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Altitude Sky Lounge 660 K Street
The American Comedy Company 818 Sixth Avenue
Andaz Wine Bar 600 F Street, in the Andaz hotel
Bailiwick 756 Fifth Avenue
Bandar Fine Persian Cuisine 845 Fourth Avenue
Bare Back Grill 624 E Street
Barleymash 600 Fifth Avenue
Bar Ninety Market Street and Eigth Avenue
Bassmnt 919 Fourth Avenue #100
Beach Bar at the W 421 West B Street
The Blind Burro 639 J Street
Block 16 Union & Spirits 334 7th Avenue
Candelas 416 Third Avenue
The Commons 901 Fourth Avenue
Croce's 802 Fifth Avenue
Dick's Last Resort 345 Fourth Avenue
Donovan's Prime Seafood 333 Fifth Avenue
Double Deuce 528 F Street
Downtown Johnny Brown's 1220 Third Avenue
Dussini Loft Bar 275 Fifth Avenue
Elephant & Castle Pub and Restaurant 1355 North Harbor Drive
F6ix Niteclub 526 F Street
The Field Irish Pub and Restaurant 544 Fifth Avenue
La Fiesta 628 Fifth Avenue
Fleming's Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar 380 K Street
Fluxx 500 Fourth Avenue
Gaslamp Speakeasy 708 Fourth Avenue
Gaslamp Tavern 868 Fifth Avenue
Ginger's 600 Fifth Avenue
La Gran Tapa 611 B Street
Las Hadas Bar & Grill 558 Fourth Avenue
Hennessey's Tavern 708 Fourth Avenue
Henry's Pub 618 Fifth Avenue
Horton's Bar & Grill Westin Horton Plaza, 910 Broadway Circle
House of Blues 1055 Fifth Avenue
Ivy Nightclub 600 F Street, in the Andaz hotel
Jimmy Love's 672 Fifth Avenue
Jolt'n Joe's 379 Fourth Avenue
Karl Strauss Brewing Company 1157 Columbia Street
Kin Lounge One Market Place
The Local 1065 Fourth Avenue
LOUNGEsix 616 J Street, Fourth floor
Mad House Comedy Club 502 Horton Plaza
Mainline 1676 Main Street
Maloney's Tavern 777 Fifth Avenue
Masala Spices of India 314 Fifth Avenue
Masarap 701 C Street
McCormick & Schmick's Seafood Restaurant Omni Hotel, 675 L Street
McFadden's 731 Fifth Avenue
Moonstone Lounge @ Hard Rock Hotel 207 Fifth Avenue
Nicky Rottens Bar & Burger Joint 560 Fifth Avenue
Noble Experiment 777 G Street
On Broadway Event Center 615 Broadway Avenue
Onyx/Thin 852 Fifth Avenue
The O Room 630 Fifth Avenue
Patricks Gaslamp Pub 428 F Street
Prohibition 548 Fifth Avenue
The Propagandist 835 Fifth Avenue
The Propogandist 835 Fifth Avenue
RA Sushi 474 Broadway
Red Circle Café 420 E Street
Red C Lounge 756 Fifth Avenue
Redfield's Sports Bar One Market Place
The Reef Bar 557 4th Avenue
Rock Bottom Brewery 401 G Street
Rockin' Baja Lobster 310 Fifth Street
Sally's Seafood on the Water One Market Place at Manchester Grand Hyatt
Saltbox Hotel Palomar, 1047 Fifth Avenue
San Diego Wine and Culinary Center 200 Harbor Drive
Sevilla 353 Fifth Avenue
The Shout House 655 Fourth Avenue
Side Bar 536 Market Street
The Stage Rock Bar & Grill 762 Fifth Avenue
Static Lounge 634 Broadway
Stingaree 454 Sixth Avenue
Stout Public House 1125 Sixth Avenue
SummerSalt Rooftop Pool and Lounge 1047 Fifth Avenue
Taste & Thirst on Fourth 715 Fourth Avenue
Tequila 100 756 Fifth Avenue
Time Out Sports Bar 634 Broadway
The Tipsy Crow 770 Fifth Avenue
Tivoli Bar & Grill 506 Sixth Avenue
Vela 1 Park Boulevard (at Harbor Drive)
Veranda at the W Hotel 421 West B Street
Vin de Syrah Wine Parlor 901 Fifth Avenue
Visions Restaurant & Lounge 555 Market Street
Voyeur 755 Fifth Avenue
The Westgate Hotel 1055 Second Avenue
Whiskey Girl 702 Fifth Avenue
Xavier's Bar & Grill 750 Fifth Avenue
Yard House 1023 Fourth Avenue

