New Restaurant Reviews

"Now Open" signs are up. Staffs are trained, ready for eager crowds. And these just opened (plus one re-opened) restaurants are vying to become your new favorite spot. Get the scoop on Salt and Cleaver, Stone...

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Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens, which opened Wednesday in Point Loma’s Liberty Station, is a mammoth place capable of seating 700 patrons. Next door, Sushi Mura can handle 46. The Japanese restaurant’s owner, Jin Jo, is facing a business version of David vs. Goliath...

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Hype man and restaurateur Jay Porter says his new Hubcap eatery will have the most addictive grass-fed burger in the region. You hear that, burger dealers? The spatula-gauntlet he just threw down?

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What wasn’t working for Sora? The 7-month-old, Italian-Japanese restaurant downtown closed last Saturday, so we had to ask. “Our concept wasn’t fitting great with our community, it was a little bit of a high-end concept”...

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“Like a Bergdorf Goodman lunch, a Parisian Champagne sunset…not a dump Denny’s,” that’s Johnny Rivera discussing the soon-to-open Great Maple. His new restaurant's soft opening is this Wednesday evening...

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For a minute it’s been a two-way contest: The older Del Mar Plaza restaurants vs. the new spots at the Del Mar Highlands Town Center. Now another Del Mar plaza’s entering the ring: Flower Hill Promenade has been undergoing a massive, multi-million dollar renovation...

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Like a stripped down Whole Foods cafeteria. Except Native Foods Café has cash registers by the entrance and runners delivering its faux-meat comfort dishes. And--Is that the faint smell of vegetable musk?

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Years after departing San Diego, Dunkin' Donuts is finally gearing up to return, bringing its signature donuts and coffee to counties throughout Southern California. The company, which hopes to open as many as 360 new U.S. restaurants this year, is now recruiting franchisees for stores in Los An...

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Kevin Roberts is tapping into what he learned on a 10-day trip to Japan. The restaurateur says he ate blowfish (fugu, at the place he's pictured above) and deciphered the subway system and picked up sushi tips from Jiro Ono--whom you remember from the documentary "Jiro Dreams of Sushi"...

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New spots to get Mexican food, all-you-can-eat Korean BBQ, grilled seafood and hearty soups in San Diego. Put these debut restaurants on your winter radar: El Vitral, Baliwick, Manna BBQ, Blind Burro...

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