Our survival during SDCC depends upon Sweet Things Frozen Yogurt. Located at the Promenade level of the Hilton San Diego Bayfront, they open early (7 a.m.) and close late (special hours for SDCC).

• 1 Park Boulevard, Suite #102
• San Diego, CA 92101
• (619) 338-9555
• info@sweetthingsyogurt.com

This is usually where we have breakfast and keep hydrated throughout the day.

Another spot to have breakfast is the Broken Yolk Cafe. This is a chain, so you might be familiar with it.

Gaslamp-San Diego

• 355 Sixth Ave., San Diego, CA 92101
• (619) 338-9655
• Mondays-Fridays, 6 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
• Saturdays-Sundays, 6 a.m.-3 p.m.

Farther afield is another breakfast place, Snooze Eatery. This is also a chain and the closest to the Gaslamp is Snooze Hillcrest. That’s a 15-minute drive from the San Diego Convention Center.

Snooze Hillcrest

• 3940 Fifth Ave.
• San Diego, CA 92103
• 6:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

Also in the Hillcrest area is Massachusetts Mike’s which is a family-owned business about a 15-minute drive from the San Diego Convention Center.

Massachusetts Mike’s Pizzeria

• 3940 Fifth Ave.
• San Diego, CA 92103
• (619) 299-6453
• Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Sundays, 11 a.m. – 10p.m.
• Fridays-Saturdays, 11 a.m.-12 a.m. (midnight)
• Tuesdays, closed.

If you want to splurge and get a little gold and a lot of calories, then go for Extraordinary Desserts.  There’s one in Little Italy which you can also get to using the San Diego Metro.

Little Italy

• 1430 Union Street, San Diego, CA 92101
  (619) 294.7001 | Fax: (619)234.7001
• Mondays-Thursdays: 11 a.m. – 9 p.m.
• Fridays- Saturdays: 11 a.m. – 11.p.m.
• Sundays: 11 a.m. – 10 p.m.

Bankers Hill

• 2870 Fourth, San Diego, CA 92103
•  (619) 294.2132 | Fax: (619) 294.7032
• Mondays-Thursdays: 10 a.m. – 9 p.m.
• Fridays- Saturdays: 10 a.m. – 11.p.m.
• Sundays: 10 a.m. – 9 p.m.