San Diego lunch?

[JoRoy218]

We’ll be spending the day in San Diego (during a cruise stop) and looking for opinions on a good, local lunch spot.

We’re particularly interested in quality Mexican or perhaps a family owned Italian place. Appreciate your input! 😎

[LynnSD]

1 hour ago, JoRoy218 said:

We’ll be spending the day in San Diego (during a cruise stop) and looking for opinions on a good, local lunch spot.

We’re particularly interested in quality Mexican or perhaps a family owned Italian place. Appreciate your input! 😎

You can walk to Little Italy, which is full of quality restaurants; you can google for suggestions.  Davanti Enoteca is a favorite but there are lots of choices.
Miguel’s or Brigantine Portside are very near where the ship will be docked,  and are also good/popular.   

[julia]

The most "family owned" and well-loved Italian eatery in San Diego's Little Italy is Filippis. 15 minute walk from the ship, casual, iconic, good food. Google it.  Go. You're welcome.

[CruiserBruce]

Yes, Filippis is very good.

[DaveOKC]

3 hours ago, CruiserBruce said:

Yes, Filippis is very good.

Second this!  We often stop here on our cruises out of SD.

[KeepCalmBearOn]

16 hours ago, LynnSD said:

You can walk to Little Italy, which is full of quality restaurants; you can google for suggestions. Davanti Enoteca is a favorite but there are lots of choices. Miguel’s or Brigantine Portside are very near where the ship will be docked,  and are also good/popular.   

 

She said quality Mexican 😁 Miguel's is way too gringo, white bread for me. At the Headquarters at Seaport Village they have Puesto. In the Gaslamp is an outpost of Tacos El Gordo, the famous Tijuana taco shack. Also in that area are La Puerta and El Chingon. Further east you have Las Cuatro Milpas (since 1933); they close at 3PM and ALWAYS have a line.

 

Just east of that is Barrio Logan, the heart of San Diego's Mexican population for generations and two dozen great places.

 

5 hours ago, CruiserBruce said:

Yes, Filippis is very good.

 

I like Filippi's Pizza Grotto a lot, it is old school, NY style Italian, but Little Italy has a dozen better Italian restaurants, including the above mentioned Davanti Enoteca, Bencotto, Menollo, Buon Appetito, Ristorante Illando, Zucchero and a few others.

[LynnSD]

 

All good choices, depending on what they want and how far they want to walk.  

 

 

[JoRoy218]

Wow, thanks all! No issues with walking, fortunately. We need to stay in SD more than 1 day!  Really appreciate the feedback! 

[CruiserBruce]

58 minutes ago, JoRoy218 said:

 We need to stay in SD more than 1 day! 

No doubt about that. The downtown...within a mile or two of the cruise terminal and including Petco, is very walkable, fun and pleasant to visit.

[ATSEAMYLIFE]

So many places and so little time.  

[crystalspin]

Heh, I am a gringa. Miguel's near Old Town (there are other locales) is very nice, great Cadillac margaritas, and HAD PARKING when we needed it & nowhere else did.

[LuAnn]

20 hours ago, crystalspin said:

Heh, I am a gringa. Miguel's near Old Town (there are other locales) is very nice, great Cadillac margaritas, and HAD PARKING when we needed it & nowhere else did.

There is a new Miguel's that is right at the port now.