/ck/ - Food & Cooking

South Beach Bar & Grill for fish tacos if you head down to Ocean Beach. The original fish taco recipe can be found at any of the Rubio's chains and you're in a hurry. It really is almost the same as the bufadora in Ensenada. Any highly rated hole in the wall on yelp should have really good beer battered fish tacos. You have to dig around for mariscos and many of the tiny places pride themselves on it.

La Jolla has some fancier spots so definitely check reviews against pricing. There's still just good taco shops all around close to the beach. Hard to miss and hard to find a bad place just driving around. For sit down I'm partial to King's Fish House in Mission Valley and C-Level next to Island Prime. Or Island Prime if you want to spend some $$. You can do plenty of that in La Jolla. I'm not sure what's open now or I'd recommend something. Oscar's was the spot but I think they are closed.

Anyways you'll have plenty of choices all around town. If you end up in mid-city area check out Parkhouse Eatery on Park Blvd (not far from Balboa Park).

Most importantly if you end up doing drinks downtown get a reservation at the "Noble Experiment". Don't tell your friends and surprise them. The most legit "speakeasy" I've been to in six cities. They got it down to the "why the fuck are we surrounded by dirty mops" experience before you open the secret passage.