No less than three dozen high-profile eating places and bars are slated to open in San Diego County in 2022. Right here’s a preview of what’s to return.
Angelo, Level Loma
The trio behind Level Loma’s fashionable Italian pasta home Cesarina — chef Cesarina Mezzoni, her husband Niccolò Angius and their enterprise companion Giuseppe Capasso — will open their second Italian restaurant proper throughout the road subsequent yr. Angelo will likely be a Neapolitan pizzeria with an in-house Southern Italian artisan cheese manufacturing facility. The brand new location will embrace a made-to-order cake bakery, gourmand retail store and offsite catering firm. Opening within the fall. 4160 Voltaire St., San Diego. cesarinarestaurant.com
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Breakfast Republic, a number of areas
San Diego’s Rise & Shine Hospitality continues to increase its footprint with 5 new areas of its three breakfast and lunch restaurant ideas opening in 2022. Three Breakfast Republic areas will open at 3658 Fifth Ave. in Hillcrest, 9844 Hibert St. in Scripps Ranch and 637 Pearl St. in La Jolla. An Eggies walk-up breakfast sandwich window will open on the new La Jolla location. And Mission Valley Breakfast Firm will open at 8590 Rio San Diego Drive, Suite 101, San Diego. riseandshinerg.com
Captain’s Quarters, Pacific Seaside
Matthew Spencer’s SDCM Restaurant Group will open this gin-focused cocktail lounge subsequent door to its Grass Skirt hidden tiki bar in P.B. The 1,472-square-foot bar will function gin-based cocktails by beverage director Eric Johnson and a small bites menu from SDCM government chef Brian Redzikowski. The design, by Costa Mesa’s Davis Ink (The Grass Skirt, Huntress Steak Home) will evoke the captain’s quarters on an 18th-century crusing ship. Opening in spring or summer time. 1910 Grand Ave., San Diego. sdcm.com
Chick ‘n Hawk, Encinitas
Skateboarding legend Tony Hawk and former Jeune et Jolie chef Andrew Bachelier have teamed as much as launch a gourmand hen sandwich store within the former Fulano’s restaurant house in Encinitas. The restaurant will serve hen sandwiches in addition to recent seafood objects and cocktails. Opening within the spring. 145 Leucadia Blvd., Encinitas. instagram.com/chefbachelier
Coco Maya, Little Italy
From the homeowners of Miss B’s Coconut Membership in Mission Seaside, this second-floor restaurant and cocktail bar with a design by GTC Design Studio (Fort Oak and Uncommon Society) will replicate the “boho stylish” vibes of Tulum, Mexico. The menu will combine Caribbean-inspired dishes with Jamaican coal-pot cooking strategies and the bar will function tequila drinks impressed by the Yucatán Peninsula. Opening in March. 1660 India Avenue, San Diego. instagram.com/cocomayasd
The Cottage, Encinitas
The Cottage, a La Jolla-based breakfast-lunch cafe for almost 30 years, will open its second location within the former Native Meals Café house within the Encinitas Village buying heart. It’ll open in early 2022. 127 N. El Camino Actual, Encinitas. cottagelajolla.com
Crack Taco Store, Marina District
This Mission Valley-based taqueria will open its second location in Seaport Village. Named for its tacos, that are made with “Cardiff Crack,” a neighborhood burgundy pepper tri-tip steak product, and house-made corn tortillas. It’ll additionally serve burritos, Micheladas, beer, wine and sangria. Opening in the summertime. 849 W. Harbor Drive, San Diego. cracktacoshop.com
El Sueño, Outdated City
Very like its Outdated City counterpart, Trattoria Don Pietro, El Sueño would be the product of Pietro Busalacchi’s worldwide travels — on this case, in Mexico, from Tijuana to Chiapas. El Sueño will likely be a service-forward restaurant the place diners aren’t rushed, and can provide late-night hours. Opening in early Could. 2836 Juan St., San Diego.
