Ultimate List Of Black-Owned Restaurants & Bars To Support All Around San Diego County

This February, in honor of Black History Month, we offer a dynamic and continuously updated directory of Black-owned bars, restaurants, breweries and other food businesses across San Diego County.

To support and engage with San Diego's Black community, utilize the list and interactive map provided below to explore and patronize these unique businesses scattered throughout the county. Should you know of any Black-owned spots we've overlooked, please reach out to us at Info@SanDiegoVille.com, and we'll add them in our guide.

For more in-depth information on each establishment, click on the links below and check out the the map. Join us in celebrating and supporting San Diego's Black-owned restaurants and bars.

Addis Ethiopian Market & Restaurant, Normal Heights African Caribbean Market, City Heights AJ's Creole Cuisine & West Coast Smokehouse, Food Truck Ali's Chicken & Waffles, City Heights and Downtown Altipiano Vineyard and Winery, Escondido Awash Ethiopian Restaurant, North Park Bankhead Mississippi Style Cooking, Spring Valley

Bay Hill Tavern, Clairemont Bowlegged BBQ, Chollas View Broady’s House of Flavors, Seaport Village The Brûlée Bar, Pickup & Delivery in Normal Heights Cafe X, East Village Cardellino, Mission Hills Caribbean Taste, Encanto Chef Budda Blasian Soul Food, Rolando

Chula Vista Brewery, Chula Vista

Coop’s West Texas BBQ, Lemon Grove The Dojo Cafe, City Heights D O T Cocktail Lounge, Shelltown Extraordinary Banana Pudding, La Mesa Faridas Somali Cuisine, Chollas Creek Fat Joe's O'side, Oceanside Felix’s BBQ with Soul, Carlsbad, Oceanside & San Marcos Flavors of East Africa, University Heights Fort Oak, Mission Hills

Fuel Thycells SeaMoss & Fruit Juice Bar, El Cerrito

The Gumbo Pot/PoBoy Shop, Sports Arena Island Spice Jamaican Restaurant, Rolando

Jibaritos De La Isla, Bonita

Joey's Gone Grazey, Catering Kamila's Breakfast & Lunch, Clairemont Kebab Craft, Point Loma Kim's Bar-B-Que, Mount Hope Laine's Bar-B-Que, Sports Arena Laylah's Jamaican Food, Barrio Logan Le Parfait Paris, Gaslamp, La Jolla, Liberty Station & Del Mar

Liberty Wing Co., Liberty Station Louisiana Purchase, North Park

Lucy Mae's Kitchen, Pop Up

Luv Mylk, Hemp Seed Milk Maya's Cookies, College Area & San Marcos The Mental Bar, Encanto

Milk & Honey Bakery, Escondido Mom's Chicken and Waffles, North Park More Life Liquid, Bonita Muzita Abyssinian Bistro, University Heights Nomad Donuts, North Park Oak and Anchor BBQ, Catering One Love Island Cuisine, Oceanside One WorldBeat Cafe, Balboa Park

Rare Society, Hillcrest & Solana Beach Red Sea Ethiopian, City Heights

Redwing Bar & Grill, North Park Rock Steady Real Jamaican Restaurant, Grant Hill Royal Food Mart, Bankers Hill Sabor Piri-Piri, Kearny Mesa Shadow Ridge Spirits Company, Oceanside Smack'n Guamanian Grill, Miramar Spacebar Café & Wine Bistro, La Mesa

Sunfire Hot Sauce, Oceanside Sunnie’s Mexican Cuisine & Coffee, Ocean Beach Surf & Soul Spot, La Mesa

Thumbs Up! Bacon & BBQ, Carlsbad Trust, Hillcrest The Wise Ox Butcher & Eatery, North Park & Carlsbad Yohed Coffee, City Heights

** _Originally published on February 5, 2026.  _**