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Breweries
Karl Strauss Brewing Company 1157 Columbia Street
Rock Bottom Brewery 401 G Street

Coffeehouses
Brickyard Coffee and Tea 675 W. G Street
Central Café 1252 Third Avenue
Ciné Café 412 K Street
Coffee and Art Photographic Art Gallery 777 Sixth Avenue
Upstart Crow Bookshop and Coffee House 835 West Harbor Drive

Restaurants
6 to 5 Deli 625 Broadway
Acqua Al 2 322 Fifth Avenue
Ai Sushi & Teriyaki 1139 Sixth Avenue
Analog 801 Fifth Avenue
Anthony's Fishette 1360 N. Harbor Drive
Anthony's Fish Grotto 1360 N. Harbor Drive
Asti Ristorante 728 Fifth Avenue
Athens Market 109 West F Street
Avo's Mediterranean Cuisine 1153 Sixth Avenue
Bandar Fine Persian Cuisine 845 Fourth Avenue
Bare Back Grill 624 E Street
Barleymash 600 Fifth Avenue
Bay Café 1050 North Harbor Drive
Bayside Bar and Grill 555 W. Ash Street
The Beer Company 602 Broadway
Bella Luna 768 Fifth Avenue
Berkeley Pizza 539 Island Street
Bice 425 Island Street
The Blind Burro 639 J Street
Blue Point 565 Fifth Avenue
Bolillo Tortas 417 Fourth Avenue
Brian's 24 828 Sixth Avenue
Brick+Mortar 820 Fifth Avenue, in the Keating Hotel
Brickyard Coffee and Tea 675 W. G Street
Broken Border Bar & grill 425 Island Street
Broken Yolk Café 355 Sixth Avenue
A Brooklyn Pizzeria 401 C Street
Buca di Beppo 705 Sixth Avenue
Buster's Beach House & Longboard Bar 807 W. Harbor Drive
Cafe 21 750 Fifth Avenue
Café de L’Opera 1354 Fifth Avenue
Le Cake Château 1152 Seventh Avenue
Candelas 416 Third Avenue
Cheese Shop 427 Fourth Avenue
Chianti 644 Fifth Avenue
Children's Museum Café 200 W. Island Avenue
China Too 916 Fifth Avenue
Chopahn Authentic Afghan Cuisine 750 Sixth Avenue
Ciro's Pizzeria 534 Market Street
City Pizzeria 675 B Street
Coffee and Art Photographic Art Gallery 777 Sixth Avenue
The Counter 695 6th Avenue
Cremolose 840 Fifth Avenue #100
Croce's 802 Fifth Avenue
Currant Sofia Hotel, 140 W. Broadway
Darband Fifth Avenue Grill 1556 Fifth Avenue
De'Medici Cucina Italiana 815 Fifth Avenue
Dick's Last Resort 345 Fourth Avenue
Dobson's 956 Broadway Circle
Donovan's Prime Seafood 333 Fifth Avenue
Donovan’s Steak and Chop House 570 K Street
Donut Bar 631 B Street
Downtown Johnny Brown's 1220 Third Avenue
Dublin Square 554 Fourth Avenue
Dussini Loft Bar 275 Fifth Avenue
Edgewater Grill 861 W. Harbor Drive
Elephant & Castle Pub and Restaurant 1355 North Harbor Drive
Escape Fish Bar 738 Fifth Avenue
Fantail Café (on USS Midway) 910 N. Harbor Drive
The Field Irish Pub and Restaurant 544 Fifth Avenue
La Fiesta 628 Fifth Avenue
The Fish Market 750 N. Harbor Drive
Fleming's Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar 380 K Street
Fox Sports Grill at the Hilton SD Bayfront 1 Park Boulevard
Fred's Mexican Café 527 Fifth Avenue
Funky Garcia's Mexican Restaurant 421 Market Street
Gaijin Noodle + Sake House 627 Fourth Avenue
Gaslamp Pizza 505 Fifth Avenue
Gaslamp Rendezvous Bistro 551 J Street
Gaslamp Tavern 868 Fifth Avenue
Georges on Fifth 835 Fifth Avenue
Gourmet India 810 Fourth Avenue
Grand Central Café 500 W. Broadway
La Gran Tapa 611 B Street
Grant Grill 326 Broadway
Greystone 658 Fifth Avenue
Las Hadas Bar & Grill 558 Fourth Avenue
Harbor House 831 W. Harbor Drive
Hard Rock Café 801 Fourth Avenue
Hennessey's Tavern 708 Fourth Avenue
Hodad's 945 Broadway
The Hopping Pig 748 Fifth Avenue
Horton's Bar & Grill Westin Horton Plaza, 910 Broadway Circle
Hot Dogs @ 428 428 G Street
House of Blues 1055 Fifth Avenue
Hub Market & Deli 748 Sixth Avenue
