Hippie-leaning Pacific neighbourhood west of Point Loma, with Newport Avenue running through Hodad's burgers, the OB Wednesday farmers market and OB Noodle House. Surf and dogs on the sand.
Hodad's in Ocean Beach is the 1969 Newport Avenue burger shack with surfboards on the walls, the Guy Fieri Diners Drive-Ins and Dives stop and the canonical San Diego beach burger.
Signature: Double bacon cheeseburger, Mini burger, Onion rings
Order: The Double Bacon Cheeseburger with the works; the mini version if you want to keep walking after.
Tip: The line moves; queue at the side door for takeout. Park your car blocks away on weekends, Newport Avenue fills up.
OB Noodle House in San Diego is the Ocean Beach pan-Asian noodle counter on Cable Street, with tonkotsu ramen, Vietnamese banh mi and a wall-deep sake list since 2008.
Signature: Tonkotsu ramen, Banh mi sandwich, Sake selection
Order: The tonkotsu ramen with a bonus pork belly add-on; the brisket banh mi for lunch.
Tip: Wait can be long after 6pm; the Bar 1502 sister location on Niagara has shorter waits.
The 3rd Corner on Bacon Street in Ocean Beach, San Diego, a French bistro and 1,000-bottle wine shop where you drink any retail bottle for a $5 corkage.
Signature pour: Rotating Burgundy by the glass
Wine focus: 1,000-bottle retail shop, drink-in at retail plus $5 corkage
Food: French bistro fare, late-night menu, weekend brunch
South Beach Bar and Grille on Newport Avenue in Ocean Beach, San Diego, the 1992 Pier-side cantina behind the Mahi fish taco that locals defend by name.
Try: World-famous Mahi fish taco
Pizza Port Ocean Beach in San Diego, the surf-shack brewpub on Bacon Street pouring Swami's IPA, Chronic Amber and Guillaume alongside California-style pies.
OB Wednesday Farmers Market on Newport Avenue in Ocean Beach, San Diego, a hippie-leaning evening street market of certified-organic produce, food trucks and live music.
Hodad's on Newport Avenue in Ocean Beach, San Diego, the 1969 surf-shack burger counter where the single Hodad runs under twelve and the bacon cheeseburger hits eighteen.
Try: Bacon cheeseburger, single Hodad burger under $12
South Beach Bar and Grille on Newport Avenue in Ocean Beach, San Diego, the Pier-side fish-taco room serving Mahi and lobster tacos until midnight every night.
Try: Mahi fish taco, lobster taco, late-night happy hour