Finjan, Kearny Mesa
From the creators of Kearny Mesa’s fashionable Center Jap avenue meals spot Tahini, longtime mates Osama Shabaik and Mahmoud “Moody” Barkawi are planning a neighboring café that can serve Center Jap espresso drinks utilizing native roaster James Espresso and recent pastries, together with the Arab world favourite knafeh. Opening in January. 9119 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., Suite G, San Diego. tahinistreetfood.com
The Fish Store, Little Italy
This San Diego recent fish restaurant firm — with areas in Pacific Seaside, Encinitas and Level Loma — will open its fourth location in Little Italy. Diners can select their fresh-catch fish, its marinade or seasoning and its preparation in a salad, sandwich, plate or taco. Opening in late spring or early summer time. 1620 State St., San Diego. thefishshops.com
Gladstone’s, Marina District
This L.A. restaurant chain, with areas in Malibu and Lengthy Seaside, will introduce a brand new idea at San Diego’s Seaport Village, serving traditional seafood dishes together with fish plates, Maine lobster and extra. It’ll open in a 9,684-square-foot constructing with a wrap-around patio that’s a part of a deliberate enlargement on the bayside buying heart. Opening within the fall. 849 W. Harbor Drive, San Diego. gladstones.com
Glass Field San Diego, Carmel Valley
This Asian coastal-inspired kitchen and bar will open within the final unoccupied restaurant house on the Del Mar Sky Deck eating collective. Operated by chef Ethan Yang of Zen Fashionable Asian Bistro in Sabre Springs, Glass Field will provide yakitori, sushi and different Asian dishes at a eating bar the place company encompass the cooks on three sides. Opening within the spring. 3790 Townsgate Drive, San Diego. instagram.com/glassboxsd
Go Go Amigo, Liberty Station
Good Time Design hospitality group will quickly open this indoor-outdoor Mexican restaurant and bar within the former El Jardin house at Liberty Station. Govt chef Todd Nash’s menu will function shareable plates of traditional Mexican fare, together with rockfish and pulpo agua chile, hen tinga grilled cheese, tacos, soups, salads and desserts. The bar menu will likely be tequila-focused. Opening in February. 2885 Perry Highway, San Diego. goodtimedesignsd.com
The Hangar, Oceanside
This multitenant, 14,500-square-foot constructing close to Oceanside Municipal Airport will likely be house to a vineyard, tasting rooms and meals companies. Carruth Cellars City Vineyard would be the anchor tenant, utilizing the house to provide as much as 15,000 instances of wine yearly and its fourth tasting room. Adam Jester’s Tipping Pint Brewing Co. can even use the house as a brewery and 12-tap tasting room. A chilly-prep kitchen can even be obtainable for meals distributors. Opening in early 2022. 3229 Roymar Highway, Oceanside. carruthcellars.com
Hell’s Kitchen, Valley Middle
Harrah’s Resort Southern California will open the third U.S. outlet of Michelin-starred chef Gordon Ramsay’s new restaurant firm, impressed by the design and dishes of his long-running Fox TV present “Hell’s Kitchen.” The massive-scale restaurant, which replaces the on line casino’s pandemic-shuttered buffet, could have 332 seats and can embrace a restaurant, lounge and bar. Opening within the spring. 777 S Resort Drive, Valley Middle. harrahssocal.com
Joya Natural Kitchen, La Jolla
Clique Hospitality — operator of Lionfish and Serēa eating places — will open this huge breakfast, lunch, joyful hour restaurant and occasions house at The Boardwalk at Science Middle Drive, a three-building lab advanced close to UC San Diego. Cooks JoJo Ruiz and Ryan Bullock will serve fresh-pressed juices, smoothies, acai bowls, and occasional, a seasonal lunch menu and domestically impressed cocktail menu at joyful hour. Opening in February. 10275 Science Middle Drive, San Diego. cliquehospitality.com
Kingfisher Cocktail Bar & Eatery, Golden Hill
From the homeowners of Crab Hut in Mira Mesa, this long-awaited restaurant will serve Southeast Asian meals with a California sensibility. Specialties of the home will embrace Vietnamese hen curry, citrus-cooked uncommon beef salad and olive oil-poached shrimp salad. Opening within the coming months. 2469 Broadway, San Diego. kingfishersd.com
The Lab Collaborative, Oceanside
