Food Hit List: June 2023
SDM staff shouts out our favorite food finds this month
Where San Diego’s Top Chefs Are Eating
We asked the city’s food and drink makers to share their go-to’s at each other’s restaurants
Travel News: June 2023
The start of summer brings BBQs near Santa Barbara, lively Pride parties in LA, and hyperlocal eats on Washington’s San Juan Islands
Pretty Little Hate Machine
CH Projects is San Diego’s biggest restaurant success story, and I hope they put a speakeasy on the moon
Fighting For a More Equitable Fast Food Industry
After unprecedented success, a San Diego–born law benefitting fast-food restaurant wage workers is now on hold
Local Stokes: June’s Hottest Picks
This month’s hot list celebrates the return of lowriding in National City, a different kind of boozy kombucha, yet another hotel refresh, and some truly gorgeous poetry
The Artifice of Service
A lifelong server’s thoughts on robots attempting to infiltrate the Apron Class
Finding SD’s Culinary Gems in Unexpected Places
An ode to strip mall dining, where edible wizardry remains in focus over flash
San Diego’s 4th Annual Blue Water Film Festival Returns
Art meets activism at the Blue Water Film Festival
San Diego Events Calendar: June 2023
How to stay busy and important this month in America’s Finest City
Farming the Future: Aquafarms Cultivate Sustainable Oysters
In Carlsbad, responsible practices put oysters on local tables—and foster cleaner seas
The List of It All
Content chief and food critic Troy Johnson shares his thoughts on the 2023 Best Restaurants list
The Future of Housing in the Cardiff Highlands
How building up in a beachside community is helping change the status quo of suburban housing
A Brief History of North County
San Diego Magazine‘s staff shares historic North County photographs and features from its last 75 years
5 Places to Eat in Vista
Unpretentious and delicious, a brewery-heavy dining scene offers simply good eats in North County
Meet the GIA Alumni Shaping SD’s Jewelry Scene
Carlsbad’s headquarters serves as the beating heart of the county’s small-but-mighty jewelry industry
A Guide to Biking Along Highway 101
Enjoy this leisurely route along the coast complete with photo ops, what to see, and, of course, our fave food stops
The Food Hit List: May 2023
SDM staff shouts out our favorite food finds this month
Surfing Through History at the Alila Marea Beach Resort
San Diego shaper Brian Szymanski based his installation on the iconic surfboard shapes from the 1950s and ’60s
The Sound Del Mar: San Diego’s Newest Music Venue
Built for rock n’ roll, the new venue from the team behind the Belly Up aims to fill a gap in the San Diego music scene
North County is Alive With The Sound of Music
From emo to punk to folk, musicians in North County are turning up the volume
Caring for Home
A severe nursing shortage in Imperial Valley inspires a creative approach at SDSU
Local Stokes: May’s Hottest Picks
This month’s hot list features iconic skate reunion, a dog-friendly new eatery in Rolando, a weensy San Diego made of Legos, and more
Covering 75: May 2023
SDM’s very own Art Director reimagines a 1961 cover, drawing inspiration from three of the city’s most imperiled birds
Blissed Out in O’Side
The perfect weekend involves e-bikes, live theater, and Handel’s ice cream
Mall Is Not Lost
The return of malls in San Diego County heralds better third places for American teens
