Food & Drink in San Diego

San Diego, CA · San Diego County

Mediterranean restaurant on El Cajon Boulevard in San Diego (City Heights/Rolando area) — on the street named El Cajon Boulevard, not within the city of El Cajon itself. No ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

San Diego, CA · San Diego County

Lebanese/Mediterranean restaurant on El Cajon Boulevard in San Diego (City Heights/Rolando area) — on the street named El Cajon Boulevard, not within the city of El Cajon itself. No ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

San Diego, CA · San Diego County

Mediterranean restaurant in San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter, some distance from El Cajon and the rest of this county's Arab American community cluster. No ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

San Diego, CA · San Diego County

North Park restaurant self-described as Middle Eastern, Lebanese, and Persian-inspired fusion. No ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

San Diego, CA · San Diego County

Clairemont Mesa location — self-described "Mediterranean Flavors" and "exotic flavors of the Middle East." A separate, unrelated Aladdin location in Hillcrest rebranded to "Maïsa Lebanese Cuisine" in 2026 (listed separately). No ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

San Diego, CA · San Diego County

Seaport Village restaurant self-described as Mediterranean and Greek cuisine, with menu items including shawarma, dolma, and lamb borak. No ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

San Diego, CA · San Diego County

Downtown/Gaslamp restaurant rooted in Lebanese Mediterranean heritage, per the business's own site. No ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

San Diego, CA · San Diego County

Lebanese bakery/restaurant on the El Cajon Boulevard corridor in San Diego (on the street named El Cajon Boulevard, not within the city of El Cajon), self-described as "Old Country Cooking" with fresh-baked flatbreads. No ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

San Diego, CA · San Diego County

Kearny Mesa location, self-described "authentic Middle Eastern street food" (falafel, shawarma). A second location of this business operates on the UCSD campus. No ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

San Diego, CA · San Diego County

Liberty Public Market stall self-described as "Mediterranean-Middle Eastern favorites with a California flair." A separate location of this small chain operates in San Juan Capistrano, Orange County. No ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

San Diego, CA · San Diego County

Midway District Lebanese restaurant and art gallery, open since the 1980s, named for the celebrated Lebanese singer Fairouz. No ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

San Diego, CA · San Diego County

University City/UTC restaurant, family-owned since the owners immigrated from Lebanon's Bekaa Valley in the 1990s. No ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

San Diego, CA · San Diego County

Hillcrest restaurant, family-owned, self-described as Lebanese with imported Lebanese beer and wine and traditional recipes. No ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

San Diego, CA · San Diego County

Pacific Beach quick-service spot serving shawarma tacos, gyros, and falafel. No ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

San Diego, CA · San Diego County

On the El Cajon Boulevard corridor in San Diego (on the street named El Cajon Boulevard, not within the city of El Cajon), explicitly self-described as Greek and Lebanese cuisine, plus a hookah lounge. No ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

San Diego, CA · San Diego County

La Jolla location, self-described "fresh and authentic Mediterranean" — shawarma, falafel, hummus, house-made pita. No ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

San Diego, CA · San Diego County

Kearny Mesa restaurant with a documented Iraqi/Jordanian family history per its own "Our Story" page — one of the few listings so far with a documented ownership claim rather than "not stated." No halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

San Diego, CA · San Diego County

Rancho Peñasquitos-area restaurant serving pita, hummus, shawarma, kabobs, falafel, and shakshuka. No ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

San Diego, CA · San Diego County

Mission Valley location serving shawarma, gyros, falafel, and wagyu-beef variations. A separate El Cajon location of this chain appears to be closed per third-party listings. No ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

San Diego, CA · San Diego County

Lebanese bakery and restaurant (mana'ish, saj wraps, kebab plates), part of a small chain also present in the Los Angeles area (Granada Hills, Calabasas). No ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

San Diego, CA · San Diego County

Family-owned Hillcrest restaurant rooted in Bekaa Valley (Lebanon) traditions. Rebranded from "Aladdin Mediterranean Cuisine"/"Aladdin Hillcrest" to Maïsa Lebanese Cuisine in February 2026 under the same family (now run by the next generation) at the same address — same business, name change only, not a closure. No ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

San Diego, CA · San Diego County

Mission Hills/Uptown restaurant self-described as combining Greek, Italian, and Lebanese cuisine (kabobs, falafel, hummus). Included as a fusion restaurant with an explicitly Lebanese component, not as a purely Arab/Levantine kitchen. No ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

San Diego, CA · San Diego County

Gaslamp lounge self-described as "Levantine Mediterranean" — mezze, salads, hearty grills, and hookah. This address and phone number were previously used by "Maestro Lounge" (self-described "Arabian Cuisine with a Heritage Twist"); evidence (a recent grand-opening announcement) indicates Dunya Lounge has replaced Maestro Lounge at this location, so only Dunya Lounge is listed here to avoid duplicating what appears to be the same venue under its current name. No ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

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Food-truck and catering operation (chicken shawarma, vegan falafel, halal options), generally based around the Hillcrest area with rotating pop-up locations rather than a single fixed address, so no street address is listed here.

San Diego, CA · San Diego County

International specialty grocery market with a halal-certified meat/poultry department and Middle Eastern products alongside broader international goods — not exclusively an Arab grocer. Shares its address with a separately-branded Persian restaurant (Sufi Mediterranean Cuisine) at the same plaza; the two appear to be co-located rather than the same business. No ownership claim is made or implied by this listing.

San Diego, CA · San Diego County

Mission Valley location of a fast-casual Mediterranean/kabob chain. Cuisine tag only — no ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

San Diego, CA · San Diego County

Clairemont Mesa location, self-described halal Mediterranean (hummus, falafel, kabobs, shawarma, gyros), alongside pizza/pasta/burgers. A second location of this small chain is listed separately in La Mesa. No ownership claim is made or implied by this listing.

San Diego, CA · San Diego County

Mission Valley location of the Luna Grill fast-casual Mediterranean chain (also listed separately in El Cajon and elsewhere in San Diego). Cuisine tag only — no ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

San Diego, CA · San Diego County

Clairemont location of the Luna Grill fast-casual Mediterranean chain (also listed separately in El Cajon and elsewhere in San Diego). Cuisine tag only — no ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

San Diego, CA · San Diego County

Hillcrest location of the Luna Grill fast-casual Mediterranean chain (also listed separately in El Cajon and elsewhere in San Diego). Cuisine tag only — no ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

San Diego, CA · San Diego County

Liberty Station location of the Luna Grill fast-casual Mediterranean chain (also listed separately in El Cajon and elsewhere in San Diego). Cuisine tag only — no ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

San Diego, CA · San Diego County

East Village (downtown) location of The Kebab Shop, a Turkish döner-kebab chain founded in San Diego in 2008. This chain has roughly a dozen locations across San Diego County (Mission Valley, Mira Mesa, Point Loma, Little Italy, La Jolla, and several North County cities not yet covered by this site); only this flagship-area location is listed for now. Cuisine tag only — no ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

San Diego, CA · San Diego County

Included at the site owner's request. This is a Somali (East African) restaurant, not an Arab or Levantine one — its CA corporate filing lists officers with Somali names, and its own branding identifies it as Somali cuisine. Somalia is a member of the Arab League, but Somali ancestry is classified separately from Arab ancestry in U.S. Census/ACS data, and this listing does not assert any Arab-community affiliation — it is included here as a Muslim/halal East African restaurant at Tarek's direction, similar to the Kabul Kabob House precedent for Afghan cuisine. Halal status is self-described by the business per Zabihah, a halal-specific directory, not Yelp or Google.