The Best New Restaurants in San Diego, March 2025

"Industry vets Dan Valerino and Joe Bower have realized their thoroughly Californian version of a lively Spanish tapas bar with this friendly North Park restaurant that serves an eclectic mix of small plates that includes a SoCal twist on classic patatas bravas that swaths the potatoes in a chile pepper crema and other standouts like crispy chicken skins and spicy peanuts, a duck confit croquette with cherry mustard dipping sauce, and NY strip steak tataki in fermented scallop ponzu. Finca also houses a bottle shop, stocked with accessibly-priced and thoughtfully-chosen wines from Spain and California." - Helen I. Hwang, Candice Woo, Eater Staff