The Lab Collaborative will embrace a restaurant, a cellular meals truck, the Jet Gasoline Espresso Bar and a farm. The restaurant will likely be a chef-driven Coastal California American-style bistro that includes 10 beers on faucet, a global wine program and craft cocktails. Opening in early January. 201 N. Cleveland St., Oceanside. thelabcollaborative.com
Liberty Station Wine Backyard, Level Loma
Carruth Cellars City Vineyard will open a ten,000-square-foot, indoor/out of doors wine backyard within the Arts District at Liberty Station. Its point of interest will likely be a copper-topped bar with two massive out of doors patios. It’ll serve house-made paninis, salads and build-your-own cheese and charcuterie boards to enhance Carruth’s California-style wines in flights, glasses and bottles. Opening within the spring. 2710 Historic Decatur Highway, Suite No. 101, Barracks 17, San Diego. carruthcellars.com
Louisiana Charlie’s, Marina District
This Lengthy Seaside seaside New Orleans-style seafood restaurant will open its second location at Seaport Village. It makes a speciality of Cajun and Creole dishes such a fish boils, jambalaya, gumbo and po-boy sandwiches, in addition to child again ribs. Opening in February. 849 West Harbor Drive, Suite 55, San Diego. louisianacharlies.com
Madam Bonnie’s, Gaslamp Quarter
This new American restaurant and bar will open within the Gaslamp’s historic 1905 Resort Lester constructing. It’s named after Bertha “Bonnie” White, who ran a “respectable” brothel on the property within the Twenties. The menu will embrace shareable plates like Cajun prime rib bites in addition to salads, home biscuits, rotisserie meats, heat brioche bread pudding and ice cream flights. The bar will serve draft beers, wines and vodka, bourbon and gin cocktails. Opening in late February. 411 Market St., San Diego. madambonnies.com
Mak Mak Natural, Oceanside
Elegant restaurant group chef and founder James Limjoco will launch an Asian avenue meals restaurant idea in downtown Oceanside. Mak Mak’s specialty would be the Thai dish khao mun ghai (Hainenese hen) and the restaurant will make its personal tofu, exhausting seltzer and kombucha in-house. Opening within the spring. 121 N. Cleveland St., Oceanside.
Malibu Farm, Marina District
Chef Helene Henderson and actor-director John Stockwell will open the ninth and largest restaurant of their Malibu-born worldwide restaurant chain within the former two-story Harbor Home location in Seaport Village. After a serious renovation, the property could have a full-service eating room, an ice cream and espresso bar and a house good retailer. Opening in the summertime or fall. 831 W Harbor Drive, San Diego. malibu-farm.com
Mamá Por Dios, Gaslamp Quarter
This Beverly Hills-born upscale Mexican restaurant chain will quickly open its first San Diego County location within the former Bice restaurant location within the Gaslamp. It serves conventional Mexican delicacies with seafood, steaks, cocktails and gives a nightlife ambiance that features a gown code, dwell mariachis and DJs. Opening in the summertime or fall. 425 Island Ave., San Diego. mamapordios.com
Marisi Italiano, La Jolla
San Diego’s Puesto Mexican restaurant staff will quickly open its first Italian restaurant within the former Whisknladle house in La Jolla. Chef Chad Huff, previously of Broad Avenue Oyster in L.A., will put together house-made pastas, carpaccios and seafood dishes. Marisi can even have full bar program — together with housemade limoncello — led by Puesto’s bar and spirits director Beau de Bois. Opening in late spring. 1044 Wall St., La Jolla. marisilajolla.com
Mediterranean Room, La Jolla
La Valencia Resort will reimagine its The Med restaurant in celebration of the inn’s ninety fifth anniversary. Moreover reverting to its unique title, the Mediterranean Room, the lodge’s signature restaurant can even be transformed with a brand new patio and bar and a brand new seasonally pushed California-Mediterranean menu for brunch, lunch and dinner. Opening this winter. 1132 Prospect St., La Jolla. lavalencia.com
Naegi, Oceanside
