Kettner Exchange

"Kettner Exchange might be the only clubstaurant in San Diego with legitimately good food. If you don’t want to party in a cabana on the raucous patio, grab a quieter booth and grab a Pig Mac that swaps pork belly for beef and folds the lot into a steamed Asian bun with a cartoon pig face made out of dough on the side. Or dig into assertively numbing and spicy Szechuan frog legs, and a giant duck meatball that outshines most Italian restaurants. The best perch of all is at the chef’s table, hidden behind the expansive and immaculate kitchen, where the restaurant hosts monthly six-course, off-menu dinners for just eight guests." - candice woo, cora lee, candice woo, cora lee, candice woo, candice woo, candice woo, cora lee, cora lee, candice woo, candice woo, cora lee, candice woo, cora lee, candice woo, candice woo, cora lee, candice woo, candice woo, candice woo, cora lee, candic

"Kettner Exchange might be the only clubstaurant in San Diego with legitimately good food. If you don’t want to party in a cabana on the raucous patio, grab a quieter booth and grab a Pig Mac that swaps pork belly for beef and folds the lot into a steamed Asian bun with a cartoon pig face made out of dough on the side. Or dig into assertively numbing and spicy Szechuan frog legs, and a giant duck meatball that outshines most Italian restaurants. The best perch of all is at the chef’s table, hidden behind the expansive and immaculate kitchen, where the restaurant hosts monthly six-course, off-menu dinners for just eight guests." - Candice Woo

"An expansive rooftop patio is part of the draw at this bi-level restaurant that’s a fixture on the nightlife scene but was also recognized with Michelin Bib Gourmand status in 2021 for executive chef Brian Redzikowski’s consistently tasty and thoughtful food that inflected with Asian ingredients and techniques." - Candice Woo, Helen I. Hwang

"An expansive rooftop patio is part of the draw at this bi-level restaurant that’s a fixture on the nightlife scene but was also recognized with Michelin Bib Gourmand status in 2021 for executive chef Brian Redzikowski’s consistently tasty and thoughtful food that inflected with Asian ingredients and techniques." - Candice Woo, Helen I. Hwang

"During late 2018, Little Italy upscale dining destination Kettner Exchange scrapped its entire wine list, opting instead for producers with a lower-intervention, more natural and small-grower approach. The result is a fresh, sprawling list of well-priced and incredibly high quality selections that won’t be found anywhere else in the county." - Jackie Bryant