If you’re in San Diego, odds are you want to try some seafood, and one of the first places you’re going to be sent to is Blue Point Coastal Cuisine in your quest for great seaside tastes, and chances are you’ll stop your search here. To put it in one word, the food here is divine. Right on the corner of trendy and trendiest in downtown Gaslamp, you’ll find this oasis of food and an abundance of class. Blue Point isn’t only going to serve you fantastic food, it’s going to serve it with an attitude even Haute finds impressive.

One of the most Haute things to do, in our not-so-humble opinion, is to give back and participate in as many charitable endeavors as you can find time for. If we could do a Haute 300, we would, there are that many great causes and events happening in this great city, but for now we’ll settle on the Haute 5.

Who wants to eat with the normal folk in the middle of the restaurant when these amazing places offer you a table front and center in the action-packed kitchen (or nearby) talking to the chef, and feeling that in-crowd vibe of getting the inside track on the amazing food they offer? Here are the Haute 5 chef’s tables in San Diego.

A lot of wine bars pop up in cities, each one trying to create something new and unique, and TOAST Enoteca & Cucina has succeeded in downtown San Diego. Their goal is to make an environment of an authentic Italian eatery and wine tasting experience, and this is exactly what you can count on when you walk through the trendy doors.

Is there an age where one should become stylish? In our opinion, it’s never to early to look like a rock star and sport the right labels, and these five shops in San Diego do an amazing job of turning children into fashion icons.

What goes better with beaches than ice cream? OK, maybe flip flops, but ice cream is a close second! Here are our Haute 5 ice cream shops in the San Diego area. Yum!

When your restaurant is slated as having one of the best views in the country, and your reputation precedes you in every write-up on the city’s eateries, you had better back up the claims. Luckily for Bertrand at Mister A’s, it does.

Sitting literally atop downtown San Diego, the first thing a patron of this amazing establishment is going to feel is above the rest, and this is no accident. While you gaze out over the lights of downtown reaching all the way to the ocean, you realize you are not here to simply eat, you are here to experience. Bertrand at Mister A’s is a venue that recalls to mind the time when people dressed up for dinner and made it an event, not just a means to an end. The decor, the staff, the service, and the presentation of this grand locale is enough to remind you that even in a town favoring beachwear year round, there are still standards to be had and standards to far exceed.

The resort is tucked back and away on Camelback Mountain, and just received a $50 million renovation that covered every single area of the property. They created two amazing new restaurants, the most popular being the first and only Laurent Tourondel’s BLT Steak in Arizona, added organic herb gardens, outdoor fire pits, a new bar that offers nightlife and fantastic specialty drinks, and a completely redone main lobby. Not to be left out, every single one of the 453 guest rooms have been pampered, showcasing features that remain so unique to the Camelback such as visible wood beams warming up each room, vintage adobe brick, and a warmth that is only created from designing with an eye for comfort.

The Arizona Biltmore is like the Rockefeller of our state’s resorts. It is untouchable, literally as well as figuratively, tucked far back into what can only be called mansion row of the Biltmore area, under the constant watchful eye of the Wrigley Mansion, exuding power, class, and history unlike any other space available for reservations in this state.