Kettner Exchange · San Diego
Little Italy's only rooftop, Michelin Bib Gourmand cooking
Kettner Exchange is the design-forward anchor of San Diego's Little Italy, a two-level indoor-outdoor space at the corner of Kettner Boulevard and Grape Street that put a serious chef's kitchen behind one of the neighborhood's most photographed rooms. The building earned an Orchid award for architecture, and you feel why the moment you walk in: raw industrial materials soften into coastal California warmth, floor-to-ceiling glass pulls in the light, and subtle nods to the city's bay and shipbuilding history run through the room. The main dining floor opens up to the venue's headline feature, an open-air rooftop patio with harbor views that remains, by local consensus, the only true rooftop of its kind in Little Italy. We send guests here when they want a room that performs as hard as the f
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Hours of operation
- Monday: 17:00 – 00:00
- Tuesday: 17:00 – 00:00
- Wednesday: 17:00 – 00:00
- Thursday: 17:00 – 00:00
- Friday: 17:00 – 01:00
- Saturday: 17:00 – 01:00
- Sunday: 11:00 – 00:00
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