San Diego
Basic - Great Pizza place downtown right by PETCO park downtown. All they do is pizza, beer and salad but they do it great.
http://www.barbasic.com/
Neighborhood - Small place but great food and different beers on tap every day. 2 for 1 happy hour beers too.
http://www.neighborhoodsd.com/blog.php?cat=Blog
Most of the restaurants in gaslamp district were crappy and touristy in my opinion.