Brisa Restaurant & Bar in downtown San Diego's Little Italy opened in 2025 at the corner of Kettner Boulevard and Hawthorne Street, bringing a Latin American-Japanese fusion menu from the executive chef behind the kitchen. The raw bar anchors the Japanese side with fresh oysters, sashimi, and passionfruit ceviche, while the Brisa Roll layers yellowtail and spicy crabmeat in soy paper topped with seared tuna—a sushi program sharing Kettner Boulevard frontage with Kettner Exchange's rooftop-driven dinner service two blocks south. Latin elements emerge in the Lump Crab Nopal Tostada with salsa macha and the Bacon-Wrapped Scallops over purple Peruvian potatoes with coconut truffle sauce. The venture comes from San Diego Dining Group—the same operators behind Zama in the Gaslamp Quarter and Allegro—applying their multi-concept experience to a tropical-modern interior of palm fronds and island-inspired cocktails. The fusion philosophy bridges Latin heat and Japanese precision on a single plate, occupying a niche between the region's dedicated Latin kitchens and the ramen-focused Japanese cooking at Underbelly in Little Italy. A thirty-two-ounce Porterhouse for Two with Japanese chimichurri represents the menu's most ambitious plate, marrying churrasco-scale cuts with Pacific Rim seasoning.