Hanna's Gourmet

AmericanVerified

About

For globally inspired brunch and pop-up dinners on Adams Avenue, Hanna's Gourmet operates at 2864 Adams Ave in Normal Heights, San Diego, at the western edge of the 92116 corridor near the University Heights border. The restaurant has served a rotating global menu since 2011, with Sunday brunch featuring dishes drawn from Moroccan, French, South African, and Middle Eastern culinary traditions — Eggs la Marrakesh, Beef Bourguignon, Chicken Tagine, and South African Curried Lamb among the rotating entrees. The kitchen runs a seasonal sourcing program that draws on the same network of small San Diego producers that stocks neighborhood markets such as Stehly Farms Market on Adams Avenue. Hanna's hosts themed prix-fixe Italian dinners on select evenings and monthly family-style pop-up events exploring a different country's cuisine each time, a format that has made the 60-seat dining room a destination for the Taste of Adams Avenue food festival circuit. The restaurant holds a 97-out-of-100 San Diego County health inspection score and offers private dining for events in a separated dining room. Restaurants in Normal Heights range from classic American diners to Ethiopian and French bistros, and Hanna's global-rotation format fills the international small-plates niche on the corridor. The wine program features a selection that complements the rotating global menu, drawing from the same Old World and New World regions as the neighborhood's dedicated bottle shops including Clos Wine Shop on Adams Avenue. Weekday ready-made dinner pick-up service extends the kitchen's reach beyond the Sunday brunch window, packaging the same globally sourced recipes for home reheating in labeled containers.