Scenes from the first San Diego Night Market

I mentioned this back in August. The Missus and I decided to go early, like five minutes after things were scheduled and the place was already packed. We parked on the street; the combination of Zion shoppers and folks checking this out made for a chaotic parking situation. The folks who put this on managed to keep a small footprint.

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The area with peace and quiet was the Beer Garden. Perhaps it was too early, but it also seemed that 50% of the folks here weren't legal drinking age and the crowd was overwhelmingly Asian. I probably would have settled in here if we stuck around.

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There was a decent variety of food booths, though only one really interested me. It also seemed that just about everyone else was interested in this one as well…..the grilled cuttlefish on a stick looked quite appealing….though the super long line did not.

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This was at 5:15 mind you….just imagine later on?

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It was nice to see some familiar faces……

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Here are some of the other food booths.

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Other than Pangaea, nothing I was particularly interested in.

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The size of the crowd this early on in the evening shows that San Diego can really get behind this concept.

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I hope they do well.

It runs tonight from 5pm – 11pm. It's about 8 right now, so you still have time to get on down there and check it out yourself.

7655 Clairemont Mesa Blvd
San Diego, CA 92111