Best Restaurants 2025 Vote: Best of San Diego 2026 Ballot Reviews Food News Openings Happy Half Hour Staff Picks Main Dish (Newsletter)

You’ve Had a California Burrito, ...

Read article

Food & Drink

It’s Soft Shell Crab Season, But ...

Read article

Food & Drink

An Immersive Speakeasy Opens In Enc...

Read article

Everything SD

Arts & Culture Living & Design Health & Fitness Sports Love & Dating Charitable SD Guides Partner Content Best of San Diego (Newsletter) Best of San Diego, 2025

15 Things to Do in San Diego This W...

Read article

Things to Do

The Best Things to Do in San Diego:...

Read article

Features

The Eight Architects Who Defined Mo...

Read article

Search

Podcast

Happy Half Hour Podcast

Podcast

From Tia’s Pozole to Top Chef—Claudette Zepeda Books It

The San Diego chef shares the stories of a borderland kid split between restaurant life and TV land

Listen now

Find this podcast on

SPOTIFY

Apple podcast

About

The weekly guide to San Diego’s food + drink scene, hosted by Food Network personality Troy Johnson and San Diego Magazine’s culture brain, Jackie Bryant. Field notes and perspectives on restaurants, bars, and chefs—including new dishes and drinks you gotta try, restaurant openings and closings, events worth your time, and pretty funny-enlightening interviews with chefs, restaurant owners, farmers, brewers, and makers who make San Diego’s food + drink scene hum.

LATEST EPISODES

Podcast

Why Valentina Is the Most Leucadia Restaurant in Leucadia

Listen now

Podcast

The Wild Tale Behind Relic Bakery's Origin Story

Listen now

Podcast

Pro Surfer Benji Weatherley Credits Cooking With Saving Him

Listen now

Podcast

...

The Steakhouse That Replaced Saska's Is Worth the Hunt for Parking

Listen now

Podcast

...

10,000 Pounds of Crawfish & One Big Accordion-Fueled Fever Dream

Listen now

Podcast

French Food Isn’t Just Butter and Cool-Sounding Words

Listen now

MORE EPISODES

Podcast

...

San Diego Mag’s Chef of the Year (2024) Looks Back at 10 Years

Listen now

Podcast

...

San Diego’s Accursio Lota Has Won Italy’s Highest Chef Award

Listen now

Podcast

Where to Get the Best Hot Dogs in San Diego

Listen now

Podcast

Where to Get the Best Sardines in San Diego

Listen now

Podcast

The Short List for SDM’s Best Restaurants

Listen now

Podcast

Your Favorite Bartender Eats at The Lion's Share

Listen now

Podcast

James Beard Nominee Tara Monsod on the Rise of Filipino Food

Listen now

Podcast

The Secret Spot Serving Affordable Ribeye in San Diego

Listen now

Podcast

Naming the Best Soups in San Diego at Coco Maya

Listen now

Podcast

...

A Per Se Alum Opens a Bodega & Ozempic is Bumming Out Restaurant Culture

Listen now

Podcast

Why San Diego’s Neighborhood Bars Still Matter

Listen now

Podcast

One of Little Italy’s Top Chefs Returns

Listen now

Podcast

San Diego’s First Women’s Sports Bar Lands in North Park

Listen now

Podcast

San Diego's Roast Beef Awakening

Listen now

Podcast

...

Cesarina & Elvira's Niccolò Angius on Pasta's Staying Power

Listen now

Podcast

...

Lucien Lands in La Jolla With a 13-Course, Big League Tasting Menu

Listen now

Podcast

Megastar Guy Fieri on Building an Empire & What’s Next

Listen now

Podcast

...

Checking in With SD's Oldest Bar, Where Tequila is Cheaper Than Therapy

Listen now

Podcast

...

Inside Le Coq’s Revival with Brian Malarkey and Chris Puffer

Listen now

Podcast

Andrew Zimmern Stops By to Talk Future and Myths of Seafood

Listen now

Podcast

Spinning Spanish Wine Into Magic at Finca

Listen now

Podcast

...

Viral TikTok Star Katie Brooks on Hand-Making Gnocchi on a Plane

Listen now

Podcast

...

How Craft Beer Built San Diego’s Food Scene and What’s Brewing Next

Listen now

Podcast

Lana Puts a Fresh Spin on Coastal Dining in San Diego

Listen now

You’ve Had a California Burrito, ...

It’s Soft Shell Crab Season, But ...

An Immersive Speakeasy Opens In Enc...

15 Things to Do in San Diego This W...

The Best Things to Do in San Diego:...

The Eight Architects Who Defined Mo...

You’ve Had a California Burrito, ...

15 Things to Do in San Diego This W...

The Best Things to Do in San Diego:...

Omakase Open

Best of San Diego Party 2026

Celebrating Women Summit 2026

From Tia’s Pozole to Top Chef—C...

Why Valentina Is the Most Leucadia ...

The Wild Tale Behind Relic Bakery's...

Publisher's Note: Restaurants Are P...

The Eight Architects Who Defined Mo...

The Best Concierge in the Country I...

Publisher's Note: Restaurants Are P...

You’ve Had a California Burrito, ...

Discover Luxury Living with Toll Br...

Happy Half Hour Podcast

From Tia’s Pozole to Top Chef—Claudette Zepeda Books It

About

LATEST EPISODES

Why Valentina Is the Most Leucadia Restaurant in Leucadia

The Wild Tale Behind Relic Bakery's Origin Story

Pro Surfer Benji Weatherley Credits Cooking With Saving Him

...

The Steakhouse That Replaced Saska's Is Worth the Hunt for Parking

...

10,000 Pounds of Crawfish & One Big Accordion-Fueled Fever Dream

French Food Isn’t Just Butter and Cool-Sounding Words

MORE EPISODES

...

San Diego Mag’s Chef of the Year (2024) Looks Back at 10 Years

...

San Diego’s Accursio Lota Has Won Italy’s Highest Chef Award

Where to Get the Best Hot Dogs in San Diego

Where to Get the Best Sardines in San Diego

The Short List for SDM’s Best Restaurants

Your Favorite Bartender Eats at The Lion's Share

James Beard Nominee Tara Monsod on the Rise of Filipino Food

The Secret Spot Serving Affordable Ribeye in San Diego

Naming the Best Soups in San Diego at Coco Maya

...

A Per Se Alum Opens a Bodega & Ozempic is Bumming Out Restaurant Culture

Why San Diego’s Neighborhood Bars Still Matter

One of Little Italy’s Top Chefs Returns

San Diego’s First Women’s Sports Bar Lands in North Park

San Diego's Roast Beef Awakening

...

Cesarina & Elvira's Niccolò Angius on Pasta's Staying Power

...

Lucien Lands in La Jolla With a 13-Course, Big League Tasting Menu

Megastar Guy Fieri on Building an Empire & What’s Next

...

Checking in With SD's Oldest Bar, Where Tequila is Cheaper Than Therapy

...

Inside Le Coq’s Revival with Brian Malarkey and Chris Puffer

Andrew Zimmern Stops By to Talk Future and Myths of Seafood

Spinning Spanish Wine Into Magic at Finca

...

Viral TikTok Star Katie Brooks on Hand-Making Gnocchi on a Plane

...

How Craft Beer Built San Diego’s Food Scene and What’s Brewing Next

Lana Puts a Fresh Spin on Coastal Dining in San Diego

Contact Us