San Diego Uni appears as a signature dish in 1 United States cities. See each city's local variant and where to eat it.
San Diego Sea Urchin (Uni) · San Diego
Fresh-caught Pacific purple sea urchin from the La Jolla and Point Loma kelp beds, served raw on rice or with shaved citrus zest. The Tuna Harbor Dockside Market sells live uni on Saturdays direct from the divers; Soichi Sushi and Sushi Ota serve the city's reference omakase preparations.
California sea urchin (Mesocentrotus franciscanus and Strongylocentrotus purpuratus) is harvested by free divers off La Jolla; San Diego is the second-largest US uni port after Santa Barbara. The Tuna Harbor Dockside Market (Saturdays, since 2014) sells live uni boxes direct from the divers. Soichi Sushi and Sushi Ota's omakase showcase the highest grades.
Where to eat in San Diego:
- Tuna Harbor Dockside Market
- Soichi Sushi
- Sushi Ota
- Sushi Tadokoro
- Ironside Fish and Oyster