Where to Eat Before a Show at the Balboa Theatre
Opera Caffe sits two minutes from the Balboa Theatre on Fourth Avenue in San Diego’s Gaslamp Quarter, where Chef Patrizia Branchi and her daughter Kika built pre-show service around real curtain times. This September brings The Phantom of the Opera to the nearby Civic Theatre and San Diego Restaurant Week downtown, giving theatergoers two good reasons to book dinner ahead. Here’s how to time a reservation and what to order with an hour to spare.