here are some of my favorite places to eat in San Diego

Vegetarian
Sipz (Kearney Mesa)
5501 Clairemont Mesa Blvd
San Diego, CA 92117
http://www.sipz.com
Distance from sdcc: 10 miles
Recommendations: Crunchy Chowmein


Vegetarian Mexican

Pokez (Downtown)
947 E St
San Diego, CA 92101
(619) 702-7160
http://www.pokezsd.com
Distance from sdcc: 0.85 miles
Recommendations: potato flautas

Rancho's (North Park)
3910 30th St (between Lincoln Ave & University Ave)
San Diego, CA 92104
(619) 574-1288
http://www.ranchosnaturalfoods.com
Distance from sdcc: 6 miles

Rancho's (Ocean Beach)
1830 Sunset Cliffs Blvd, San Diego, CA 92107
(619) 226-7619
http://www.ranchosnaturalfoods.com
Distance from sdcc: 8 miles


Quick Mexican

JV's
1112 Morena Blvd.
San Diego, CA 92110
(619) 276-0758
Distance from sdcc: 5.5 miles
Recommendations: everything is good here. I particularly recommend the Al Pastor burrito (marinated pork), and the surf and turf burrito, and the chicken Philly burrito

Don Tommy's (Ocean Beach)
4145 Voltaire Street
San Diego, CA 92107
(619) 223-5225
Distance from sdcc: 6 miles
Recommendations: Best West Burrito. Make sure to get something with a tortilla such as a burrito or taco, because they make the tortillas fresh

Las Brasas
1890 San Diego Ave.
San Diego, CA 92110
(619) 291-6527
Distance from sdcc: 3 miles
it is a small stand, but really good. In my opinion they have the best fish taco in San Diego
Recommendations: fish taco, California Burrito (carne asada, french fries, pico de gallo), "special" breakfast burrito

Best Fish Taco in SD
Las Brasas
1890 San Diego Ave.
San Diego, CA 92110
(619) 291-6527
other recommendations: fish taco, California Burrito (carne asada, french fries, pico de gallo), "special" breakfast burrito

Authentic Tijuana tacos
Tacos el Gordo de Tijuana BC (Chula Vista)
689 H St
Chula Vista, CA 91910
(619) 691-8848
Distance from sdcc: 7 miles
Recommendations: marinated pork taco

Nice Sit-Down Mexican
Fidel's (North County)
607 Valley Ave
Solana Beach, CA 92075
(858) 755-5292
Distance from sdcc: 28 miles
Recommendations: crab enchilada


Best Burger in San Diego
Rocky's Crown Pub (Mission Beach / Pacific Beach)
3786 Ingraham St
San Diego, CA 92109
(858) 273-9140
Distance from sdcc: 8 miles

Second Best Burger in San Diego
Hodad's (Ocean Beach
5010 Newport Ave.
San Diego, CA 92107
(619) 224-4623
Distance from sdcc: 8 miles


Best place for a nice sit-down meal with a view of the ocean
Georges at the Cove (La Jolla)
1250 Prospect Street
La Jolla, CA 92037
(858) 454-4244
http://www.georgesatthecove.com
Distance from sdcc: 13 miles


Best Overall Restaurant and Fine Dining in SD
Nobu
207 5th Ave
San Diego, CA 92101
(619) 814-4124
http://www.noburestaurants.com/sandiego/index.html
Distance from sdcc: across the street at the Hard Rock Hotel
Recommendation: make sure to have the black cod w/ miso and the rock shrimp tempura. Also good is the yellowtail sashimi w/ jalapenos, and the sashimi salad


NY Pizza
Bronx Pizza (Hillcrest)
111 Washington Street
San Diego, CA 92103
(619) 291-3341
Distance from sdcc: 4 miles


Italian
Arrivederci (Hillcrest)
3845 4th Avenue
San Diego, CA 92103
(619) 299-6282
http://ristorante-arrivederci.com
Distance from sdcc: 4 miles
Recommendation: Gorgonzola ravioli


