Because there wasn't the usual, annual round of year-end best-of lists last December, with the world still barely emerging from a pandemic and with Omicron rearing its ugly head it feels appropriate now to just do a list rounding up both 2021 and 2022, as far the local food scene goes.
William Bradley's California gastronomy-focused fine dining spot in Carmel Valley was the only San Diego County restaurant to receive either a new star or Bib Gourmand award in 2022