Guidebook for San Diego
Essentials
Kid-friendly coffee shop and deli. Delicious sandwiches, and a wide assortment of artisanal foods, the proprietor is a neighborhood mensch.
82 locals recommend
Grant's Marketplace
2953 Beech StKid-friendly coffee shop and deli. Delicious sandwiches, and a wide assortment of artisanal foods, the proprietor is a neighborhood mensch.
Get your morning (or evening) Yoga during your visit to San Diego. Good teachers, lovely studio.
41 locals recommend
Ginseng Yoga
2985 Beech StGet your morning (or evening) Yoga during your visit to San Diego. Good teachers, lovely studio.
If your child should be injured during your vacation (hopefully not!), Rady Children's hospital has been taking great care of San Diego kids for decades.
9 locals recommend
Rady Children’s Hospital - San Diego
3020 Children's WayIf your child should be injured during your vacation (hopefully not!), Rady Children's hospital has been taking great care of San Diego kids for decades.
Food Scene
Benny's Mexican Food
1244 30th StCheap, yet delicious Mexican food.
Alchemy San Diego
847 14th StreetDelicious food, a full-service bar, and televised sports games.
Outdoor dining, delicious Italian food. Pizza made and cooked by hand in a golden oven.
317 locals recommend
Buona Forchetta - South Park
3001 Beech StOutdoor dining, delicious Italian food. Pizza made and cooked by hand in a golden oven.
An original. Breakfast extraordinary, one of a kind San Diego landmark. Open breakfast and lunch only. The proprietess sings.
80 locals recommend
Big Kitchen Café
3003 Grape StreetAn original. Breakfast extraordinary, one of a kind San Diego landmark. Open breakfast and lunch only. The proprietess sings.
Coffee house and snackery, cool trees shade the outdoor porch where you drink coffee and use the free wifi.
134 locals recommend
Krakatoa
1128 25th StCoffee house and snackery, cool trees shade the outdoor porch where you drink coffee and use the free wifi.
Have you ever eaten a Mexican fruit salad? You should. Anakins is a juice bar and sandwich shop, economical and delicious.
17 locals recommend
Humberto's Taco Shop
1015 25th StHave you ever eaten a Mexican fruit salad? You should. Anakins is a juice bar and sandwich shop, economical and delicious.
Delicious Russian food in the Georgian style. Food that can make you weep. Be prepared for sour cream.
24 locals recommend
Kafe Sobaka Restoran Pomegranate
2469 BroadwayDelicious Russian food in the Georgian style. Food that can make you weep. Be prepared for sour cream.
Great locals spot for carefully crafted food and strong drinks. 21 and up only.
83 locals recommend
Starlite
3175 India StGreat locals spot for carefully crafted food and strong drinks. 21 and up only.
Drinks & Nightlife
The neighborhood pub. Tends to be crowded on a Saturday night. Good beer, pool tables, and burgers.
170 locals recommend
Hamilton's Tavern
1521 30th StThe neighborhood pub. Tends to be crowded on a Saturday night. Good beer, pool tables, and burgers.
Everything Else
The zoo. Cause, Zoo. It's enormous, amazing and everyone goes there.
2510 locals recommend
San Diego Zoo
2920 Zoo DrThe zoo. Cause, Zoo. It's enormous, amazing and everyone goes there.
Medical Offices South
4168 Front StreetNearby hospital, good care, home to the UCSD school of medicine.
Our local 99 cent type store and more. For bargain essentials, or a pack of fresh, and possibly still warm corn tortillas.
(Hint: look in the cooler next to the door)
Los Primos Market
1247 28th StOur local 99 cent type store and more. For bargain essentials, or a pack of fresh, and possibly still warm corn tortillas.
(Hint: look in the cooler next to the door)
Entertainment & Activities
You are walking distance from golf. A nice, urban course. Check out the 19th hole cafe for diner-style food and one of the best views of the San Diego skyline.
77 locals recommend
Balboa Park Golf Course
2600 Golf Course DrYou are walking distance from golf. A nice, urban course. Check out the 19th hole cafe for diner-style food and one of the best views of the San Diego skyline.
Shopping
Whether you need to print out a fax, mail a letter, or ship your luggage home, these guys will help you.
Express Postal business center
2801 B StWhether you need to print out a fax, mail a letter, or ship your luggage home, these guys will help you.
Sightseeing
Balboa Park is a 1,200-acre urban cultural park in San Diego, California, United States. Named for the Spanish maritime explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa, the park hosted the 1915–16 Panama–California Exposition and 1935–36 California Pacific International Exposition, both of which left architectural landmarks. A great place to walk, picnic, or visit museums.
3290 locals recommend
Balboa Park
Balboa Park is a 1,200-acre urban cultural park in San Diego, California, United States. Named for the Spanish maritime explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa, the park hosted the 1915–16 Panama–California Exposition and 1935–36 California Pacific International Exposition, both of which left architectural landmarks. A great place to walk, picnic, or visit museums.