Local Favorites in Carlsbad “Eat Like a Local”

Carlsbad is known as “The Village by the Sea,” it offers the charm of a European town with the conveniences of a large city including Award-winning restaurants. It is a small coastal city in northern San Diego County that happens to have some of the best food in San Diego.

The Village is where you will find Carlsbad’s best local cuisine. This list is in no particular order just some local favorites:

Jeune et Jolie

As a 2021 MICHELIN Guide Restaurant Jeune et Jolie reimagines French cuisine through the vibrant lens of our Southern California landscape. Enjoy a tasty culinary experience made for celebrating. Focus on the taste and texture of each bite, to truly savor the flavor of the dish.

Local favorite:

Four course meal with wine. Un, Deux, Tros, Quatre

jeune-jolie menu

Cicciotti’s Trattoria Italiana and Seafood

Chef Gaetano Cicciotti serves delicious wood-fired pizza, fresh seafood dishes, and other traditional dishes from his family original recipes. Chef Cicciotti has also created his own cookbook with all of his recipes, so you can make them at home too.

Local favorites:

Pennette Alla Vodka

short tube pasta in a creamy tomato vodka sauce (add chicken, sausage, or shrimp

Tagliatelle Bolognese

flat noodles in a fresh meat sauce (ground veal, pork and beef meats)

Gnocchi Al Gorgonzola

potato dumplings served with a creamy gorgonzola cheese sauce and walnuts

Tiramisu

Homemade Limoncello

Cicciottis Carlsbad

The Strawberry Shack

The Strawberry Shack specializes in products that are made with fresh California Strawberries. Strawberry Shakes & Shortcakes to Chocolate Dipped Strawberries, Homemade Chocolate Covered Strawberry Marshmallows, Homemade Strawberry Pudding, Strawberry Cannoli’s, Strawberry Pina Colada Dole Whip along with other Strawberry delights.

Local favorites:

Strawberry Shortcake

Strawberry Pina Colada

The Strawberry Shack