The Craving: San Diego Food + Drink – Week of May 25, 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.

Feeding San Diego Food Assistance This Holiday Season

Feeding San Diego Provides Thanksgiving Meals For Families Across San Diego County On November 25

Just in time for the Thanksgiving holiday, Feeding San Diego is proud to distribute Thanksgiving meals at five of its distribution sites in partnership with...

Winter Brunch And Dinner Menus Have Arrived To InsideOUT

With the changing of the seasons, a new seasonal winter menu created by Executive Chef Mary Jo Testa has arrived at insideOUT, San Diego’s only...

Jersey Mike’s Subs Donates 20 Percent Of Sales To Feeding America

This weekend (November 21 and 22), 20 percent of sales from all Jersey Mike’s Subs locations will benefit Feeding San Diego as part of a...

Join #OptOutside With REI And San Diego Coastkeeper On Black Friday

For the sixth year in a row, REI, the outdoor specialty retailer with 2 locations in San Diego, is planning to close its doors again...

The Comic-Con Museum Announces PAC-MAN™ As Second Inductee Into Museum Character Hall Of Fame

PAC-MAN™, who became a pop culture icon as the main character of the highest-grossing video game ever, has been named the 2020 inductee into the...

Saint Archer Collabs With Coffee & Tea Collective For Latest R&D Series Beer

Saint Archer Brewing Co. is excited to announce the launch of their latest R&D Series beer, The Raspberry, Coffee, and Tea Berliner Wesse. The beer,...

Ranch 45 Adds Award-Winning Chef Aron Schwartz To Culinary Team; Launches New Fall Dinner Menu

Ranch 45 Is Celebrating Two Years This November. Congrats!

After the year local restaurants have had, any milestone is cause for celebration, which is why Ranch 45 is going all out for the restaurant’s...

Add These Liberty Station’s ‘Salute The Season’ Happenings To Your Holiday Plans!

Salute the Season is back at Liberty Station for the holidays, featuring an itinerary of events including a drive-in Nutcracker performance, festive art walk, Christmas...

Corner Chicken Pint Night With Nova Kombucha

On Thursday, Nov. 19th and Friday, Nov. 20th, Corner Chicken will be hosting a Pint Night with Nova Kombucha! The East Village eatery is partnering...

Christmas Tiki-Themed Pop-Up Bar Now Open At The Grass Skirt

Sippin’ Santa Now Open As A To-Go Experience At The Grass Skirt

Sippin’ Santa, the beloved Christmas pop-up bar is now open in San Diego at The Grass Skirt! However, due to the recent increase in coronavirus-related...

The Nutcracker LIVE On Stage - ON SALE NOW!

City Ballet To Perform The Nutcracker Live Outdoors At Del Mar Fairgrounds

City Ballet of San Diego’s 26th annual Nutcracker returns this season to a new outdoor stage at the Del Mar Fairgrounds as part of the...

Gravity Heights Now Serving Cocktails And Canning Beer!

Gravity Heights Now Canning Beer And Serving Cocktails In Their Outdoor Gardens

Gravity Heights’ is now serving up craft cocktails in their expansive and beautiful beer garden – a perfect place to do some safe-distance-sipping! Because the...

San Diego’s Lost Cause Meadery Wins Big At 2020 Mazer Cup International

Have you ever had mead? If not, it’s time to give it a try! San Diego’s own Lost Cause Meadery was awarded with five medals...

BAKED Opens Its Doors In East Village

East Village’s newest café – BAKED – opened its doors this week. The café features an internationally inspired menu with options including Kolaches, a Central...

Birch Aquarium To Remain Open With New Outdoor Activities

Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego today announced that it will be operating outdoors-only beginning Saturday, November 14 in accordance with...

Fall Flavors Are In The Air At Pop Pie Co. And Stella Jean’s

As we gear up for the fall season, Pop Pie Co. and Stella Jean’s, the pie and ice cream sister shops in University Heights, are...

Snowjam San Diego Is ON This November At The Fairgrounds!

It’s a little different, but it’s happening! SnowJam San Diego is ON for its usual 2nd weekend of November (13th-15th), and there will be amazing...

New At La Valencia: The ‘Bright Bubbly Bar’ Pop-Up Champagne Bar

Don’t miss the first-ever luxe pop-up dining experience in La Valencia‘s iconic El Jardin launching Friday, Nov. 13 and continuing over select dates through Dec....

Berry Good Food Launches 2020 Holiday Gift Auction

Berry Good Food (BGF) announces the launch of a virtual gift auction on its website to support its sustainable food programs in San Diego and...

Art Of Elan Presents Reflections: A Cinematic Collaboration

Reflections: A Cinematic Collaboration Debuting November 10th

Art of Elan has created its first ever concert-length film, combining music, art and dance in the gorgeous and ever-inspiring San Diego Museum of Art....

Fleet Week At Intercontinental San Diego

Killer Views Of Fleet Week At Intercontinental!

When it comes to feeling patriotic there is nothing better than Fleet Week in San Diego. When it arrives November 9-15 the Intercontinental San Diego,...

Trust Restaurant Unveils Fall-Inspired Plates To “Warm You Up” This Season

Trust Unveils Fall-Inspired Plates To “Warm You Up” This Season

Chef Brad Wise is inviting diners to snuggle up and get cozy as they enjoy fall-inspired dishes unveiled this week on Trust Restaurant‘s celebrated sharable...

Charles + Dinorah Fall Menu, Cocktails To-Go, And Holiday Movies

Charles + Dinorah Rolls Out New Fall Menu, Cocktails To-Go, And Holiday Movies

Charles + Dinorah at The Pearl Hotel has prepared a fall dinner menu, food & cocktails to go, and December dinner and a movie lineup...

Generous Philanthropist Bought $60,000 Worth Of Toys At Geppetto's

A Feel Good Story To Start The Holiday Season

Geppetto’s Del Mar Highlands Town Center has been selected as the go-to toy store destination for a generous philanthropist who is purchasing $60,000 worth of...