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Old Town Events

Open Mic Night
Friday, November 22, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Casa De Maria Restaurant
A Christmas Carol
Friday, November 29, 7 p.m.
Cygnet Theatre
A Christmas Carol
Saturday, November 30, 2 p.m.
Cygnet Theatre
A Christmas Carol
Saturday, November 30, 7 p.m.
Cygnet Theatre

Old Town News & Stories

San Diego's 10% killed by strangers

You are more likely to be murdered by someone you know than by someone you don’t. The latest FBI statistics show that fewer than 10% of the 20,000 people who were murdered in the United …

Tracing the vibrant history of cochineal

Tuna found in the desert? OK, fair enough: that’s tuna, as in the Spanish for prickly pear, the fruit of the nopal. Ken Factor and I have spotted an ancient cactus tree growing close to …

December 27, 2023
Cafe Encuentra: Ancient sandwiches

I'm looking at this dinner table, all laid out and ready for ten guests: there’s even food in the dishes. Tamales, bread, pozole, buñuelos, other things wrapped in corn husks, olives, nopales, frijoles, sweet corn, …

December 14, 2023
With Bhojan Griha, a meal in Old Town needn't be Mexican

If you’ve never noticed how closely Tibetan prayer flags can resemble papel picado, take a walk around Old Town’s San Diego Avenue. The varicolored rows of paper squares you’ll see strung up around Mexican restaurants …

September 26, 2023
Freeway ramp to shave Old Town and Presidio Park?

Destination Lindbergh; destruction Old Town "It would transform the way travelers use our airport, reduce traffic congestion around [Lindbergh Field] and take advantage of the airport’s close proximity to Interstate 5 by providing access right …

July 16, 2023

Old Town Places

2543 Congress Street, San Diego
Alamo Mexican Cafe

Prices: Taco Tuesday, all-day $2 tacos; Thursdays, $2.50 tacos; standard taco, e.g. ground beef, sloppy-Joe …

Old Town
2497 San Diego Avenue, San Diego
Ye Olde Soap Shoppe
Old Town
4016 Wallace Avenue, San Diego
Barra Barra

Yes, it’s tourist central, but the patio is real and so is the history: Somebody’s …

Old Town
3450 Kurtz Street, Suite D, San Diego
Sunglass & Optical Warehouse - Sports Area
Old Town
3890 Twiggs Street, San Diego
Rockin' Baja Lobster — Old Town

Rockin' Baja is a full-service, fun Mexican-seafood restaurant that offers Baja-style seafood presented in rustic …

Old Town
2811 Jackson Street, San Diego
Presidio Park

Presidio Park is never crowded, not even on San Diego’s stereotypical, blue-sky-sunny days. The park …

Old Town
4050 Taylor Street, San Diego
Caltrans
Old Town
2266 San Diego Avenue, San Diego
UAW Local 506
Old Town
4040 Twiggs Street, San Diego
Cygnet Theatre

Company based in the Old Town Theatre.

Old Town
2547 San Diego Avenue, San Diego
Hungry’s Kitchen and Tap

Prices: Baked and Loaded fries (beef chili, sour cream, cheese), $8.95; pork ribs, $14.95; chicken-breast …

Old Town
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Old Town Photos

Father Serra statue in Presidio Park.
The Mormon Battalion Monument in Presidio …
The Indian at Presidio Park.
The Junípero Serra Museum in Presidio …
Cosmopolitan Hotel Old Town
A devil mask in Old Town
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