Mister A's in San Diego is the 12th-floor Bankers Hill rooftop room atop the Manchester Financial Building, with panoramic views of the bay, Balboa Park and Coronado.
Signature: Tableside Caesar, Dover sole, Tomahawk steak
Order: The Dover sole boned tableside; the Caesar for two with white anchovies.
Tip: Reserve a window booth at sunset; planes from the airport tip directly toward the room during the descent.
Hob Nob Hill in San Diego is the Bankers Hill American diner at 1st and Juniper since 1944, the 80-year-old institution reopened in 2025 with a throwback breakfast-and-comfort-food menu.
Signature: Monte Cristo, Biscuits and gravy, Prime rib (weekends)
Order: The Monte Cristo at breakfast; the weekend prime rib special.
Tip: Open daily 8am-8pm; the bakery starts at 6am, fresh muffins and cakes come out by opening.
CUCINA urbana's bar on Laurel Street in Bankers Hill, San Diego, the 2009 Cal-Italian room with daily happy hour and a retail wine program at minimal corkage.
Signature drink: Retail-priced bottle program with $5 corkage, Italian cocktails
Food: Cal-Italian sharing plates, late-night menu Fri-Sat
Hob Nob Hill on First Avenue in Bankers Hill, San Diego, the eighty-year-old all-day diner with old-fashioned pancakes, daily blue-plate specials and full breakfast under fifteen.
Try: Pancakes, biscuits and gravy, daily blue-plate specials
Hob Nob Hill on First Avenue in Bankers Hill, San Diego, the 1944 Bankers Hill all-day diner with corned beef hash, daily blue-plate specials and brunch for under twenty.
Order: Buttermilk pancakes, corned beef hash, biscuits and gravy