San Diego Restaurants

Two San Diego businesses, Cowboy Star Restaurant and Butcher Shop and Bar One, shut down due to COVID-19 related exposure. NBC 7’s Kelvin Henry reports.

Bar One posted a message on Instagram announcing they are closed to “protect our staff and avoid super spreader crowds.” NBC 7 contacted Cowboy Star in which a voicemail recording said “we have made the decision to close through this weekend as a safety precaution because we have had a COVID-19 exposure in the workplace and want to allow our…

Local bars and restaurants are bustling with people watching the Tokyo Olympics and some are even hosting watch parties. “Everyone’s been watching the Olympics we’ve had it on all the tv’s,” Shakespeare Pub Bartender Alex Cook said. The first days of the Tokyo Olympics brought excitement to people who have been waiting for this moment for years. “Sure, I’m...

The restaurant industry is missing a significant portion of its workforce. NBC 7’s Dave Fleming spoke to a restaurant manager trying to change that.

San Diegans have been looking forward to waving goodbye to pandemic restrictions and enjoying a night out without them, and while restaurant and bar owners were, too, some staffs aren’t ready to handle the wave of eager customers.

Fewer restrictions on businesses under the orange tier means more San Diegans out and about after dark. NBC 7’s Lauren Coronado heard from

As San Diego began its first weekend out of the red and into the less-restrictive orange tier, locals and tourists alike flocked to the beach to enjoy the looser rules.

NBC 7’s Allie Raffa has the sights and sounds from Pacific Beach on the first Friday under Orange Tier rules.

Craft beer and tacos. Ballpark eats. Wood-fired pizza. Breakfast. Cocktails. Eater San Diego shares the top stories of the week from our food and drink scene, including details on a new waterfront spot at a local landmark that’s focusing on two things San Diegans love: beer and tacos.

Gene Bartlett, 80, fought an eight-week battle with the coronavirus before he died, leaving his family without their pillar and a community treasuring the memories of the man behind Little George’s bakery, reports NBC 7’s Melissa Adan.

After landing on a popular restaurant rankings list for several consecutive years – including a San Diego food truck ranked No. 1 last year – not a single San Diego restaurant made the cut on Yelp’s “Top 100 Places to Eat in 2021.”

San Diego family-owned restaurant Rusticucina in the North Park area has had to pivot and adapt in every way after it opened just weeks before the coronavirus pandemic changed our lives.

A local, family-run business that opened a few weeks before the pandemic shut everything down last year speaks with NBC 7’s Ashley Matthews to reflect on their unusual first year.

It’s the first weekend restaurants are offering in-person dining since the stay-at-home-order was lifted. But just as they were given the green-light, a series of storms dampened their reopening. Local business owners told NBC 7 they’re cautiously optimistic about opening their doors for good. “When we got the news this time, we were a little hesitant. We’ve been doing...

Although many of San Diego’s restaurants and bars have found ways to adapt to the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic, others simply haven’t been able to survive. These are some of the local gems forced to permanently shutter during the crisis.

Under the new guidelines, in-person dining is banned and only carry out or delivery is allowed. NBC 7’s Ramon Galindo shows us how some restaurants are dealing with the prospect of new restrictions.

As San Diego County enters a new mandated stay-at-home order, one of the most noticeable restrictions will be dining.

The roller coaster ride of the coronavirus pandemic isn’t over just yet for San Diego’s restaurant scene. As California tightens restrictions on businesses once again due to rising COVID-19 cases across counties, what does this round of restrictions mean for San Diego County’s restaurants?

With pickup instead of dine-in, crowd sizes capped to meet current health restrictions, and a few more days to make it happen, San Diego’s food-centric Little Italy community is reimagining its annual foodie event for the COVID era.

COVID-19 has hobbled San Diego restaurants and forced restaurant owners to change the way they do business.  Faced with what seems to be ever-changing guidelines, owners are now having to play catch up in hopes of keeping their doors open.  In March, San Diego County Health Inspectors, tasked with stopping the spread of the deadly virus, began including COVID-19...