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.

The Children’s Nature Retreat Makes For A Great Day With The Kids!

The Children’s Nature Retreat, a 20-acre animal sanctuary in Alpine with 140-plus domesticated animals, is a perfect day-trip adventure with the kids! Located in Alpine,...

Get To Know More About Arts District Liberty Station Installations

Liberty Station is an absolute gem of our community for so many reasons…not least of which is the amazing art you’ll find throughout the grounds....

One Paseo Donates Over $100,000 To Local School Districts

One Paseo, the mixed use development located in San Diego’s Carmel Valley neighborhood, is making a large monetary donation totaling $107,000 to eight neighboring school...

Corner Chicken Dares You To Join The XXX Spice Challenge

August 19th is National Hot and Spicy Food Day, and if you think your taste buds have what it takes, you won’t want to miss...

AleSmith And Anvil Of Hope Brew Support For Frontline Workers

AleSmith Brewing Company, along with their newly-established nonprofit, Anvil of Hope, has officially released its AleSmith for Hope Hazy IPA. This exciting release demonstrates the...

San Diego Peace Pilot, Robert DeLaurentis, Completes Pole-to-Pole Circumnavigation During Pandemic

San Diego Peace Pilot Completes Pole-to-Pole Circumnavigation During Pandemic

Nine months and several “pandemic pauses” after take-off on a planned five-month global Pole-to-Pole peace mission, “One Planet, One People, One Plane: Oneness for Humanity,”...

Taking The Hot Pot Experience Outdoors

Family-owned and operated, Clairemont Mesa’s Mongolian Hot Pot and Mira Mesa’s Shabu Works have continued to stay creative during these times with the launch of...

San Diego Event Workers Unite At The Empty Event Rally To Fight For Industry Support

As a result of the Covid-19 Pandemic, businesses, employees and attendees have faced the catastrophic effects of bans on mass gatherings. With over 12 million people...

Feeding San Diego Benefits From Plating Change Program To Support A Local Restaurant While Combatting Hunger

Feeding San Diego Continues To Support Youth Facing Hunger This Summer With Six Additional Sites

This summer, Feeding San Diego is supporting youth in need with the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP), a critical part of its hunger-relief services across...

Del Mar Highlands Town Center Welcomes New Tenants This Fall & Winter

Del Mar Highlands Town Center has announced newly opened and incoming retailers for fall 2020 and winter 2021. The popular local children’s boutique, Pickybunny, opened...

Join Ranch 45 For Fritz Under The Stars Dining Experience

Ranch 45 will be hosting a socially-distanced, wine dinner on their patio. The dinner, dubbed Fritz Under the Stars, will feature a four course dinner,...

Concerts In Your Car Is A New Entertainment Experience This Holiday Season

Concerts And Drive-In Movies Are Coming To Westfield North County And Westfield Mission Valley

This Sunday, come to Westfield Mission Valley, in the mall’s parking lot area, as they host “Movies Under the Stars”! The parking will open at...

Saint Archer Brewing Company Launches R&D Series

While it’s easy to focus on the negative implications of the pandemic on the craft beer industry, San Diego based Saint Archer Brewing Company was...

Virtual Cooking With Rocco DiSpirito And Brian Malarkey

On Monday, August 10, Chef Rocco DiSpirito will be joining Brian Malarkey in his virtual cooking class series, “Cooking with Malarkey.” The two have shared...

Little Italy Celebrates Buon Ferragosto This August 15th

Buon Ferragosto! The Italian ‘Celebration Of Rest’ Happens In Little Italy August 15th

Every year, the Little Italy Association celebrates the traditional summer Italian holiday “Feriae Augusti”. Celebrated on August 15, Ferragosto is a national Italian holiday with...

Mavericks Beach Club Launches New Brunch Menu

Weekends in PB just got a lot more exciting, as Mavericks Beach Club is launching a brand-new brunch menu! On Saturdays and Sunday, from 10:00...

Trust Restaurant Group Continues Expansion

Trust Restaurant Group To Transform North Park’s Heart & Trotter Into The Wise Ox Butcher & Eatery

Trust Restaurant Group (TRG) announced today that it has inked a deal with long-time friends, James Holtslag and Trey Nichols of the Heart & Trotter,...

Union Kitchen & Tap Gaslamp Reopened!

Union Kitchen & Tap Gaslamp has officially reopened for outdoor dining Thursday through Sunday! Equipped with extended patio seating to accommodate diners safely, the location...

Chef Cesarina Mezzoni’s New Brunch + Seasonal Dishes And Summer Spritz

Chef/Partner Cesarina Mezzoni is the dazzling muse and young entrepreneur at the forefront of Cesarina Ristorante in Point Loma. This rising star is a force to be reckoned with, and...

Margarita Mondays At Point Loma Fish Shop

Point Loma Fish Shop is kicking off August with their brand-new Margarita Mondays – a deal you won’t want to miss out on! Beginning Monday,...

ANIMAE Is Now Open For Dinner In ‘The Garden’

Under the guidance of the new Culinary Director, James Beard Award Winner, Nate Appleman, ANIMAE’s eclectic West Coast cuisine, layered with Asian influences, returns with...

City Tacos Launches Reverse Happy Hour Special

City Tacos Brings Tacos To Belmont Park

City Tacos taqueria sets up an exclusive pop-up installation at Belmont Park, in partnership with the iconic Mission Beach attraction. https://www.instagram.com/p/CDXCFbHDEz3/ Beginning Saturday, August 1st,...

San Diego Design Week Set For September 9-13

This fall, San Diego joins an international community of design weeks with the debut of the inaugural San Diego Design Week (SDDW), a five-day celebration of...

Kilowatt Brewing Partners With Local Muralists To Enhance Partitioned Patio In OB

Kilowatt Brewing Partners With Local Muralists To Make Distancing As Beautiful As Possible

We love this – Kilowatt Brewing has been partnering with local artists to paint murals on the large partition walls of their Ocean Beach tasting...