Dakota Grill & Spirits

This upscale, award-winning restaurant is the kind of place San Diego natives frequent to see and be seen. The cuisine is broad in its appeal, and lunchtime offers everything from wood-fired pizzas and rotisserie grill items to pastas, sandwiches and burgers. Dinner adds in more substantial fare, including steaks and Monday's prime rib affair. If you come with a group, share tempura calamari, a grilled artichoke with tarragon aioli, or bacon-wrapped sea scallops before you tuck into the main courses.