Cowboy Star Restaurant and Butcher Shop in downtown San Diego's East Village has run an in-house butchery at 640 Tenth Avenue since 2008, cutting steaks daily from a program that includes Snake River Farms American Wagyu and allocation-only Japanese Wagyu from the Shogun Beef program. The Shogun allocation sources Hokkaido A5 from Okaki Farm and Sawai Ranch, served exclusively in Southern California at this location, anchoring an East Village fine-dining corridor alongside Born and Raised on Broadway. Seafood selections follow Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch sustainability guidelines, and single-estate coffee comes from San Diego roaster Cafe Moto, pressed tableside in a French press. The 2008 Orchid Award-winning interior features exposed beam ceilings, an indoor fireplace, and leather booths around a display kitchen that doubles as a chef's counter for tasting-menu events — a theatrical dining format distinct from the coastal plating at Lionfish Modern Coastal Cuisine in the Gaslamp Quarter. Private event buyouts convert the main dining room into a seated banquet space, with the butcher shop supplying custom-cut bone-in tomahawks and dry-aged selections for multi-course dinners steps from Petco Park.