Yakitori
Yakitori Yakyudori (Hillcrest)
3739 6th Ave
San Diego, CA 92103
(619) 692-4189
Distance from sdcc: 3 miles
great place for japanese beer & cheap and good food


Sushi
Harney Sushi (Old Town)
3964 Harney Street
San Diego, CA 92110
(619) 295-3272
Distance from sdcc: 4 miles
http://harneysushi.com
feels more like a lounge than a sushi restaurant.... usually has a DJ playing backpacker hip-hop

Cheap Sushi
Sushi Deli 2 (Downtown - Gaslamp)
135 Broadway (between 1st Ave & 2nd Ave)
San Diego, CA 92101
(619) 233-3072
Distance from sdcc: 0.5 miles


Sandwich
Poma's (Ocean Beach)
1846 Bacon Street
San Diego, CA 92107
Distance from sdcc: 8 miles
Recommendation: Roast Beef


Jewish Deli
DZ Akins (La Mesa)
6930 Alvarado Road
San Diego, California 92120
Distance from sdcc: 11 miles
http://dzakinsdeli.com


Cheese Steak

Gaglione Bros. (Point Loma - Sports Arena)
3944 W. Point Loma Blvd
San Diego, CA 92110
(619) 758-0646
http://www.gaglionebros.com
Distance from sdcc: 6 miles

Gaglione Bros. (Mission Beach)
724 Ventura Pl
San Diego, CA 92109
(858) 488-1690
http://www.gaglionebros.com
Distance from sdcc: 8 miles

Philly Steak Subs (East County - El Cajon)
312 Ballantyne
El Cajon, CA 92020
(619) 442-2036
Distance from sdcc: 16 miles


Fish n' Chips

Point Loma Seafoods
2805 Emerson St.
San Diego, CA 92106
(619) 223-1109
http://www.pointlomaseafoods.com
Distance from sdcc: 5 miles

Tin Fish (Imperial Beach)
910 Seacoast Dr
Imperial Beach, CA 91932
(619) 628-8414
http://www.thetinfish.net/right-tinfish.php?nav_ID=105&nav_Parent=104
restaurant is on the end of the pier. There is also one directly across the street from the Convention Center


German food & beer
Kaiserhof (Ocean Beach)
2253 Sunset Cliffs Blvd
San Diego, CA 92107
619-224-0606
Distance from sdcc: 6 miles
http://www.kaiserhofrestaurant.com

Chinese Delivery
China Too
916 5th Street (at E St.)
San Diego, CA 92101
(619) 239-4282
Distance from sdcc: 0.6 miles
Recommendation: House Special Pan Fried Noodles
not the nicest place to eat, but good for delivery.

Desserts
Extraordinary Desserts (Downtown - Little Italy)
1430 Union Street
San Diego, CA 92101
(619) 294-7001
Distance from sdcc: 0.9 miles
http://www.extraordinarydesserts.com

Ooh, great list.
Here are my choices:
Tajima (Yelp Review) - Japanese cuisine, open late, awesome ramen
Costa Brava (Yelp Review) - Delicious Spanish tapas
Phil's BBQ (Yelp Review) - Best BBQ
Yakitori Yakyudori (Yelp Review) - Japanese BBQ
Yard House (Yelp Review) - BIG selection of beers/drinks

Theres a European bakery in La Jolla somewhere, I wish I knew the name.

(Yeah, I suck at being a San Diegan)

if you're not eating all your meals in the convention center, you're not living the full SDCC experience... don't short change yourself.

Everything I know is too far north of the convention center, but I second Extraordinary Desserts. The sandwiches are good too!

I love Pokez Sipz so much. I haven't been to Sipz in a few years, maybe we'll make the trip.

Sipz is awesome! Really close to Comikaze!

I love Sipz! We go there every night when we are there!

Pokez, well cheap good food (Vegan options!) but the service is poor, when I was there it took forever to get our food and there was not many people there. It didn't help overhearing about our 'waiters' staph infection as I paid... I felt like punching him in the god damn mouth just for the number of times he said "Respect!" to his fellow crusty employees and delivery people...

