NEIGHBORHOOD BREWERY GUIDES
Our comprehensive, community-specific brewery guides are designed to help locals and visitors alike find the brewery, brewpub, restaurant or tasting room that’s best suited to their tastes and the specific type of experience they are searching for.
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Brewery Guide: Little Italy
With eateries packing its walkable streets, downtown San Diego’s Little Italy is a destination for local and out-of-town epicures. From pasta to osso bucco, negronis and vino Italiano, it’s easy to get an authentic taste of the nation for which neighborhood is named. And thanks to a handful of brewery…
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Brewery Guide: North San Marcos
Just north of the Hops Highway (State Route 78) is a murderer’s row of award-winning and otherwise outstanding breweries producing all manner of ale and lager. These local businesses are sources of community pride for San Marcos denizens, beacon-like destinations for beer tourists, solid options for students at nearby Palomar…
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Brewery Guide: South San Marcos
San Diego’s expansive North County boasts a wealth of high-quality craft breweries. While it’s easy to gravitate to coastal communities or suds-saturated Vista with its whopping 25 brewing interests, beer tourists would do well to chart a course for San Marcos. This fast-growing community is home to some of the…
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Brewery Guide: Bay Park, Morena & Bay Ho
Where a pair of interstates and several coastal thoroughfares converge you’ll find the Morena neighborhood. Small in size yet packed with restaurants, retail and industrial businesses, it’s home to a pair of local beer spots. One is over 30 years old and considered sacred ground by homebrewers and beer enthusiasts…
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Brewery Guide: Downtown San Diego
Tracing the history of San Diego’s craft-brewing industry will lead one downtown, where a number of fledgling operations—Karl Strauss Brewing, Hang Ten Brewing, Cerveceria La Cruda, Baja Brewing—sought to bring handcrafted beer with heart to locals and tourists alike. It’s proven a challenging area, with just one of the aforementioned…
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Brewery Guide: East Village
Considered by many to be the best ballpark in all of Major League Baseball, Petco Park rejuvenated a part of downtown that was in need of some love and attention when it touched down in the East Village in 2004. Its arrival sparked construction of new residential and mixed-use buildings…
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Brewery Guide: Inland Oceanside
When most people think of Oceanside, images of the Pacific Ocean, piers, beachgoers and rides down the 101 come to mind, and rightfully so. The city’s coastal expanses are lovely and have undergone quite an evolutionary transformation over the past several years. As evidenced by our San Diego Sudscapes piece…
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Brewery Guide: Coastal Oceanside
Over the past few years, the county’s northwesternmost municipality has undergone a transformation from quirky beachside burg to the next “it” community for developers, hoteliers, restaurateurs and more, all while maintaining its small-town appeal. Like the waves crashing against Oceanside Pier, the city’s craft-beer scene has swelled in kind. One…
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