{"id":518844,"date":"2026-11-04T23:52:07","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T23:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/518844\/"},"modified":"2026-11-04T23:52:07","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T23:52:07","slug":"5-san-diego-county-restaurants-make-opentables-top-100-list-for-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/518844\/","title":{"rendered":"5 San Diego County restaurants make OpenTable\u2019s Top 100 list for 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SAN DIEGO (CNS) &#8211; OpenTable, an online restaurant-reservation service, named five San Diego County restaurants Wednesday to its <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.opentable.com\/c\/top-restaurants\/top-100\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Top 100 Restaurants in America for 2026 list<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The honorees are Callie, Cesarina, Cowboy Star and LEILA in San Diego, along with Lilo in Carlsbad.<\/p>\n<p>The list was generated from more than 11 million reviews from verified OpenTable diners and dining metrics from Sept. 1, 2025, through Aug. 31, 2026, according to the company.<\/p>\n<p>California led the nation with 19 honorees.<\/p>\n<p>Callie, in the East Village, is chef Travis Swikard&#8217;s Mediterranean restaurant. Its menu combines Mediterranean influences with ingredients from Southern California farmers and fishermen.<\/p>\n<p>Cesarina, in the Point Loma area, is an Italian trattoria known for house-made pasta. Diners can pair different pasta shapes with sauces, and the menu also includes vegan and gluten-free options.<\/p>\n<p>Cowboy Star, in the East Village, is a steakhouse and butcher shop that combines contemporary American cuisine with a Western flair. Its menu includes dry-aged steaks, including a double-cut porterhouse aged for 21 days.<\/p>\n<p>LEILA, in North Park, draws on Middle Eastern food and design influences, with a menu and setting inspired by cultures stretching from Morocco to Iran. The restaurant features a custom clay oven.<\/p>\n<p>Lilo, in Carlsbad, is a one-Michelin-star restaurant built around a seafood-focused, multi-course tasting menu. The 24-seat chef&#8217;s counter experience draws inspiration from the California coast and shorelines around the world.<\/p>\n<p>OpenTable said its Top 100 list reflects restaurants that drew strong diner ratings, five-star reviews, reservation demand, advance bookings, capacity and direct searches.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.opentable.com\/c\/top-restaurants\/top-100\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL LIST<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026, City News Service, Inc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN DIEGO (CNS) &#8211; OpenTable, an online restaurant-reservation service, named five San Diego County restaurants Wednesday to its&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":518845,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[57444,198842,74,76,75,48054],"class_list":["post-518844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-best-restaurants","tag-opentable-restaurants","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news","tag-san-diego-restaurants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=518844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518844\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/518845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=518844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=518844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=518844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}