Who wants to try a new restaurant?
In San Diego’s neighborhoods, you can ask yourself that question more than a few times a month, any month.
According to city data, at least a few new businesses open every month with a business tax certificate identifying them as a restaurant. Since 2021, most months have seen more than a handful of new restaurants.
(Note, these numbers show just the businesses licensed as full- or limited-service restaurants. Other businesses like snack bars, drinking establishments and mobile food services push the numbers higher.)
For the Uptown News area, here’s the trend over the past four years:
So what parts of town see the most new restaurants?
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Where are new restaurants in San Diego?
Check out more details in our citywide map. These are the new licenses for restaurants citywide since Jan. 1 (note, data for June is not yet final):
Have you noticed a new restaurant this year that’s not on our list? Want to know something else about businesses opening in your neighborhood? Talk to us at data@timesofsandiego.com.
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