San Diego Visitors Guide - Fall 2016/Winter 2017

ITINERARIES

Hearty meals, hip hotels, lively nightlife and the country’s best craft beer make
San Diego the ideal spot for an action-packed getaway with the boys.
Guys’ Getaway
STAY
Manchester Grand Hyatt

( 1 Market Place) towers 40 stories over San Diego Bay— be sure to have a cocktail at Top of the Hyatt. Hilton San Diego Bayfront ( 1 Park Blvd.) is within walking distance of the convention center and Coronado ferry, and has an expansive seaside pool and lounge. The Lodge at Torrey Pines (11480 N. Torrey Pines Road) overlooks the greens of the world-famous golf course and sits close to La Jolla’s beautiful beaches. If you’re planning to see a Chargers game, Marriott Mission Valley

(8757 Rio San Diego Drive) is less than two miles away from Qualcomm Stadium.

EAT

Elevate Taco Tuesday at Puesto

(789 W. Harbor Drive; 1026

Wall St.) downtown and in La Jolla, a hip Mexican restaurant serving gourmet tacos and margaritas made from fresh ingredients—don’t miss the house guacamole with habaneros and Parmigiano-Reggiano.

Adventurous eaters must visit Hillcrest’s S&M Sausage and Meat (4130 Park Blvd.) for the spicy, house-made camel and duck sausages, six styles of bacon, and the “head to tail” plate of braised pork cheeks, fried pork belly bites, charcuterie and chicharrones. For late-night downtown eats like pizza, burgers and breakfast, Brian’s

24 (828 Sixth Ave.) never closes.

A sleek steakhouse meets nightclub glamour at the newly opened STK (600 F St.), which also has all-inclusive bachelor party packages.

PLAY

On game day, check out the new NFL brunch downtown at

The Commons Bar (901 Fourth Ave.) and try the breakfast burrito and house Bloody Mary with scorpion pepper vodka, or head to Bub’s the Ballpark

Whether you want to see a
live band or the hottest DJs,
San Diego has the perfect
night out.
There’s always a show
happening downtown at the
House of Blues (1055 Fifth
Ave.), The Casbah (2501

Kettner Blvd.) and Music Box (1337 India St.). Enjoy popular artists in Solana Beach’s intimate Belly Up Tavern (143 S. Cedros Ave.) or at The Observatory North Park (2891 University Ave.), or visit Patricks Gaslamp Pub (428 F St.) and The Field Irish Pub (544 Fifth Ave.) to see local bands.

The Gaslamp’s Omnia (454

Sixth Ave.) wows as the San Diego version of the club at Caesar’s Palace and hosts big names like Tiësto. Parq (615 Broadway) features dancing robots and acrobats;

Fluxx has monthly themed
parties (500 4th Ave.);
and Cake Nightclub (755

Fifth Ave.) boasts a swanky interior that evokes Marie Antoinette. Catch local talents DJ Schoeny at Side Bar (536 Market St.) and DJ Ayla Simone at RoofTop600 at Andaz (600 F St.).