About Mabel's Gone Fishing

Mabel’s Gone Fishing is a Spanish influenced restaurant in the heart of North Park that seems to get everything just about right. The space is cozy but not cramped. The cocktails are perfectly well balanced. The food is beautifully crafted without being pretentious and unapproachable. And the service is knowledgeable without being, well… pretentious and unapproachable. Mabel’s is a great neighborhood spot for North Park and a destination restaurant in San Diego itself.

The menu is tapas with an extensive wine list (the owner is also the owner of The Rose Wine Bar – a natural wine bar in South Park). The patio is a little exposed and on a busy road, so try to snag a seat inside. Reservations fill up quick so beware. Pro tip: snag a walk in seat at the bar and sip on one or nine gin cocktails while you order dish after dish of scrumptious tapas while chatting it up with the bartender.

Best Parts

• Date night
• Good cocktails
• Hanging with friends
• Spanish tapas

Behind The Counter

Mabel’s Gone Fishing is owned by local San Diegan Chelsea Coleman. This is Coleman’s follow up to the popular Rose Wine Bar in South Park. She also owns a bakery next door to The Rose – Secret Sister. Coleman is San Diego through and through – her father is the longtime voice of the Padres Jerry Coleman