San Diego Restaurants

Temporary outdoor dining permits expire soon, putting the fate of many popular parklets in San Diego up in the air.

Temporary outdoor dining permits expire Wednesday, putting the fate of many popular parklets in San Diego up in the air. NBC 7’s Dana Griffin has the story.

As of Monday, only 25 of 453 businesses that obtained temporary outdoor dining permits had applied for renewal, reports NBC 7’s Artie Ojeda.

A surprisingly low number of restaurants and cafes that obtained temporary outdoor dining permits to help them survive the pandemic have applied for a new permit under the City of San Diego’s updated “Spaces As Places” requirements.

NBC 7’s Sergio Flores spoke to some local businesses near Petco Park who are excited to have the baseball game crowds back.

Whether it’s the product on the field or the food and drinks served across East Village, Padres fans and San Diegans are jacked up for baseball season. NBC 7’s Amber Frias has the story.

The last two years have been tough for businesses in East Village. The COVID-19 pandemic combined with fewer fans at Petco Park had many businesses anxiously waiting for the start of this season.

“It’s always a special day in San Diego when we can play in front of our home fans and they bring the energy every single night,” Padres 3rd Baseman, Manny Machado, told NBC 7’s Todd Strain.

The “Bad Boyz of Culinary,” a group of Black San Diego-area chefs, hosted the People’s Choice Culinary Showcase at Louisiana Purchase in North Park Monday night so that a group of rising chefs could let their skills do the talking.

Curiel shut down her San Ysidro taco shop in early November after an 18-month U.S.-Mexico border shutdown severely stunted her flow of customers. But she’s now reopened in Old Town, San Diego.

After nearly two years of shutdowns, border closures and supply challenges, chef Priscilla Curiel decided to move her popular Michelin-recognized taco shop to the heart of San Diego. “I wish the pandemic never happened. But I mean, you want to look and take something positive out of something negative,” Curiel said. “Like [from] the storm comes the rainbow afterwards.”

The Michelin-recognized chef behind the cult favorite bone marrow birria tacos is moving her San Ysidro location to Old Town, San Diego as well as opening a Baja-inspired seafood restaurant. She takes us along the journey.

San Diego Chef Priscilla Curiel has everything she needs to open her new restaurants, Tuétano Taqueria and Mar Rustico: she has the perfect locations, she has her carefully crafted recipes, she has the vision. The only thing she’s missing is a steady supply of ingredients, as the pandemic supply chain problems hit her Michelin-recommended birria tacos.

The Michelin-recognized chef behind the cult favorite bone marrow birria tacos is moving her San Ysidro location to Old Town, San Diego as well as opening a Baja-inspired seafood restaurant. She takes us along the journey.

San Diego’s revered chef Priscilla Curiel has a lot on her plate: between managing her restaurants, Tuétano Taqueria and Mujer Divina, opening a new seafood spot, finding ways to keep the lights on and payroll going, and being present for her family, Curiel has found juggling everything more challenging during the pandemic. But the one thing she can always rely...

The Michelin-recognized chef behind the cult favorite bone marrow birria tacos is moving her San Ysidro location to Old Town, San Diego as well as opening a Baja-inspired seafood restaurant. She takes us along the journey.

Priscilla Curiel has made a name for herself as the chef who put bone marrow birria tacos on the map in San Diego County. Although she closed down one restaurant due to the pandemic, she’s ready for a new start in Old Town — with not one restaurant, but two.

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...