Indigo Café 1435 Sixth Avenue
JJ’s Sunset Deli by the Bay 200 Marina Park Way (behind the Convention Center)
Joe's Crab Shack 525 E. Harbor Drive
Jolt'n Joe's 379 Fourth Avenue
Jsix 616 J Street
Kansas City Barbecue 600 W. Harbor Drive
Karl Strauss Brewing Company 1157 Columbia Street
Katsuya 600 F Street
Knotty Barrel 844 Market Street
Lael's Restaurant One Market Place (Manchester Grand Hyatt)
The Local 1065 Fourth Avenue
Lou and Mickey's 224 Fifth Avenue
LOUNGEsix 616 J Street, Fourth floor
The Marble Room 535 Fifth Avenue
Maryjane's Coffee Shop Hard Rock Hotel, 207 Fifth Avenue
Masala Spices of India 314 Fifth Avenue
McCormick & Schmick's Seafood Restaurant Omni Hotel, 675 L Street
Mediterranean Café and Lounge 1352 Fifth Avenue
La Mirage Café 815 F Street
Mixon Liquor & Deli 1421 First Avenue
Monsoon Exotic Cuisine of India 729 Fourth Avenue
Morton's of Chicago 285 J Street
The New Yorker 535 Fourth Avenue
Nicky Rottens Bar & Burger Joint 560 Fifth Avenue
Nobu 207 Fifth Avenue
O'Brothers 137 Horton Plaza
Oceanaire Seafood Room 400 J Street
Ocean Room and Lounge 630 Fifth Avenue
Ogawashi 1100 Fifth Avenue
Old Spaghetti Factory 275 Fifth Avenue
Operacaffe 835 Fourth Avenue
Organic to Go 1143 Sixth Avenue
Osetra Watergrill 904 Fifth Avenue
Osteria Panevino 722 Fifth Avenue
The Palm 615 J Street
Panda Inn 506 Horton Plaza
Phó Noodle Bar 550 Cedar Street #103
Pho Xpress 1125 Sixth Avenue
PO5 734 Fifth Avenue
Proper Gastro Pub 795 J Street
El Pulpo 415 Market Street
Quality Social 789 Sixth Avenue
Rama 327 Fourth Avenue
RA Sushi 474 Broadway
Red Circle Café 420 E Street
Red Light District 409 F Street
Red Pearl Kitchen 440 J Street
Rei Do Gado Churrascaria 939 Fourth Avenue
Rice 421 W. B Street (W Hotel)
Richard Walker's Pancake House 520 Front Street
Rock Bottom Brewery 401 G Street
Rockin' Baja Lobster 310 Fifth Street
Royal India 329 Market Street
Royal Thai Cuisine 467 Fifth Avenue
Roy's Marriott Hotel, 333 W. Harbor Drive
Ruth's Chris Steak House 1355 North Harbor Drive
Sadaf 828 Fifth Avenue
Sally's Seafood on the Water One Market Place at Manchester Grand Hyatt
Saltbox Hotel Palomar, 1047 Fifth Avenue
Salvatore's Cucina Italiana 750 Front Street
Sammy's Woodfired Pizza 770 Fourth Avenue
San Diego Burger Co. 879 W. Harbor Drive, Suite G
Seaport Deli and Salad Bar 881 West Harbor Drive
Searsucker 611 Fifth Avenue
Sevilla 353 Fifth Avenue
The Shout House 655 Fourth Avenue
Sidebar Deli 225 Cedar Street
Sixth and Market 625 Sixth Avenue
Sixth Avenue Bistro 1165 Sixth Avenue
Soleil @ K 660 K Street
Sora 655 West Broadway
Spike Africa's Fresh Fish Grill & Bar 411 Broadway
Star of India 423 F Street
Stout Public House 1125 Sixth Avenue
The Strip Club 340 Fifth Avenue
St. Tropez 600 West Broadway
St. Tropez 926 Broadway Circle
Submarina 1071 Sixth Avenue
Sultan Shawarma 543 Fourth Avenue
Sushi Deli 135 Broadway
Taka 555 Fifth Avenue
Taste & Thirst on Fourth 715 Fourth Avenue
Tequila 100 756 Fifth Avenue
T.G.I. Friday's 743 Fifth Avenue
Tin Fish 170 Sixth Avenue
The Tipsy Crow 770 Fifth Avenue
Top of the Market 750 N. Harbor Drive
Toscana Café and Wine Bar 238 Fifth Avenue
UE Kara Grill 819 C Street
Upstart Crow Bookshop and Coffee House 835 West Harbor Drive
Urban Bar & Grill 827 Fifth Avenue
Urban India 1041 Fourth Avenue
Vela 1 Park Boulevard (at Harbor Drive)
Visions Restaurant & Lounge 555 Market Street
The Westgate Hotel 1055 Second Avenue
The Westgate Room Westgate Hotel, 1055 Second Avenue
Xavier's Bar & Grill 750 Fifth Avenue
Yard House 1023 Fourth Avenue

