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.
Dine With Local Farmers At This Award-Winning Garden Affair
No doubt the San Diego County Fair will be bringing 26 days of summer amazingness to our fine city – including one of the hottest...
Highly Anticipated Park 101 Opens In Carlsbad This July
https://www.instagram.com/p/BVQdMnKh04x/?taken-by=park101_ That deli, dough. We had the tough task of writing about burgeoning Carlsbad Village’s newest upgrade, Park 101, earlier this year. While having looked through...
CraftHounds Deliver Craft Beer Straight From The Tap
So picture this: You have a killer week crushing it at that San Diego startup of yours. Or perhaps, you’re just happy the work day...
A Food Truck & Music Fest, Every Friday In June
What do you do with an empty lot in this city? You fill it with food trucks and music! True to San Diego nature, the...
The Big List Of Things To Do This Weekend In San Diego
If there’s one thing we San Diegans like as much as music and food, it’s adventure. Good thing this weekend is chock-full of all three....
The Classiest July 4th Party We’ve Ever Seen…
https://www.instagram.com/p/BQ6Iih4FUE_/ There’s no question that the 4th of July is one of the most exciting holidays in our fine city. But have you ever known...
The Tour De Fat Brings Its Wild Festival To San Diego
https://www.instagram.com/p/BLG-QUIBluj/?taken-by=tourdefat The Tour de Fat is traveling all over the country, and we San Diegans need to show them what exactly we’re made of! Are...
Distilled Spirit & Cocktail Festival At The Del Mar Fairgrounds
It’s not just concerts, cotton candy and ferris wheels that are being served up at the Del Mar Fairgrounds this summer. On June 24th, our...
Here’s Why 70k People Come To The OB Street Fair & Chili Cook-Off Festival
Chili and music. Hello, hello. With 38 years tenure, the Ocean Beach Street Fair & Chili Cook-Off Festival is a no-brainer. At least, 70,000 visitors seem...
The Best Deals This Week In San Diego
Follow a pole dancing class, or spearfishing, with one of these many wonderful brewery deals—sounds like a winning combination to us. It’s summer. Let loose....
Food, Dance And Culture At The San Diego Night Market
One of the coolest cultural events is coming back to San Diego this summer. For the weekend of June 24th and June 25th, Kearny Office...
Your Guide To This Week’s San Diego Concerts
Hip hop and country legends, neo-soul and a local band’s album spreads its wings—you’re in for too many treats this weekend. Brad Paisley – 6/23...
Your Guide To This Week’s North County Concerts
Local music is barring its teeth in North County. Even at the San Diego County Fair, we have one of our own headlining. If you’re...
A Gastronomic Trek On Adams Avenue
We live in San Diego. That makes us adventurers. Adventurers of beautiful natural areas like beaches, coves, lagoons and hikes… and adventurers of the more epicurean sorts...
Matt Meyer Bicycled A Rhino From Canada To Mexico – Help Him Save The ‘Chubby Grey Unicorn’
“Rhinos are just chubby grey unicorns,” claims Matt Meyer, a South African man who is making waves (or tire marks, rather) in wildlife preservation. Living...
A Gourmet Food Fight Between Morton’s And Oceanaire. BE THERE!
Allow us to start this one with a little education on words: “Epicure: (gourmet), a person interested in food, sometimes with overtones of excessive refinement.”...
The Big List Of Things To Do This Weekend In San Diego
Museums, festivals and music—oh, my! Sprinkle a little craft beer and tasty food throughout—you have yourself a weekend! Thursday, June 15 https://www.instagram.com/p/_0h-yMJpZp/?tagged=mocasandiego ‘Downtown At Sundown’...
The Nitro Circus Comes To San Diego For The First Time Ever
Normally we don’t start a post with a video, but is there any way words can do this video justice!? Well, we’ll start with the name:...
Dip Into An Amazing Resort This Summer – Sans Check-In!
https://www.instagram.com/p/BVAqLYtAVmu/?taken-by=resortpass Alright San Diegans, the official first day of summer is T-8 days away, so let’s get your summer game strong. The fancy, luxurious, without-the-high-cost...
Best Deals This Week In San Diego
Why not take a load off—it’s summer after all—and have a beer at the San Diego County Fair? Or grab a cookie at San Diego...
Your Guide To This Week’s North County Concerts
It’s a local’s weekend with a critically acclaimed country star thrown into the mix, but we’ll consider Darius Rucker an honorary Californian for this one....
Your Guide To This Week’s San Diego Concerts
Whether you’re in the mood for some classic ska or ‘80s alt rock, San Diego will provide this weekend. If you’re feeling more folksy or...
The Taste Of Gaslamp Serves Up Your Dose Of Burgers, Whiskey, Paella And More
Pssst. You probably need this burger in your life. https://www.instagram.com/p/BUplluuhIAo/?taken-by=gaslampquarter And you know, why not a splash of these refreshing drinks, too? https://www.instagram.com/p/BVF-yTaFGRG/?taken-by=whiskeygirlsd How about all...
Step Inside The Homes Of South Park At The 19th Annual Old House Fair
In 1906, a San Diego Union Tribune ad read: “Come to South Park to live; to breathe the best air; to see the finest view;...
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