A plate from Callie. | Kimberly Motos San Diego’s essential restaurants across an array of cuisines, neighborhoods, and price points  This standout group of 38 restaurants reflects the best of San Diego’s diverse dining culture — covering cities across the county while spanning a range of price points, cuisines, approaches, and neighborhoods. With every update, Eater San Diego adds a few restaurants that have become newly eligible or stepped up their game. As such, a few restaurants are retired from the map each quarter — not necessarily forever — to make room. For hot new restaurants, check out our monthly Eater heatmap. If a particularly resonant restaurant is missing from the list, send us a note nominating it for inclusion; we’ll be posting updated versions of the Eater 38 map throughout the year. For all the latest San Diego dining intel, subscribe to Eater San Diego’s newsletter.