House of Blues
1055 Fifth Ave. (Broadway) 
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San Diego, CA 92101
619-525-1966 | Make Restaurant Reservations | Menu
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Cuisine
Open
Lunch Mon.-Fri., Dinner nightlyFeatures
- Heart-healthy dishes
- Private room(s)
- Full bar
- Entertainment
- Outdoor dining
- Valet parking
- Casual
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House of Blues Restaurant Review: The San Diego House of Blues continues the artistic and philanthropic tradition of its New Orleans, Los Angeles and Las Vegas predecessors. Art-lovers will enjoy the impressive array of outsider folk art and SoCal-Mexican murals---eye candy that enhances the dining experience. The primary focus of the menu is Southern, as in lots of shrimp, cornbread, cheese grits and country-fried steak. It veers off from traditional recipes with additions like rosemary, salsa or peanut sauce, but there is enough of a New Orleans-theme to make it cohesive. Much has improved since its opening, both in the food and service areas. The pan-seared voodoo shrimp are flavored by a zesty beer-reduction sauce and paired with a moist, sweet square of corn bread. The andouille and boudin sausages are intensely flavored and nicely offset by mashed potatoes and sweet red pepper relish. A visit would not be complete without the slow-smoked Tennessee-style baby-back rib platter. Gone is the dry, tough meat and in its place is fall-off-the-bone goodness smothered in Jim Beam barbecue sauce. Top dessert honors go to the chocolate-banana bread pudding with Jack Daniels crème anglaise---always satisfying with a Bailey’s-spiked coffee. |
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