LITTLE ITALY

Pandemic-related restrictions resurfaced for San Diego’s restaurants again this week as COVID-19 cases continued to surge. Eater San Diego shares updates on that big story from our local food and drink scene, plus details on how restaurants are adapting to outdoor dining and even some fresh openings around town.

Nolita Hall, the Little Italy restaurant that temporarily closed last month after an employee tested positive for COVID-19, will stay closed a bit longer than planned.

Nolita Hall in Little Italy will extend its closure by another month. An employee tested positive for COVID-19 there in mid-June and the restaurant closed its doors, with initial plans to reopen on June 30.

Nolita Hall, a bar and restaurant in San Diego’s Little Italy community, has temporarily closed after an employee tested positive for COVID-19.

An employee tested positive at a popular Little Italy restaurant, prompting the restaurant owner to close his business as a precaution. NBC 7’s Priya Sridhar reports.

An employee tested positive at a popular Little Italy restaurant, prompting the restaurant owner to shutter his business as a precaution. NBC 7’s Priya Sridhar reports.

Little Italy debuted its al fresco dining experience allowing restaurants to serve more customers while giving people more space amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Thinking about dining out again? Well, al fresco dining may be the way to do it. Little Italy will debut its outdoor dining initiative this weekend and North County standout Jeune et Jolie will turn its parking lot into an outdoor dining room. Eater San Diego shares details on how restaurants are moving forward in these times of COVID-19.

Dozens of eateries are getting ready to serve diners al fresco — the first large-scale trial of its kind in the county, reports NBC 7’s Melissa Adan.

Hungry, thirsty hordes of San Diego Italian food lovers are going to be saying, “hello, beautiful, soon to Littly Italy, which launched a media blitz Thursday to unveil an outdoor dining plan designed to bring the crowds back to the Mercato, the piazzas and more.

It’s been a little more than two months since restaurants across San Diego County closed their doors to on-site dining. Dine-in service could make a comeback soon if the state approves the county’s accelerated phase 2 plan, but it won’t look quite the same as before. “For us here, we have literally measured the safety distance between the tables,...

Even popular restaurants like Little Italy’s “The Crack Shack” have hit hard economic times, restricted to takeout and delivery orders during the coronavirus pandemic. “We were forced to furlough some people and we were forced to close our doors,” said Nicole Rogers, The Crack Shack’s marketing director. It has been over a month since San Diego County issued its...

There is a nationwide effort to save the restaurant industry which is struggling with coronavirus closures. A coalition of U.S. restaurants declared today, the Great American Takeout Day. Buon Appetito is one of a handful of Little Italy Restaurants trying to stay afloat by offering takeout, curbside service, and even delivery. Takeout may have fewer frills then the regular...

NBC 7’s Dave Summers reports from Little Italy where customers are still ordering their favorite foods, they’re just not eating it there.

Since January 2018 the city of San Diego has paid $2.35 million in damages from broken water mains. The payouts will continue, as on Tuesday city crews rushed to fix two major water pipe breaks, one in Bay Park that forced 234 people to go without water and another which flooded homes and streets in North Park. The data, obtained…

Sam “The Cooking Guy” Zien is bringing something special to San Diego’s culinary scene. And he’s doing that by being himself: just your average guy who likes to cook tasty things.

Officers with the San Diego Police Department stumbled upon a downright “fishy” incident Tuesday morning: a truck spilled a large load of fresh tuna on the road in Little Italy.

It was a smelly situation in Little Italy for crews cleaning up tuna. NBC 7’s Greg Bledsoe has more.

After 26 years in business in the heart of Little Italy, the Cohn Restaurant Group’s Indigo Grill will shutter on Feb. 8. 2020.

A San Diego man pleaded not guilty Monday to charges, including hate crime allegations, accusing him of attacking and harassing three Muslim women wearing hijabs in Little Italy.