Eater San Diego: La Mesa Scores Arcade Bar & Tap Room, Luxury Cinema for Liberty Station & Little Italy's New Wine Bar
A round-up of the top food and drink stories of the week via Eater San Diego
By Candice Woo and Edited by Monica Garske ••
Eater San Diego shares the top stories of the week from San Diego’s food and drink scene, including word on a new arcade game and beer bar in East County, a preview of THE LOT in Liberty Station and Little Italy's new wine bar and bottle shop.
COIN HAUS Arcade Bar & Tap Room Slots Into La Mesa
Coming this summer to downtown La Mesa is COIN HAUS, a new bar concept from the Cohn Restaurant Group that will open behind BO-beau kitchen + garden. The space, designed with an industrial look and feel, will hold retro arcade games and a shipping container-turned-self-serve beer bar.
THE LOT Luxury Cinema Expands to Liberty Station
Set to premiere this May in Liberty Station is THE LOT, which opened its first location in La Jolla last fall. The luxury movie theater, which offers seat-side food and beverage service in its auditoriums, will screen first-run blockbusters and art house films. It also includes a cafe, restaurant and bar serving breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Monica Garske
Many local vendors will set up shop at Liberty Public Market, selling everything from cheese to meats. The marketplace is slated for an October opening.
Monica Garske
Blueprints give a glimpse at what will soon transform into Liberty Public Market.
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Liberty Meat Shop, owned by Tommy Battaglia, is among the merchants who will set up shop at Liberty Public Market.
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Liberty Meat Shop, owned by Tommy Battaglia, is among the merchants who will set up shop at Liberty Public Market.
Monica Garske
Many local vendors, including Venissimo Cheese, will set up shop at Liberty Public Market, selling everything from cheese to meats. The marketplace is slated for an October opening.
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Coronado's Moo Time Creamery will set up a small space at the marketplace offering a mini menu of cool fan favorites.
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Cecilia's Taqueria will whip up tacos at the marketplace, am exciting, new venture for the Point Loma-based small business.
Monica Garske
An old-fashioned butcher shop at Liberty Public Market will be dubbed the Liberty Meat Shop.
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Fully Loaded Micro Juicery, originally a North County business, will branch out to the marketplace as well.
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Fully Loaded Micro Juicery, originally a North County business, will branch out to the marketplace as well.
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Fully Loaded Micro Juicery, originally a North County business, will branch out to the marketplace as well.
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Wicked Maine Lobster will be among the merchants at the marketplace.
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Liberty Public Market is under construction at Liberty Station, slated for a fall opening. The warehouse-style venue originally housed the Naval Training Center’s commissary in 1921.
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The plans in motion for the marketplace.
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Liberty Public Market is under construction at Liberty Station, slated for a fall opening. The warehouse-style venue originally housed the Naval Training Center’s commissary in 1921.
Monica Garske
Liberty Public Market is under construction at Liberty Station, slated for a fall opening. The warehouse-style venue originally housed the Naval Training Center’s commissary in 1921.
Monica Garske
Liberty Public Market is under construction at Liberty Station, slated for a fall opening. The warehouse-style venue originally housed the Naval Training Center’s commissary in 1921.
Monica Garske
Liberty Public Market is under construction at Liberty Station, slated for a fall opening.
Monica Garske
The Westbean Coffee Roasters is getting in on the buzz at Liberty Public Market, too.
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San Diego's Mastiff Sausage Company will join the lineup of local merchants showcasing their goods at the new Liberty Public Market, opening this October at Liberty Station.
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San Diego's Venissimo Cheese will join the lineup of local merchants showcasing their goods at the new Liberty Public Market, opening this October at Liberty Station.
Monica Garske
Fully Loaded Micro Juicery, based in Encinitas, is among the local merchants joining the LIberty Public Market when it opens this October.
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A glimpse at the space that will soon transform into Liberty Public Market.
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A glimpse at the space that will soon transform into Liberty Public Market.
Monica Garske
Mastiff Sausage Company, a local gourmet food truck, will set up shop (sans wheels) at a mini storefront at Liberty Public Market this fall.
Monica Garske
Venissimo Cheese will join the lineup of merchants at Liberty Public Market this fall.
Monica Garske
Liberty Meat Shop will specialize in old-fashioned butcher services at the marketplace.
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Liberty Public Market – a 22,000-square-foot indoor and outdoor marketplace – is slated to open at 2816 Historic Decatur Rd. this October. The large-scale hospitality project will transform a historic 1920s-era warehouse-style building adjacent to Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens into a vibrant marketplace housing more than 30 merchants selling everything from locally-sourced food to handcrafted goods. These artist renderings by FITCH depict what the marketplace will look like.
FITCH
Liberty Public Market – a 22,000-square-foot indoor and outdoor marketplace – is slated to open at 2816 Historic Decatur Rd. this October. The large-scale hospitality project will transform a historic 1920s-era warehouse-style building adjacent to Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens into a vibrant marketplace housing more than 30 merchants selling everything from locally-sourced food to handcrafted goods. These artist renderings by FITCH depict what the marketplace will look like.
FITCH
Liberty Public Market – a 22,000-square-foot indoor and outdoor marketplace – is slated to open at 2816 Historic Decatur Rd. this October. The large-scale hospitality project will transform a historic 1920s-era warehouse-style building adjacent to Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens into a vibrant marketplace housing more than 30 merchants selling everything from locally-sourced food to handcrafted goods. These artist renderings by FITCH depict what the marketplace will look like.
FITCH
Liberty Public Market – a 22,000-square-foot indoor and outdoor marketplace – is slated to open at 2816 Historic Decatur Rd. this October. The large-scale hospitality project will transform a historic 1920s-era warehouse-style building adjacent to Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens into a vibrant marketplace housing more than 30 merchants selling everything from locally-sourced food to handcrafted goods. These artist renderings by FITCH depict what the marketplace will look like.
FITCH
Liberty Public Market – a 22,000-square-foot indoor and outdoor marketplace – is slated to open at 2816 Historic Decatur Rd. this October. The large-scale hospitality project will transform a historic 1920s-era warehouse-style building adjacent to Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens into a vibrant marketplace housing more than 30 merchants selling everything from locally-sourced food to handcrafted goods. These artist renderings by FITCH depict what the marketplace will look like.
Bottlecraft Opens New Wine Bar & Bottleshop in Little Italy
Bottlecraft, which operates beer tasting bars and stores in Little Italy, North Park and soon Liberty Station, branches out into wine with Vino Carta, the newly-launched wine bar on India Street that now offers wine by the glass or half-glass, plus a large retail assortment of boutique wine from all over the globe.
Crab Hut Launches Third Location in Mira Mesa
Popular Louisiana-inspired seafood restaurant Crab Hut, which currently has eateries in Kearny Mesa and Downtown San Diego, opened in Mira Mesa this week. The new outpost features a new modern design, plus a fresh craft cocktail list and an expanded raw bar featuring oysters and more.
Inside Liberty Public Market's New Restaurant, Mess Hall
San Diego's ambitious new food hall, Liberty Public Market, will soft launch next week. Here's a preview of its in-house restaurant, Mess Hall, which will offer a daily changing menu of dishes made with ingredients sourced directly from the market.
Candice Woo is the founding editor of Eater San Diego, a leading source for news about San Diego’s restaurant and bar scene. Keep up with the latest Eater San Diego content via Facebook or Twitter, and sign up for Eater San Diego’s newsletter here.
