Monday, August 17, 2026 · San Diego
Zuma is open downtown, By The Sea is open in Coronado, and Honor Bar finally exists in Del Mar. The San Diego Made Endless Summer Market’s last day was yesterday at Liberty Station; Bates Nut Farm’s festival was Saturday.
Eater San Diego’s homepage advertises an “August 2026” heatmap, but the map URL still reads as the July 2026 list (updated Aug. 6) and does not yet include Zuma. A Gaslamp “Wing Wars” crawl appeared only on HappeningNext and was left out. Mon Chourie’s Kairoa bakery is “end of 2026 / before the holidays,” too vague for Coming. Las Cuatro Milpas’s heatmap blurb contains a “December 2026” close that cannot be right; we did not use that item.
The month, at a table
August 2026 — marked days have something on the table
In pictures
Valley Center · Saturday
Nine mobile vendors — Meche’s fish tacos, Little Thai Cottage, Drippin Kitchen, MabuHI, Big City Dogz, Mariposa Ice Cream, Kung Fu Tea, YellowBrick Bakery, Margies Shuck Wagon — plus The Smokin Guns from 4:30–7:30. The Darling Dough Company dropped out.
Sources: Bates Nut Farm, KPBS
Without pictures
Liberty Station · Sat–Sun
A two-day makers market with 120-plus vendors, food trucks, coffee, and a bar. Liberty Station and the organizer’s 2026 page agree on the dates. Their pages did not yield a usable og:image from this box.
Sources: Liberty Station, San Diego Made Markets
In pictures
Downtown · opened Aug. 10
The global Japanese izakaya’s first California room — 250 seats, rock wall, garden terrace, a DJ booth — opened Monday. Eater San Diego’s Aug. 11 dispatch is the cleanest account.
Source: Eater San Diego, Aug. 11
Coronado · opened Aug. 12
Black Swan Hospitality (Nolita Hall) spent a reported $6 million turning a second-story Coronado Plaza room into a Riviera-minded dining room. San Diego Magazine’s first look dated the open Aug. 12; brunch is still “soon.”
Sources: San Diego Magazine, SanDiegoVille
Del Mar · now open
Hillstone’s long-delayed first San Diego restaurant finally opened after years of concept changes (the space was once headed toward Gulfstream). Cashless; the house is steering toward smaller parties of two.
Source: SanDiegoVille, Aug. 4
Without pictures
North Park · soft open
San Diego Magazine’s Aug. 11 bites column says Soul Sip is in a daily soft open. No street address in that item.
Source: San Diego Magazine, Aug. 11
La Jolla · soft open
The Aug. 14 San Diego Magazine column says the La Jolla storefront is now soft open. Address not in that dispatch.
Source: San Diego Magazine, Aug. 14
Without pictures
Pacific Beach · Saturday, Aug. 22
Daria Nadar’s 48-hour brioche cinnamon rolls — preorder by Thursday for weekend pickup from a Hollister Street ghost kitchen, or catch the next listed pop-up in PB.
Source: San Diego Magazine, Aug. 14
Kearny Mesa · Wednesday, Aug. 25
The Best Pop-Up winner (SD Mag readers, 2026) marks two years with a misugaru latte, a DJ, and ceramic merch. The permanent Kairoa window is “before the holidays” / end of 2026 — too loose for the Coming list.
Source: San Diego Magazine, Aug. 11
Barrio Logan · Saturday, Aug. 29
Mabel’s Gone Fishing cooks Spanish-inspired pintxos and oysters at a ceramic studio; you leave with a handmade oyster bowl of reclaimed shells.
Source: San Diego Magazine, Aug. 11
La Jolla · Sept. 26–27
The 17th edition: two days of pours (Condesa Gin and Uncle Nearest among the names already attached) at MCASD.
Source: San Diego Magazine, Aug. 14
Without pictures
San Diego · by Labor Day
San Diego Magazine’s Aug. 11 column is the source. No address in that item.
Source: San Diego Magazine, Aug. 11
Liberty Station · October
Gerry Torres’s larger, family- and dog-friendly Mexican room — top City Tacos, plus chef Eduardo Baeza’s seafood — is aimed at October. What Now, SanDiegoVille, and SD Mag agree on the month.
Sources: What Now San Diego, San Diego Magazine