Restaurants To Look Forward To

There are so many new restaurants in San Diego, especially North County, coming soon.  Lots to get excited about, if you like to eat out, like I do.  For the first time since I've lived in Oceanside, there are numerous restaurants opening in Vista and Carlsbad.  I'm hoping they'll be good.  Here's a run down of just some of the new restaurants coming to the area.  Most will be opening in the next few months, several others will open later in 2018.  The Shoppes at Carlsbad, the renovated mall that has the Cheesecake Factory as one of its newest tenants, will be home to several new restaurants soon.  Also, Vista is becoming not only a brewing hub, but will soon house numerous new eateries.  Here's just a sampling of what to look for.

Sammy's Wood Fired Pizza in Carlsbad recently closed for a makeover.  It will reopen in a few weeks as Pisco Rotisserie and Cerviche.  Sammy Ladeki opened his first Pisco in Libery Station last year, and it has received rave reviews.  Now we will have one here in Carlsbad.  It's Peruvian food, which is becoming very popular.  Can't wait.  At Pala Casino, one of the casual dining spots closed, and reopened the next day as Bar Meets Grill.  It's California casual, and should be good.  Better Buzz, the very popular coffee house with several locations around San Diego, will open a 7,500 square foot retail/office center in Hillcrest.  The ground floor will house another Better Buzz cafe.  I expect it will be packed from the day it opens.  In Encinitas, the building formerly housing The Bird House (Turkish food), will now become Buona Forchetta.  This Italian restaurant's other locations are so popular, the owners finally decided to come north.  In Vista, Ciao Plaza Restaurant, is in the process of expanding and remodeling.  Among other things, they will have a 300 seat banquet room.  Also in Vista, look for Dog Haus, a fast casual hot dog chain, opening on Broadway.  Raising Cane's will soon open in Vista, as a drive thru restaurant serving chicken fingers.  It will be in the old Famous Dave's barbeque, which has been empty for years.  Swami's will open it's next location in Vista soon, on Main Street.  When Pigs Fly, a terrific barbeque restaurant that has been in a Chevron gas station for years, will reopen on Main St.  So many new places in Vista, I'm so excited!

In San Marcos, you will soon be able to visit Rio Churrascaria, a Brazilian Steakhouse, with 20 items on it's buffet.  It will be on Grand Ave, where the Elephant Bar used to be.  In the newly remodeled Westfield Mall at UTC, you'll find several new restaurants.  Great Maple, a chain, will soon open.  It's great food, big portions, good service.  Javier's a high end traditional and contemporary Mexican restaurant will also open in UTC.  Now, for more new restaurants at the Shoppes in Carlsbad:  Lucha Librea Taco Shop, Texas De Brazil (all you can eat grilled and roasted meats served tableside), and Wokano, an LA based chain serving Asian fusion, will soon open.

It looks I will no longer be able to say "There's no place to eat in Oceanside and Vista."  What a vast assortment of new places to choose from.  I will never get to all of these new places, but when I do find one I like, I will definitely review it.  Happy eating.