Pull yourself up by your bootstraps and mosey on down to San Diego’s East Village for a culinary journey back to the wild west at Cowboy Star. This restaurant, complete with adjoining butcher shop, offers up fine dining inspired by California’s pioneer past.

There are a variety of entrees featuring selections from local farmers markets, but it is the hand-cut steaks straight from the butcher shop that allows Cowboy Star to shine. A variety of cuts are complemented by tough guy add-ons like roasted bone marrow