Initially a pop-up in entrance of the not too long ago opened Fashionable Japanese restaurant Matsu, Naegi serves karaage (Japanese fried hen) and Japanese sandwiches served on house-made Hokkaido milk bread. Chef-owner William Eick is now serving the Naegi menu from a meals truck (Tuesdays and Wednesdays exterior Matsu, and beginning Monday at South O Brewing Co.) with plans for a brick-and-mortar restaurant in Oceanside within the spring. Location to be introduced. eatatnaegi.com
Outdated Harbor Distilling Co., Marina District
This East Village distillery will open its first satellite tv for pc tasting room and eatery idea within the previous lighthouse constructing at Seaport Village. Dishes will embrace clam chowder, oysters and domestically caught fish and chips with beers and wine in addition to cocktails that includes Outdated Harbor spirits that embrace vodka, gin and whiskey. Opening in the summertime. 849 W. Harbor Drive, San Diego. oldharbordistilling.com
Pâtisserie Mélanie, North Park
Chef Melanie Dunn opened her Paris-inspired pastry store on Park Boulevard in Hillcrest on Valentine’s Day in 2018, nevertheless it completely closed in March 2020, because of the pandemic. Pâtisserie Mélanie will quickly reopen in a brand new location in North Park. The restaurant was identified for serving regional French pastries reminiscent of kouign-amanns and cannelés, coffees, teas and traditional Parisian lunch fare. Opening in early 2022. 3750 thirtieth St., San Diego. patisseriemelanie.com
Q&A/CocoCabana, Oceanside
The soon-to-open Brick Resort in downtown Oceanside will host two new restaurant-bar ideas from Grind and Prosper Hospitality. Resort government chef Quinnton Austin, a Louisiana native, will helm Q&A, an intimate, ground-floor New Orleans-style restaurant and oyster bar. He’ll additionally oversee meals at CocoCabana, a rooftop Caribbean cocktail bar serving a small-bites menu. Each will open in April. 408 Pier View Manner, Oceanside. thebrickhotel.com
Shorebird, Marina District
With areas in Newport Seaside and Sedona, Ariz., Shorebird will open its third location in San Diego’s Seaport Village. Chef Jay Bogsinske’s menu options coastal and informal fare reminiscent of sushi, salads, sandwiches, tacos and seafood platters. It’ll open in a 2,272-square-foot constructing that’s a part of a brand new enlargement on the bayside buying heart. Opening within the fall. 849 W. Harbor Drive, San Diego. shorebirdca.com
Temaki Bar Handroll & Sake, Encinitas
Clique Hospitality will open this Japanese hand roll and sake bar subsequent to Loss of life by Tequila in downtown Encinitas. Made-to-order objects will embrace a signature tuna roll with home spicy sauce. Different temaki choices will embrace blue crab, yellowtail, salmon and extra. Opening in March. 75 South Coast Freeway 101, Encinitas. cliquehospitality.com
The Clever Ox Butcher + Eatery, Carlsbad
Belief Restaurant Group owner-chef Brad Clever will open the second location of his 1-year-old North Park-born artisan butcher store and restaurant firm within the newly renovated The Beacon buying heart in La Costa. Opening within the spring. 7720-7790 El Camino Actual, Carlsbad. thewiseoxsd.com
Zest Wine Bistro, Lemon Grove
Karina Kravalis, founding father of Giardino Neighborhood Cucina in Lemon Grove, will quickly open this second idea subsequent door. It’ll serve a small menu of charcuterie boards, spreads, breads, small plates and sweets to enhance a drink menu of premium wines not sometimes offered by the glass from all over the world. A beer menu will function each native craft brews and worldwide manufacturers. Opening in January. 8129 Broadway, Lemon Grove. zestwinebistro.com
Zytoun Gourmand Mediterranean, Marina District
The homeowners of Aladdin Mediterranean Restaurant in San Diego will open this new full-service Greek and Mediterranean restaurant serving shish kabobs, tabouli, falafel and different traditional dishes. It’ll open alongside the boardwalk within the Carousel District of Seaport Village. Opening in the summertime. 849 W. Harbor Drive, San Diego. seaportvillage.com
Wild card?: Nicely Fed, Nationwide Metropolis
South Bay chef-entrepreneur Phillip Esteban has been on the lookout for a location to open his long-anticipated Filipino fine-dining restaurant and cocktail bar, however a deal for house not too long ago fell via. His purpose to search out an older constructing in Nationwide Metropolis that he can revamp. Plans to open stay agency, nevertheless it’s not clear when or the place this may occur.