San Diego is an amazing town with incredible places to eat downtown where all the magic happens!
Fun story, I was actually born in San Diego, but raised on the east coast. By the time I finally made it back over to the west coast and had my first taste of sunny SoCal I just felt like I was home…
The weather is amazing, the food is even better and guess what… there are tons of things to do in San Diego, so if you’ve never been I encourage you to go. You can read more about places to go and things to see in San Diego in this post, but for now, I just want to cover these great places to grab a bit to eat.
5 Amazing Places To Eat in Downtown San Diego
1. Rockin’ Baja Lobster Catina: We love Mexican Food and the kids are crazy about Tacos in particular- so we celebrate Taco Tuesday every week! After a few internet searches, we found a ton of places that offer great Taco Tuesday Specials and decided to try out the Rockin’ Baja Lobster Catina in Historic Old Town San Diego! We noticed this place while eating at our #4 recommendation and were drawn into the tiki torches and the possibility of eating around a fire pit table! We reserved the fire pit table through “Open Table” but unfortunately when we arrived the patio was closed due to the wind so we sat inside. Word of Caution: The tacos are only $2 on Taco Tuesday but don’t expect them to be small… I ordered 3 different seafood tacos and that was a mistake! A delicious mistake.
2. The Crabby Patty: We wanted to dine at the seaport where it seems all the locals go for great seafood! Our two choices were the Crabby Patty and the Fish Market. The Fish Market was way overcrowded and seemed like the choice if you wanted to sit for a long while waiting for food and socialize in the meantime… we weren’t interested in being seen so we chose the Crabby Patty which was a bit less packed and offered great service. The kids were a little disappointed their were no mentions of Spongebob, but they did have a crabby patty which was a crab cake! The food was great, the staff was friendly and I had the clam chowder, which was on point!
3. Filiberto’s Mexican Food: Let’s just start off with the fact that you get a lot of food for your money here and it’s amazing!!! I ordered just 2 fish tacos- and that’s literally a stretch to fit them both in the to-go container… The $3 bean & cheese burrito was like going to Moe’s Southwestern Grill and ordering one with all the toppings. It took two days for my 10 year old to eat it. We ordered this through Uber Eats and had it delivered tons at our Hotel (staycation) and I was overly excited that for $30 we all ate dinner and had leftovers 🙂
4. Fire Pit Table in Old Town: During our first trip to Old Town, we spent too much time sightseeing and didn’t plan enough time to make it home for dinner. Everyone was getting antsy and Antwon was hangry- so we stopped at this cute little Mexican place right on the corner, because we saw people eating a fire pit tables while driving by. The kids were able to grab a fire pit table which only seated the 4 of them, and Antwon and I sat at a cocktail table by the window behind them. It was a good night with good food. The taco salad, enchiladas and tacos are all great grabs!
5. Seaport Village: If you go to San Diego, you have to go to the Seaport Village! It’s so cute, offers live entertainment by local entertainers (including a man who swallows fire and swords) and they have the 1/2 pints of beer for $7 a glass!!! Antwon thought I was crazy when I walked back to our table with this big momma, but I had to. Pizza, burgers and chili cheese fries were our choice picks for junk food and we had to stop by the Food Network Cupcake Wars champion bake shop and Ben & Jerry’s for ice-cream! Woop.
