NATIONAL PROPS

100 Best Farm-to-Table Restaurants in America, Gourmet Magazine, October 2007

10 Top Gastropubs, Draft Magazine, May/June 2009

100 Best Places to Drink Beer in America, Imbibe Magazine, September 2008

Top 10 New Places For Hot Dogs, Bon Appetit Magazine, August 2009

9 Beer Innovators To Watch, Draft Magazine, Sept/Oct 2009

SPECIFICS

• Pastured and sustainably raised meats from farmers we know
• Our own house made fresh sausages and house cured meats like bacon, hams, and other charcuterie
• Making our food by hand, from scratch, including house-baked bread, house made mustard and sauerkraut, and hand spun ice cream
• Fresh produce, often organic, mostly from local independent farms
• World-class craft beers, including 3 to 5 cask-conditioned ales always on handle
• Over 40 wines by the glass and taste, and many more by the bottle, from craft producers all over the world, including the city of San Diego

Families and children always welcome.

We are open late every day at our new(-ish) digs on the corner of 30th St and North Park Way.

SEATING

We seat on a first come basis, which means we don't take reservations.

If you’re happiest when you can surely sit right away, we encourage you to join us on weekdays, or early in the evening on Friday and Saturday(between 5:30 and 6:30 seems best). But just come on in.

Also, we're completely open until 11:30pm every night, and we welcome guests who join us toward the end of the evening.

Whenever you come to visit us, we'll take care of you the best we can.

THE LINKERY IS A "NO TIPPING" RESTAURANT

We charge for table service (18%) for dining-in guests and do not accept additional payment.

For guests that would like to show extra gratitude, you can leave cash behind for our charity of the month.

For further information about our "tip-free" policy, click here.

MORE PRESS

Featured in Bon Appetit magazine, "Top Tables", March 2006 as "a good example of San Diego's growing number of ingredient-driven restaurants." Also, "sausage rules here" and the entrees "do the city's Mexican food scene proud." (to explain: our cuisine is global including Latin American influences).

"If knowing that your Hampshire or Berkshire breed pigs are pastured makes chowing down on handcrafted sausages a guiltless pleasure, The Linkery is the place to indulge. The folks behind this unique, casual spot believe in 'meeting your meal.'" - Gourmet magazine, "America's Best Farm-to-Table Restaurants", October 2007

Named Best New Restaurant, SDCityBeat magazine 2005

"One-of-a-kind...the homemade sausages are superlative, to say the least" - David Nelson, San Diego Magazine September 2007

"Very Good" (3 stars), Naomi Wise, San Diego Reader

"An excellent menu of unusual fare served in one of the coolest-looking dining rooms in San Diego" - Joshua Sibelman, SDCityBeat magazine

City's Best (best burger 2005, 2006; best hot dog 2006) , AOL CityGuide San Diego

"The top of my list for favorite and most original neighborhood restaurants" - Frank Sabatini, Jr., GLT

"Something more than just a pleasure" - Peter Syravong, Curiculum magazine, Summer 2007

"This bistro oozes cool imagination....You'll wish you lived in this neighborhood" - 944 magazine, November 2005

"The best sausage in town -- this we know. In fact, the sausage taco in a corn tortilla with mustard japaleno aioli could go head to head with any fish taco out there. But little did this cool North Park bistro know that its thoughtful ode to vegetarians would steal the sausage thunder for which it has become known." - Riviera magazine, August 2006

Recent posts from our blog

where we write about our farms, food and community.

Wednesday Lineup
posted by Michael on 28 Jul 2010

Local rocket (Suzie’s Organic Farm), farmstead goat cheese (Wingshadows Hacienda), sweet corn (International Community Foundation Center), plum (Wingshadows Hacienda) vinaigrette Heirloom cherry tomato (Suzie’s Organic Farm) & Manila clam (Carlsbad Aquafarm) dip, market produce (Suzie’s Organic Farm & Wingshadows Hacienda)

Suzie?s Farm Party at ETIEZ - Thursday July 29th
posted by Jay on 28 Jul 2010

Thursday from 6pm to 9pm we’re having a big party at El Take It Easy for Suzie’s Farm CSA shareholders, people who might want to become Suzie’s Farm CSA shareholders, and anyone who would like to meet the farmers, or who just likes to have a good time. Robin and Lucila We’ll offer a special [...]

A very local Saison
posted by Ethan on 28 Jul 2010

Some of the Linkery folk and I had the the great opportunity to take part in the entire brewing process with Colby Chandler of Ballast Point Brewing. Colby wanted to brew a San Diego farmhouse ale with ingredients that would have been found in the San Diego area when Cabrillo’s ships arrived in 1542.  The ingredients [...]

30th on 30th on Friday
posted by Jay on 28 Jul 2010

30th on 30th is this Friday! At the Link, we’ll be offering braised grass-fed beef short rib sliders for $3, and half pours of 30th Street Pale Ale for $2, tax and service included, cash only. Starting at 5:30, in the North Park Meat Company room only. We’ll also have $2 taste pours of [...]

Bikes and Art Crossing the Line
posted by Jay on 28 Jul 2010

Two of my favorite things to do are 1) explore Tijuana and San Diego via bicycle, and 2) check out urban art installations, such as all the amazing ones brought to life recently by the MCASD “Viva La Revolucion” exhibit, and the installations in the neighborhood of Casa de Tunel, and others. This weekend, thanks to [...]

