Things to do
Things to do in Kearny Mesa
Convoy Street — the best Asian food corridor in Southern California — wrapped in light industrial and car dealerships.
Things to do
Convoy DistrictShopping
The city-designated pan-Asian district along Convoy Street, with hundreds of restaurants, groceries, tea shops and karaoke bars covering dim sum, pho, Korean barbecue and sushi.
Zion MarketMarket
The Korean supermarket that helped start Convoy's Asian business district in 1979, with prepared foods and a produce section built for Korean cooking; open daily 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
8330 Clairemont Mesa Blvd, San Diego, CA 92111
Mitsuwa MarketplaceMarket
A Japanese supermarket with a food court, bakery and imported goods, part of the California chain.
Nijiya MarketMarket
A Japanese grocery whose first store opened in the Convoy area in 1986, known for organic produce and bento.
Montgomery-Gibbs Executive AirportLandmark
The city's general aviation reliever airport at 427 feet elevation, opened as Gibbs Field in 1937; watching small planes and helicopters from the perimeter is a local pastime.
Marian Bear Memorial ParkTrail
West of the mesa in San Clemente Canyon along SR-52, a 467-acre canyon park with an easy creekside trail, the closest nature escape from the office parks.
Convoy food crawlFamily
Grazing from ramen to Sichuan to boba within a few blocks is the standard way to spend an evening on Convoy Street.
Spectrum districtShopping
The mixed-use redevelopment of the former General Dynamics aerospace campus, with offices, apartments and retail.
Eat & drink
Tajima Ramen (Convoy)Ramen and izakaya
The 2001 original of San Diego's best-known ramen group, at 4681 Convoy St, with springy house-made noodles.
Spicy CitySichuan
A Convoy Street standby for mapo tofu, boiled fish and numbing chile dishes.
Casa MachadoMexican
A Mexican restaurant at Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport, listed among the field's businesses.
Dumpling Inn & Shanghai SaloonChinese dumplings
A long-running Convoy dumpling house known for soup dumplings and potstickers.
Mitsuwa food courtJapanese food court
Ramen, curry and bento counters inside the Japanese supermarket, a fast lunch for area office workers.