Royal Thai is good too, its near the convention center about 4 blocks up on 5th, or 6th. Easy walking disctance from the con.

And if anyone knows of a vegan pizza joint in SD or LA (Ill be there Sat/Sun) let me know and any other vegan places in LA besides California Vegan would be appriciated.

mama testa Awesome tacos. Amazing salsa bar, except the salsa bowls are too small.

veg-n-out Fallafel!! "Meatball" sandwich is also a favorite, but any sandwich is good because the bread is great.

Yes! One of our faves! The Creamy scallop Croquet are out of this world! Yum! And the Sushi is a deal!

If you want goood prime rib and meats, there's Bully's
One on Texas Street , Bully's East and it's near Hotel Circle:
http://www.yelp.com/biz/bullys-east-san-diego#hrid:oMuaEmbl_U_f1aZufyJgbA/query:bullys
and one in Del Mar too.

When me and the ol' lady went in 06' we just ate at In-And-Out and greasy Mexican hole-in-the-wall joints that ruled ass. I think we had sushi somewhere too, but it was unmemorable. Had good reviews, but was just meh.

Moral of the story: Eat greasy Mexican food from greasy Mexican holes-in-the-walls.

I will second a recommendation for the Tin Fish. It's right across the train tracks on the southern end of the Convention Center which makes it a fairly fast alternative to the convention floor food. They have excellent lobster tacos and swordfish and chips.

http://www.yelp.com/biz/tin-fish-gaslamp-san-diego

I can't believe I forgot the 2 best burger joints in SD: Rocky's Crown Pub & Hodad's

big thanks for the list, PW.

I am pumped about Hodad's. I am gonna hit that place hard!!

hodads is awesome.

i think lefty's could be added to the list. its chicago style pizza.

Lefty's Chicago Pizza
3448 30th St
North Park
(between Myrtle Ave & Upas St)
San Diego, CA 92104
(619) 295-1720
leftyspizza.com

http://www.yelp.com/biz/leftys-chicago- ... ery:leftys

who is coming with me to pokez? i know kohler isnt.

you should try Rocky's Crown Pub

Against my better judgement, I ate there last week when a friend was in town visiting. Its really not getting any better.

rei do gado - its a brasilian churrascaria. the trick is to go during lunch (we paid $14 last year) when its cheaper than their $45+ dinner. the servers come to your table with skewers of different meats and there's a buffet set up with appetizers, salads, entrees and desserts...
http://reidogado.net/

http://www.yelp.com/biz/rei-do-gado-chu ... -san-diego

lee's diner - real no frills diner, not for snobs. the place you want to go to if you are on a tight budget. last year my husband, best friend and i spent $15 total. very nice asian owners. the place closes at 7pm. canned soda is .60 and bottled water is $1
cash only.

http://www.yelp.com/biz/lees-cafe-san-d ... uery:diner

Yeah hodad's is great. If anyone heads north to Encinitas I'd go to the Roxy ( http://www.yelp.com/biz/roxy-restaurant-encinitas) for vegetarian stuff and Raul's (http://www.yelp.com/biz/rauls-shack-encinitas) for Mexican.

I can go
every time I visited pokez I had a normal experince, not bad, but not excellent

maybe because I use to deal with rude guys at tacos stands here in mexico!

Gamblers belong in Vegas...

BTW
Im leaving early on Wednesday and I will be spending most of the day and Sat/Sun in LA. Anyone know any good vegan places to eat in LA in the Ameoba area LAMA (within about 5 miles) besides California Vegan or any specialty places that may have vegan donuts etcs drop me a line.
Thanks to PW and Chris for posting this stuff...

vegan donuts are a big NO around here.

most places are just like california vegan...
vegan house on wilcox (just north of hollywood blvd) its the closest to amoeba.
green leaves on hillhurst (just south of franklin) is awesome.. i highly recommend the onion rings and pineapple chicken burger
truly vegan (hollywood/bronson) rude service, i'd steer clear

i would suggest heading over to M Cafe (on melrose just west of labrea).. the best fries ever. and their california seitan bbq sandwich is amazing.