Food as Performance Art
posted by Che on 26 Jul 2010

The real reason we do everything in house? We want to be able to smell it when it comes out of the oven. We get off on the sensory overload provided by a fully-engaged kitchen. It would be nice for you if you could have the all-day, all-encompassing experience of food preparation, like we do, but we [...]

Saturday Lineup
posted by Michael on 24 Jul 2010

Local rocket (Suzie’s Organic Farm), pickled quail eggs, Bermuda onion (both from Wingshadows Hacienda), house cured bacon (Eden Farms), Pt. Reyes blue cheese-balsamic dressing Local pastured chicken (Curtis Womach), heirloom tomato (Suzie’s Organic Farm) sauce, queso fresco, house made crema, cilantro (Suzie’s Organic Farm), Cipollini onion (Wingshadows Hacienda) Pan-seared local halibut, tarragon (Wingshadows Hacienda) mashed Yukon [...]

Rad Events Coming Up Soon
posted by Jay on 23 Jul 2010

Tomorrow (Saturday) - Happy hour with Salon TONIC at El Take It Easy Wednesday, July 28 - North Park Community Association Mixer at El Take It Easy Thursday, July 29th - Suzie’s Farm CSA Party at El Take It Easy. Friday, July 30th - 30th on 30th! Saturday, July 31th - Something great at El Take It Easy

Beer For Books, Everyone?s A Winner
posted by Jay on 23 Jul 2010

You published about 350 books for kids in developing nations, via our Beers for Books fundraiser on Wednesday at El Take It Easy. Congratulations! Also congrats to Jose, Erin, Ali, and Leesa for winning fabulous raffle prizes, including bacon. We’ll undoubtedly be holding weekly meat raffles soon.

Wednesday Lineup, something for everyone!
posted by Michael on 21 Jul 2010

New vegan entree! –> Spaghetti squash (Wingshadows Hacienda), Padron peppers, heirloom tomatoes (both from Suzie’s Organic Farm), Cipollini onions, Thumbelina carrot puree (both from Wingshadows Hacienda) Ham & cheese: house cured pastured goat (Farinelli Ranch) city ham, Pt Reyes Farmstead Toma cheese, pickled Anaheim peppers (Black Dog Farm), jalapeno-mustard aioli, semolina bun Rhubarb (Tierra Miguel Farm) [...]

New soup for you!
posted by Michael on 20 Jul 2010

Chilled yellow beet with pickled green heirloom tomatoes (both from Suzie’s Organic Farm) and tarragon (Wingshadows Hacienda) Ditto.

Add Happy Hour at EZ: Saturday 6pm-8pm
posted by Jay on 20 Jul 2010

In addition to Beers for Books tomorrow, we have another happy hour at El Take It Easy this week…on Saturday from 6pm-8pm we’re throwing a party for Salon TONIC and their friends and guests — and anyone who would like to come by and meet them. Tell us you’re there for the happy hour and [...]

Suzie?s Farm CSA Shareholder Party, El Take It Easy, Thursday July 29
posted by Jay on 20 Jul 2010

This is going to be fun. If you’re a Suzie’s Farm CSA member, or you think you might like to be, or you’re just curious, or you like having fun, then you should come to this event. The El Take It Easy kitchen will be making special dishes from Suzie’s Farm produce, including complimentary tastes, [...]

Monday lineup
posted by Michael on 19 Jul 2010

Local rocket, heirloom tomatoes (both from Suzie’s Organic Farm), Reed avocado (Schaner Farm), Pozo Tomme cheese (Christine & Jim Maguire), blood orange vinaigrette House cured Brianza salami (pastured Berkshire pork from Jim Neville) flatbread, Pt Reyes Toma cheese, squash blossom, heirloom tomato sauce (both from Suzie’s Organic Farm)

Beers For Books, Wednesday at El Take It Easy
posted by Jay on 19 Jul 2010

You may have heard the buzz about the fundraiser we are doing this Wednesday at El Take It Easy with Beers For Books. These events happen around town and are very fun and popular, they also do great work for people in need. For every beer you buy on Wednesday (and they’re only [...]

Narrowing
posted by Jay on 19 Jul 2010

We changed up our menu structure quite a bit today, removing about 1/3 of the items from the food side. We all agreed that the next step in us improving as a restaurant, is to do fewer things, so we can make each thing we do, continually better. Now, with fewer dishes to create, [...]

Beer at The Link
posted by Ethan on 19 Jul 2010

I’m pretty excited about our current and coming line-up of both cask and draft beers. Ballast Point Brewery finished Brother Levonian Saison a week or two ago and this batch is really delicious.  Brother Levonian was a local homebrewer and friend to a lot of people in the beer community. He passed away a couple of [...]

Summer Calendar
posted by Jay on 19 Jul 2010

We’ve been working to put our calendar of events together for the summer, and it’s turned out really great. A lot of the events are at El Take It Easy because we have a bit more room there (since it’s new and not as busy yet). Here’s what we (and, we hope, you) will [...]

Slow Burn
posted by Che on 18 Jul 2010

You must have noticed how hot it has been the past week. The sun has been unusually aggressive, impossible to escape as alimony payments, whether you’re indoors or out. It makes you understand why people in the sweltering deep South get a little peculiar and do things like sleep beside their dead fiances. But on the [...]

Saturday night sirloin
posted by Michael on 17 Jul 2010

Grass-fed roast sirloin (Spanish Oak Ranches), marinated chioggia beets (Suzie’s Organic Farm), baby turnip (La Milpa Organica), grilled cipollini onions (Wingshadows Hacienda), basil (Wingshadows Hacienda) pesto