The Craving: San Diego Food + Drink – Week of May 18, 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.
Foundation for Women Warriors Unsung Heroes: The Story Of America’s Female Patriots
A Free San Diego Veterans Day Event: Unsung Heroes
On Veterans Day (11/11) from 2PM to 5PM, San Diego nonprofit, Foundation for Women Warriors (FFWW), is hosting a free screening of documentary Unsung Heroes:...
Veterans Sail Free On Triton Charters All November
Veterans Sail Free On Triton Charters All November
Triton Charters, San Diego’s newest and largest catamaran charter, will be honoring military veterans, active-duty members and their families all November long. Veterans and active-duty...
Sign Up For This Week’s Seven Caves Virtual Cocktail Class
Join us for another Seven Caves Virtual Cocktail Class this Friday, October 30th at 7PM. The theme for this week’s cocktail class is Tricks and...
Socially-Distanced Halloween Happenings Around SD
Socially-Distanced Halloween Happenings Around San Diego
AleSmith Brewing Company AleSmith Brewing Company is embracing the Halloween spirit with their Howl-o-ween costume contest on Thursday starting at 6:30PM! Don your doggos in...
San Diego’s Lions Tigers & Bears Exotic Animal Sanctuary Kicks Off Holiday Season With Special Events
San Diego’s Lions Tigers & Bears Exotic Animal Sanctuary Kicks Off Holiday Season With Special Events
Lions Tigers & Bears, San Diego’s only accredited big cat and bear sanctuary, is welcoming guests to spend the holidays with its residents exotic animals....
A Grand Halloween At The Grand Hyatt San Diego
A Grand Halloween At The Grand Hyatt San Diego
Check in at Grand Hyatt San Diego for a spooktacular family-friendly Halloween filled with socially distant trick-or-treating, themed arts & crafts and activities on the...
The 2nd Annual Halloween In La Mesa Village
The 2nd Annual Halloween In La Mesa Village
Celebrate Halloween in La Mesa Village! The village will provide a free, safe and fun way for families to visit downtown La Mesa and pick...
Be Out. Come Out. Be A Part Of Pride Stride
Be Out. Come Out. Be A Part Of Pride Stride
It’s not a race- everyone can do it! Choose 5k or 10k and then run, walk, dance, prance, or roll at your own pace, anytime...
Maker's Mark Celebration Of Black Chefs
Maker’s Mark Hosts Celebration Of Black Chefs
Save the date for the upcoming Celebration of Black Chefs event, hosted by Maker’s Mark! Enjoy a 4-course tasting dinner + cocktail pairing by Chefs...
Corazón De Vida Hosts A Night In Baja
Virtual Gala Offers Relief To Baja’s Most Vulnerable
On Thursday, October 29th, Corazón de Vida is hosting A Night in Baja! This virtual Gala will benefit the thousands of children who have been...
Carruth Cellars Celebrates 10th Annual Reserve Wine Sale
Carruth Cellars’ 10th Annual Reserve Wine Sale
It’s that time of year! The fresh evening air is a reminder that the cooler, coastal autumn is finally upon us. To mark the season,...
Craft & Commerce Introduces New Dinner Menu To Complement Brunch & Happy Hour Offerings
Craft & Commerce Introduces New Dinner Menu And Executive Chef
Little Italy’s Craft & Commerce is excited to announce the launch of their newest dinner menu, which features a selection of their classic favorites, with...
Eats By Sam Opens At Seaport Village And A Lot More To Come
‘Eats By Sam’ Opens At Seaport Village…With A Lot More To Come
Emmy-award winning television personality, Sam “The Cooking Guy” Zien has earned a reputation as the “everyman’s cook,” appealing to the masses over his decades-long career....
NTC Foundation Announces ARTS DISTRICT Liberty Station Collaborative Grant Recipients
NTC Foundation is announcing the second round of ARTS DISTRICT Collaborative Grants designed to “welcome the public in,” and invite guests to “reawaken their creativity.”...
A Spooky Spokes Week With The San Diego Bike Coalition
A Spooky Spokes Week With The San Diego Bike Coalition
The San Diego Bike Coalition is riding with the ghouls this year for Spooky Spokes Week. To celebrate the Halloween Spirit, the Bike Coalition is...
Events And Workshops From CreativeMornings You Can Attend From Home
Attend CreativeMornings’ Virtual Fieldtrips From Home
Your weekly Virtual FieldTrips roundup is here! Together we are creating our brand strategy, learning the basics for graphic design, practicing our penmanship, and going...
Treat Yourself To Lions Tigers & Bears Pumpkin Bash
Treat Yourself To Lions Tigers & Bears’ New Halloween Tradition – The Pumpkin Bash!
Lions Tigers & Bears, San Diego’s only accredited big cat and bear sanctuary, has a worry-free, festive remedy! Skip the tricks this year, and treat...
Ephrat Asherie Dance Returns To ArtPower With A Series Of Virtual Events
Ephrat Asherie Dance Returns To ArtPower With A Series Of Virtual Events
Award-winning New York City-based b-girl, dancer, and choreographer, Ephrat Asherie, embarks on a virtual dance residency at ArtPower from October 27 through November 19, 2020....
Breakfast Republic Features Traditional Swedish Dish For Brunch
Restaurateur Brings A Taste Of His Home Country To San Diego
Born and raised in Sweden until age 16, Johan Engman has become a prominent industry figure in San Diego since making it his permanent home....
The Presley Launches Weekend Brunch Beginning October 24
The Presley Launches Weekend Brunch Beginning October 24
The Presley, Good Time Design’s (Moonshine Beach, The Blind Burro,) new hotspot in Liberty Station, is excited to announce the launch of their brunch menu,...
California Family Halloween Hike & Seek Challenge
The California Family Halloween Hike & Seek Challenge
Looking for an alternative to Trick-or-Treating this year? Parents need something to do with their kids on Halloween while also keeping them safe. Here’s a...
Saint Archer Pairs With Local Food Partners To Reopen Tasting Rooms
After over six months of closure, Saint Archer Brewing Company is excited to announce it has reopened both of its San Diego tasting rooms. Located...
Get In The Halloween Spirit With Wonderspaces VR Film Gloomy Eyes
Wonderspaces Returns With VR Film Gloomy Eyes To Get You In The Halloween Spirit
Wonderspaces VR is bringing a virtual reality film series to Liberty Station, starting with the spooky virtual reality film Gloomy Eyes, directed by Fernando Moldanado...
Stone Oktoberfest im Garten At Liberty Station
Celebrate Oktoberfest At The ‘Stone Oktoberfest Im Garten’ At Liberty Station
What does the name mean? As you may guess, “Oktoberfest in the Garden. ”Stone Brewing will be hosting another socially-distanced, seated dinner in their gardens...
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