Outdoor Dining Ocean Views, Rooftops, Gardens, Sidewalk Seating, UC San Diego Health
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EXTREME SAILINGPG23 CAFE CHLOE'S NEW BISTROPG39 OCTOBER 2 0 1 7 756 PHYSICIANS BEST 77 SPECIALTIES +Outdoor Dining Ocean views, rooftops, gardens, sidewalk seating, UC San Diego Health TOP DOCTORS family & sports & kid-friendly patios medicine physician Dr. Alan Shahtaji TRAVEL SPECIAL PARK CITY SEDONA HAWAII MEXICO CITY AND MORE TOP DOCTORS SDMAG.COM Buona Forchetta OutdoorThe Best Dining Great ambience can make for a happy dining experience as much as good food. Translation: We love alfresco meals! From ocean views, rooftops, and garden patios to simple sidewalk people- watching, we’ve rounded up 47 outdoor dining spots. And yes, most of these patios have heat lamps. So, want to take this outside? BY ARCHANA RAM WITH ERICA NICHOLS 81 Mister A’s The Nolen Trilogy Sanctuary You can even take your refined space atop host events pegged to RUSTIC ROOT up truffle mac ’n’ this brewpub has a KETTNER cheese and drinks charming roof deck vino in a growler to go. the Courtyard San full moons, with sound Take in the Gaslamp EXCHANGE like a tea-infused with a robust menu and 2130 India Street, Little Italy; Diego Gaslamp. Enter baths and chakra work. action from the comfort San Diego has gin cocktail. 2550 Fifth plenty of beers brewed paliwineco.com through a dedicated, 7650 Girard Avenue, La of this hip, open-air beachy, laid-back, Avenue, Bankers Hill; in–house. The pretzel non-hotel doorway Jolla; trilogysanctuary.com deck outfitted in rose and “coastal chic” in asrestaurant.com bites and fried goat and head up to the gold seats, life-size spades, but “sexy” is VINTANA cheese with Sriracha 14th floor for views animal topiaries, and sometimes lacking. While we never aioli are crowd-pleasers; of downtown and market lights. The HALF DOOR Thankfully, this Little thought dining and FIREHOUSE then move on to juicy the bay. The menu is rooftop has its own Italy restaurant has car dealerships BREWING CO. burgers and red-ale- mostly small bites, AMERICAN menu, with shareables brought sexy back. could mix, Vintana Housed in an braised pork belly. 903 and the cocktails EATERY & like poke tostadas and Their sleek rooftop has proves us wrong. This early–1900s building Island Avenue, Gaslamp focus on barrel- firecracker shrimp. indoor and outdoor fine dining spot has LOUNGE near Petco Park, Quarter; halfdoorbrewing.com aged and throwback They’re well-known for seating areas, plus panoramic city and This second-floor space concoctions. 453 Sixth their old-school tipples a bar and swinging mountain views atop has the buzz of Pacific Avenue, Gaslamp Quarter; and craft cocktail shots. daybeds. DJs often Escondido’s Lexus Beach’s bar scene with thenolenrooftop.com 535 Fifth Avenue, Gaslamp spin on weekends. Yes, Centre, and the menu a little extra polish. Quarter; rusticroot.com it’s a scene, but in the is as luxurious as The patio offers ocean best possible way. 2001 the sedans below. views, a fire pit, four Kettner Boulevard, Little Decadent items TRILOGY private cabanas, and Italy; kettnerexchange.com include filet mignon SANCTUARY a retractable awning MISTER A’S and lobster mac ’n’ Superfoods, ocean for shade. Depending The perch 350 feet cheese, and their views, and yoga sound on your hunger pang, above sea level means PALI WINE CO. Tuesday date night like a winning La you can choose from you’ll be dining at eye Little Italy can some- special includes two Jolla trifecta, and weekday breakfast or level with incoming times feel frenetic, entrées and a bottle that’s what you’ll get weekend brunch, a planes—plus skyline but that all slips away of wine for $50. 1205 at this rooftop vegan gourmet snack section and bay views. The on the second-floor Auto Park Way, Escondido; and organic café that that includes bourbon- restaurant is known patio of this stylish, cohnrestaurants.com shares a space with bacon popcorn and for its five-star plates, serene wine bar. The a yoga studio. While Korean beef tacos, a but you can enjoy Lompoc-based vintners dining on grain bowls, “light menu” of salads, the same flavors and specialize in pinot THE NOLEN smoothies, and vegan or classic American fare, creations for less noirs and chardon- Some downtown nachos, you can scope like mini Chicago dogs. during their Sunday– Firehouse American nays, with some bold rooftops can be, ahem, out their cool aerial 722 Grand Avenue, Pacific Thursday cocktail Eatery & Lounge Kettner Exchange reds to sample, too. cheesy. Not so at this KETTNER EXCHANGE: SAM WELLS, THE NOLEN: STACEY KECK TRILOGY SANCTUARY: JENNY SIEGWART, MISTER A’S: SAM WELLS, yoga classes. They also Beach; firehousepb.com hour, when they serve 82 SAN DIEGO MAGAZINE OCTOBER 2017 OCTOBER 2017 SDMAG.COM 83 Hello Betty Fish House Ocean Dock Bar Hello Betty POSEIDON Fish House At a place named after a water god, ocean views are a must. And this Del Mar restaurant is famous for their HELLO towners—hello, holiday delivers as one of amazing ocean visitors!