By Natallie Rocha / The San Diego Union-Tribune / March 13, 2025
The Port of San Diego signed off Tuesday on a prominent local restaurant group’s planned takeover of the waterfront lease held by the Fish Market Restaurant.
The Brigantine restaurant group — a family-owned business that has operated in San Diego County since 1969 — will assume the lease for the Fish Market’s location on North Harbor Drive. Brigantine’s private deal to acquire the Fish Market brand was announced late last year.
The sale marked a new era for the nearly 50-year old Fish Market restaurants, a family-owned seafood business. The Brigantine restaurant group intends to continue operating the downtown and Solana Beach eateries under the Fish Market brand.