:00 pm
  • Original 40 Brewing
Get ready for the ultimate paw-ty! The Original 40 Brewing Company will celebrate its upcoming can release with a Pawsitive Memories Event – a beer...
All-Levels Vinyasa And Vino At Carruth Cellars This Saturday
Wine And Wellness Mix At Vinyasa And Vino At Carruth Cellars
January 29, 2022
10:00 am
  • Carruth Cellars’ Solana Beach Tasting Room
What’s more balanced than a yoga class followed by a glass of wine? Nothing! Enjoy an all-levels vinyasa and vino at Carruth Cellars’ flagship Solana...
Relax And Reset At Saffron & Sage’s Sacred Sunday
Saffron & Sage Invites You To Relax And Reset At Sacred Sunday
January 23, 2022
6:00 pm
  • Saffron & Sage
A new year symbolizes a fresh opportunity for healthy new routines, and this year we can all use some rest and relaxation to get our...
Join San Diego Balboa Park Workout Hosted By Chuze Fitness
Chuze Fitness To Host Free Community Workout in Balboa Park
January 22, 2022
10:30 am
  • Park & Presidents Way Lawn
Chuze Fitness invites the San Diego community to join them for a fun, free, invigorating Les Mills BodyCombat class on the Park & Presidents Lawn...