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Community Centers

Downtown Information Center 193 Horton Plaza
San Diego Convention Center 111 West Harbor Drive

Art Galleries | Art Spaces
9th & E Gallery 920 E Street #102
Alexander Salazar Fine Art 640 Broadway
Alexander Salazar Fine Art Exhibitions 1040 Seventh Avenue
Artists' Loft 955 South 16th Street
Brokers Building Gallery 402 Market Street
Chuck Jones Gallery 232 5th Ave
Coffee and Art Photographic Art Gallery 777 Sixth Avenue
Culy Warehouse 338 Seventh Avenue
Exclusive Collections Gaslamp Quarter 437 Market Street
Exclusive Collections Seaport Village 835 West Harbor Drive suite AB
Front Window Studio 529 Market Street, #3H
Hellion Gallery South 433 Third Avenue
Latin Trader 740 Fifth Avenue
L Street Fine Art 628 L Street
Mark Richmond Studio 1360 Fifth Avenue
SDSU Downtown Gallery 725 West Broadway
Shorelines Gallery 411 Market Street
Siamak Fine Art Gallery 562 Fifth Avenue
Simayspace at Art Academy of San Diego 840 G Street
Studio Michelangelo 1433 Market Street
White Box Contemporary 1070 Seventh Avenue
Wyland Gallery Seaport Village 849 West Harbor Drive
Zepf Alt. Gallery 1150 Seventh Avenue

Movie Theaters
Reading Gaslamp 701 Fifth Avenue
Regal Horton Plaza 475 Horton Plaza

