Hob Nob Hill ★ 4.3
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.
Try: Pancakes, biscuits and gravy, daily blue-plate specials
Filippi's Pizza Grotto Little Italy is an italian budget eat in Little Italy, San Diego.
Filippi's Pizza Grotto on India Street in San Diego's Little Italy, the 1950 family-Italian counter behind a market storefront pouring red-sauce pasta.
Editorially verified May 19, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Address: 1747 India St, San Diego, CA 92101
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.
Try: Pancakes, biscuits and gravy, daily blue-plate specials
Pokez in San Diego's East Village, the punk-rock Mexican counter near City College where the vegan burrito runs nine dollars and the carne asada lands.
Try: Vegan burrito, carne asada burrito, breakfast burritos
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.
Try: Bacon cheeseburger, single Hodad burger under $12
Rubicon Deli on India Street in Mission Hills, San Diego, the Dutch Crunch sandwich counter where the half Rubicon Special runs under seven and the whole.
Try: Dutch Crunch sandwiches, half or whole
Phil's BBQ on Sports Arena Boulevard in Point Loma, San Diego, the long-queue mesquite-grill counter selling sandwiches under fourteen and a half-rack.
Try: Ribs, pulled pork sandwich, BBQ chicken
Pho Hoa on El Cajon Boulevard in City Heights, San Diego, the long-running Vietnamese soup counter selling large bowls of beef pho for under seven dollars.
Try: Pho dac biet (special beef pho), small or large bowl