SAN DIEGO (KGTV) \u2014 OpenTable, an online restaurant-reservation service, named five San Diego County restaurants Wednesday to its Top 100 Restaurants in America for 2026 list.<\/p>\n
The honorees are Callie, Cesarina, Cowboy Star and LEILA in San Diego, along with Lilo in Carlsbad.<\/p>\n
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
California led the nation with 19 honorees.<\/p>\n
Callie, in the East Village, is chef Travis Swikard’s Mediterranean restaurant. Its menu combines Mediterranean influences with ingredients from Southern California farmers and fishermen.<\/p>\n
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
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
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
Lilo, in Carlsbad, is a one-Michelin-star restaurant built around a seafood-focused, multi-course tasting menu. The 24-seat chef’s counter experience draws inspiration from the California coast and shorelines around the world.<\/p>\n
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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN DIEGO (KGTV) \u2014 OpenTable, an online restaurant-reservation service, named five San Diego County restaurants Wednesday to its…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":521905,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[57444,198632,199659,199660,199661,199662,74,199663,147509,76,75],"class_list":["post-521904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-best-restaurants","tag-california-restaurants","tag-leila","tag-opentable-best","tag-opentable-san-diego","tag-places-to-eat","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-best-restaurants","tag-san-diego-food","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521904","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=521904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521904\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/521905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=521904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=521904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=521904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}