When chefs from top Michelin-star kitchens break away to start their own ventures, curious eyes often follow them. They bring talent to new towns or cities and deliver the potential to transform a ...

Rebecca Roland is an editor of the Southern California/Southwest region, who covers the evolving landscape of LA’s food scene. A new smash burger joint just shored up in San Diego. For the Win, a ...

Matthew Kang is a correspondent for Eater. Previously, he was the lead editor of Eater Southern California/Southwest. He has covered dining, restaurants, food culture, and nightlife in Los Angeles ...

Candice Woo is the founding editor of Eater San Diego. Having amassed a devoted following over several years of operating as a pop-up, a local bakery is set to open a permanent storefront in the East ...

Candice Woo is the founding editor of Eater San Diego. A new restaurant and seafood market operated and stocked by local fishermen has docked just steps from the sand in Pacific Beach. Nico’s Fish ...

Currently scheduled to be unveiled in early 2025, the $17 million, 31-room hotel is guaranteed to be immersive, with the group turning a former parking lot into a wild jungle scene, with palm trees, ...

Candice Woo is the founding editor of Eater San Diego. One of Tijuana’s most influential taco spots is well on its way to opening its first location in San Diego. Tacos El Franc will be part of the ...

Candice Woo is the founding editor of Eater San Diego. A coffee company that got its start as a mobile business has just opened its second storefront in Ocean Beach. Working in the coffee industry ...

Helen I. Hwang is a freelance journalist who covers food, travel, and news. She worked in the food industry as a mechanical engineer for eight years, training as a “supertaster.” She then worked as an ...

The Georgia-born chef has been an outsized presence in Baja’s Valle de Guadalupe. He recently won a Michelin star and a Green Star for Conchas de Piedra and a Michelin Green Star for Deckman’s en el ...

The wildly popular cafe still draws crowds to its existing locations in San Gabriel and Artesia, so the team is anticipating a large turnout this weekend. Though its priority reservations list is ...

Bill Esparza is a James Beard award-winning food journalist, author of LA Mexicano, and onscreen food television personality covering food in United States and Latin America. “My father and brother ...