The Lion's Share

On our list of the best special-occasion restaurants in San Diego.

Stuffed animal heads, a bearskin rug, and a taxidermied peacock fill this game-focused restaurant downtown, and the walls carry famous paintings with their human subjects swapped for animals. Wild game drives the kitchen: elk chops, boar bolognese, rabbit pie, antelope sliders. Cocktails run to a tamarind-mezcal Cheeto Fingers with a slow-burn chile kick.