Here's a look at new San Diego eateries, drinking spots, hotels, conference areas, private rooms, and other spaces to open for events this fall. The new and renovated venues are available for corporate parties, weddings, fund-raisers, outdoor functions, business dinners, teambuilding activities, conferences, meetings, and more.
Del Mar’s first brewery, View Point Brewing, opened in July. The space, which overlooks San Dieguito Lagoon, is a mix of indoor and outdoor spaces—including a covered restaurant and bar that leads into an expansive patio with more seats overlooking the lagoon—and encompasses 7,000 square feet. The venue includes a full brewery, wraparound bar, individual tables, and several indoor games. Seated capacity is 128.
Convoy District’s Village North opened in May and specializes in Northern Chinese cuisine. The modernly appointed restaurant is 3,530 square feet and includes a crescent-shaped bar plus a private dining room. Capacity for the entire restaurant is 109 seated.
Opened in March, Hive is a full-service restaurant and entertainment venue in the Convoy District. The 18,000-square-foot venue features an island bar, a game arcade, and 13 private karaoke rooms offering a full menu of Asian-fusion cuisine. Capacity is 500 for banquet-style dining.
Downtown’s Hotel Solamar unveiled the newly renovated Upper East Side Bar in May. Found atop of—and serviced by—Jsix restaurant, the second-floor venue features lounge chairs scattered throughout its 7,000 square foot space. The bar accommodates as many as 550 reception-style.
University Heights’ Hundred Proof opened in June and features hamburgers and boozy milkshakes on its New American menu. Decorated in a chic industrial style, the breezy 3,800-square-foot restaurant accommodates 120 seated.
The neighborhood of Normal Heights is now home to San Diego Poke Co., specializing in Hawaiian-style iterations of the popular tuna dish. Open since June, the 1,450-square-foot space includes handmade furniture with work by artist Chip Fasciana on the walls. The capacity is 40 seated guests.
Queensborough Cocktail Lounge, a 1920s New York-inspired spot named for the borough of Queens, opened in Downtown San Diego in July. The top floor, Uptown Queensborough, is an 1,800-square-foot venue with leather-bound booths, antique brass fixtures, and marble-topped tables. It features brick walls and original New York City subway tokens inlaid in the mosaic bar floor, and it seats 55 for events. The lower floor, Downtown Queensborough, is set to open later this month. The 6,000-square-foot social club will be designed like NYC’s subways, with white tiled walls, vintage subway signs, metro booth seats, overhead subway grip handles, a custom DJ booth, private whiskey lockers, a full-service bar, a roving cocktail cart, live jazz, and a build-your-own-barrel-aged-cocktail program, according to San Diego Magazine.
Carlsbad’s multi-level, open-air complex named Park 101 opened in July. The 8,000-square-foot venue includes Deli & Dough, a deli serving grab-and-go sandwiches and sides as well as acai bowls and smoothies, a variety of teas, and deserts. The complex also features Park 101 Garden Pub, a beer garden where guests can choose from 32 local tap beers and some regional wines, as well as a grab-and-go market, Park 101 Barbeque, and a deck with fire pits and Tamarack lounge chairs. Park 101 holds 224 reception-style.
Open since July, Fools and Kings is a European-inspired restaurant in Mission Hills. It features small plates from Western Europe, South America, Asia, and the Middle East. The 2,400-square-foot space includes a wraparound bar and several counter-height tables; it seats 56 or holds 75 for receptions.
Historic Liberty Station in Point Loma is home to Pisco Rotisserie and Cevicheria. The colorful 5,000-square-foot space encompasses a dining room with a wraparound bar as well as patio space. The restaurant seats 91 indoors, with an additional 72 seats outside.