—who’ve just the few places with BETTY view and daily landed. 880 Harbor patio dining right FISH HOUSE Island Drive, Harbor Island; “sunset toast,” a on the beach. Take a The rooftop at this cohnrestaurants.com complimentary shot break from tanning Oceanside seafood of the bartender’s and sandwiches spot has all the DOCK BAR choice. Enjoy taco to feast on brunch beautiful ocean views specials and $5 The team behind classics like eggs without the stuffy, fine epic sunsets. Pasta, margaritas on Tower23’s JRDN and Benedict and huevos dining vibe (flip-flops pizzas, and a lengthy Wednesdays, half-off Cannonball opened this rancheros instead. are welcome). It’s an gluten-free menu are mussels and oysters 1670 two-story eatery last Is it Sunday yet? expansive space with popular. The paper kids’ on Mondays, and Coast Boulevard, Del Mar; year, bringing a much- picnic-style seating, menu, which includes other happy hour poseidonrestaurant.com needed dose of style where diners feast minestrone soup specials the rest of and upscale cuisine to on fish tacos, oysters, and breaded chicken the week. 5083 Santa San Marcos. The lower- and margaritas. tenders, has fun Monica Avenue, Ocean GEORGE’S AT level Dock Bar offers Their Sunday brunch activities like drawing Beach; wonderlandob.com THE COVE beer, casual plates, and includes piña colada Mona Lisa’s infamous The La Jolla institution 1555 Camino Del lake breezes, while the fritters and various smirk. is known for many Mar, Del Mar; ilfornaio.com upstairs dining room Benedicts, plus live JIMMY’S things: a commitment and its outdoor balcony Wonderland Ocean Pub George’s at the Cove music. 211 Mission to farm-to-table ethics, focuses on seafood and FAMOUS Avenue, Oceanside; COASTERRA an outstanding bar meat, like a wood-fired hellobettyoceanside.com It’s not a view; it’s AMERICAN program, and amazing lamb with jalapeño- the view. The Mexican TAVERN views from its Ocean mint jelly, served American restaurant Set along the harbor Terrace rooftop. in a nautical space IL FORNAIO has a massive outdoor between Shelter It’s polished, not festooned in colorful DEL MAR deck that overlooks and Harbor islands, pretentious—a happy buoys, velvet chairs, In terms of outdoor the bay, harbor, Jimmy’s balances medium between and fireplaces. 1035 La dining, the top of Del and downtown, and the calming marina California Modern’s Bonita Drive, San Marcos; Mar Plaza is a golden is a popular spot view with a lively fine dining on the lakehousehotelandresort.com standard. Il Fornaio for sunset viewing, atmosphere. The patio ground floor and the offers formal dining preferably with a Deb’s promises nautical relaxed second-floor on its own (closed- Coconut Margarita WONDERLAND eye candy—from the bar, Level2. It’s so in) patio, but for in hand, and chips OCEAN PUB boats to the sailors popular for golden informalOcean drinking and and fresh guacamole boarding them—and hour that they update eating, snag a couch made tableside. Plus, a You’d be hard-pressed the menu is full of their website every day on the Plaza terrace, location by the airport to find a better place burgers and bloody with sunset times. 1250 where the ocean view means it’s the perfect to catch the sunset. marys. 4990 North Harbor Prospect Street, La Jolla; draws crowds for the stop for hungry out-of- This Ocean Beach pub Drive, Point Loma; j-fat.com georgesatthecove.com HELLO BETTY FISH HOUSE AND DOCK BAR: SAM WELLS 84 SAN DIEGO MAGAZINE OCTOBER 2017 OCTOBER 2017 SDMAG.COM 85 THE GRILL BUONA with contemporaneous AT TORREY antiques and old-school FORCHETTA cocktails. Take a seat PINES We love the new on the charming patio This restaurant at The Liberty Station spin- for a menu that runs Lodge at Torrey Pines off—especially the the gamut from healthy looks out over the into fresh ceviche. kid-friendly back patio (salads and fig crostini) iconic Torrey Pines Plus, if you’re coming with a playground— to indulgent (a cheesy Golf Course and onto from downtown, the but the Neapolitan falafel burger and the ocean, but without ferry is just a short pizza pros’ original gnocchi carbonara). any of the stuffiness ride over and lands a South Park location Check their site for live that usually presides few steps away from has the liveliness, music events. 517 South at five-star resorts. the restaurant. twinkly lights, and Coast Highway 101, Encinitas; The menu embraces 1201 First Street, Coronado; friendly Italian servers roxyencinitas.com fire-themed cooking, candelas-coronado.com with those velvety with dishes like wood- accents who first won roasted vegetables our hungry hearts.