JRDN Restaurant

"Located by the Pacific Beach boardwalk, this modern steak and seafood restaurant anchors the Tower 23 Hotel. Open every day at 9 a.m. for breakfast, it’s business as usual on New Year’s Day. Popular favorites include the citrus scallop salad, poke bowl, chilaquiles with chorizo scrambled eggs, and a wagyu burger with gruyere cheese and caramelized onions, accompanied by truffle fries. Choose your own adventure with Mr. Black’s Espresso Martini or Abuela’s Paloma made with a non-alcoholic agave spirit." - Helen I. Hwang, Candice Woo

"This sea-level restaurant is next to the Pacific Beach boardwalk, with ocean views and Cape Cod-style cottages right on the historic Crystal Pier. A new summer menu and wine series will launch in June. The sushi rolls and steak are musts, as are its well-crafted desserts." - Helen I. Hwang

"JRDN’s entire menu will be available Thanksgiving Day as well as a special three-course meal which includes baby kale salad, a turkey dinner with all the traditional fixings and pumpkin crème brûlée. Cost is $55 per person." - Darlene Horn

"From noon to 8 p.m., this Pacific Beach waterfront restaurant will host a three-course dinner from its new chef, Jerry Ranson. Dishes like pomegranate pork belly, turkey, and puff pastry apple pie are a few of the options to choose from. Prices hover around $70 depending on the main entrée." - Helen I. Hwang

"Served Saturdays and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., brunch from executive chef Jerry Ranson and pastry chef Justin Sazon includes a morning bun served with chocolate chantilly cream and berry coulis, a short rib Benedict, and a falafel burger topped with tzatziki, grilled squash, arugula. Indulge in the house Bloody Mary, made with cilantro and jalapeno-infused vodka and garnished with a charcuterie stick." - Candice Woo