Museums and Public Art
Berkeley Ferry Boat 1492 N. Harbor Drive
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Extension Building 328 J Street
Marine Corps Recruit Depot Museum Witherby Street and Hancock Street
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, Downtown 1100 and 1001 Kettner Boulevard
San Diego Chinese Historical Society and Museum 404 Third Avenue
San Diego Maritime Museum 1492 North Harbor Drive
USS Midway Museum 910 North Harbor Drive
William Heath Davis House Museum 410 Island Avenue

Parks | Outdoor Spaces
Asian Pacific Thematic Historic District Third Avenue and J Street
Cancer Survivors Park 4100 North Harbor Drive
Children's Park Martin Luther King Promenade
Embarcadero Marina Park North 500 Kettner Boulevard
Embarcadero Marina Park South 206 Marina Park Way
Horton Square 225 Broadway Circle
Martin Luther King Jr. Promenade West Harbor Drive at West Market Street
Ruocco Park 585 Harbor Lane
Spanish Landing Park 4077 North Harbor Drive

Places of Worship
Chabad of Downtown San Diego 472 Third Street
First Lutheran Church of San Diego 1420 Third Avenue
First Presbyterian Church 320 Date Street
God's Extended Hand 16th and Island
Harbor Presbyterian Church 701 Fifth Avenue
San Diego Center for Spiritual Living 1441 Sixth Avenue
St. Joseph's Cathedral 1535 Third Avenue

Retail
Bacchus Wine Market 647 G Street
Captain's Cove 851 West Harbor Drive suite C
Centre City Music 1033 Sixth Avenue
Lululemon Athletica 675 G Street
Mixon Liquor & Deli 1421 First Avenue
Seaport Village 849 West Harbor Drive
Vespa Motorsport 3955 Pacific Highway
Village Magic 851 West Harbor Drive suite E
Westfield Horton Plaza 324 Horton Plaza
The Wine Bank 363 Fifth Avenue
Wine Steals 793 J Street

Sports | Fitness
Broadway Athletic and Swim Club 501 West Broadway
City Boxing 1059 14th Street
Lululemon Athletica 675 G Street
Studio Fitness 711 Eighth Avenue, 2nd floor
Yoga One 1150 Seventh Avenue

Theaters
Arts Tix 28 Horton Plaza
Balboa Theatre 868 Fourth Avenue
Copley Symphony Hall 750 B Street
Holiday Inn on the Bay 1355 North Harbor Drive
Horton Grand Theatre 444 Fourth Avenue
Lyceum Theatre 79 Horton Plaza
Mo`olelo Performing Arts Company P.O. Box 710564
San Diego Civic Theatre 1100 Third Avenue
San Diego Community Concourse 202 C Street
San Diego Opera 1200 Third Avenue
San Diego Repertory Theatre 79 Horton Plaza
Sledgehammer Theatre 964 Fifth Avenue, Suite 224
Spreckels Theatre 121 Broadway
Tallgrass Pictures Studio 710 13th Street

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Downtown San Diego Events

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San Diego Sausage Fest LOUNGEsix	Wednesday, June 19, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Carlos Velasco & Grupo Bohemio La Gran Tapa	Wednesday, June 19, 5 p.m.
Craft Beer and Cheese The Tipsy Crow	Wednesday, June 19, 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Sucia Latino Comedy Night The American Comedy Company	Wednesday, June 19, 8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Geodesign San Diego World Resources Simulation Center	Wednesday, June 19, 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Total number of events in Downtown San Diego: 100

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Downtown San Diego Articles

Rockin' Baja, Toscana, and the perfect afternoon

Ed hits a wine bar and then a lobster restaurant

With a $30 budget (and on a mission to spend every cent of it), Ed hits Toscana Café & Wine Bar and the Rockin’ Baja Lobster.

San Diego's tallest building

Heymatt: How tall is the tallest building in San Diego? Is there a limit as to how high you can build in the county? — Jeff, via email There’s an easy answer to the first ...