A breakfast-and-sandwich counter on El Tordo now opens at 8 a.m., Monday through Saturday. A pizza and gelato kitchen on Paseo Delicias stays open until 9 p.m. every night of the week, Mondays included. Between them, two storefronts that weren't serving food this time last year now cover the Village from 8 in the morning to 9 at night, six days a week.
The dinner side is changing too. Nick & G's, at the corner of Paseo Delicias and La Granada, is in the middle of a complete redesign. When it reopens, it will have a new room, a new patio and a shorter menu. The Village is adding everyday, any-hour places around the restaurants it already had, and its best-known dinner room is shrinking its menu to concentrate on a smaller set of dishes.
One Address, Two Storefronts
The busiest change sits at 6024 Paseo Delicias. Jennifer Fields took over the former Rancho Santa Fe Bistro on Nov. 1, 2025, and renamed it Paseo, in Suite C, as the San Diego Union-Tribune reported last December. Fields now presents herself as owner of both Paseo and its next-door sibling, Paseo Pizza & Gelato, in Suite D.
The pizza shop is what changes the Village's evening. Paseo Pizza & Gelato lists hours of noon to 9 p.m. seven days a week. It serves lunch and dinner and offers takeout and delivery. The menu covers pizza, panuozzo, starters and salads, plus gelato and ice cream. On its own site the shop lists what it's known for: pasta, meatballs, caprese, caponata, prosciutto and garlic knots. Because it's open on Monday and Tuesday nights, there's now a sit-down meal or a pickup order on Paseo Delicias every evening of the week.
Fields has also described a market and bakery concept for the building, with baked goods, crepes and café service, in a post on Paseo's own blog.
The Morning Moved to El Tordo
The early end of the day comes from a separate owner a block over. Rancho Sandwich & Creamery opened at 6110 El Tordo this summer. In its June 30 story, the Union-Tribune said the shop had held a soft opening the week before. It described the shop as run by local resident Chris Miller and owned by the Miller family.
The menu sticks to daytime food. There are breakfast items, deli sandwiches, wraps, salads, drinks and soft-serve ice cream, served Monday through Saturday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Village already had coffee at Rancho Roasters and Caffe Positano. Rancho Sandwich & Creamery adds a breakfast-and-lunch counter with a soft-serve machine.
Here are the newer places and their hours:
| Place | Address | Days | Hours | Meals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rancho Sandwich & Creamery | 6110 El Tordo | Mon–Sat | 8 a.m.–4 p.m. | Breakfast, lunch, soft-serve |
| Paseo Pizza & Gelato | 6024 Paseo Delicias, Suite D | Daily | Noon–9 p.m. | Lunch, dinner, takeout, delivery |
| Nick & G's | 6106 Paseo Delicias | Closed Oct. 19–Nov. 15 | Redesign underway | California-Italian dinner on return |
The ice cream shows up at both ends of the day. You can get soft-serve on El Tordo until 4 and gelato on Paseo Delicias until 9.
The Corner Building Resets Its Menu
Nick & G's occupies one of the Village's oldest storefronts. The Union-Tribune's Sept. 29 report traces it back to a Lilian Rice building from the 1920s, at the corner of Paseo Delicias and La Granada. The building was first the home of the Millar family, one of Rancho Santa Fe's earliest families. Later it housed Delicias for 24 years and, briefly, Ponsaty's. Local resident Sandra DiCicco-Bonar of the Grand Restaurant Group opened Nick & G's there in 2017 and named it after her children, Nicolas and Gianina.
The restaurant's own site lists the closure as October 19 through November 15. Gianina Pickens, the "G," is now chief operating officer of Grand Restaurant Group. She is leading the project with chef and partner Alex Carballo, whose 20 years in San Diego kitchens include Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens, Fox Point Farms and the opening of The Crosby Club.
The plans in the Union-Tribune's report cover several parts of the restaurant:
- Dining room: new custom banquettes and tables around a large olive tree at the center of the room. The palette uses yellows, oranges and blues inspired by the Amalfi Coast. Rachael Lorraine Harris and Michael Soriano consulted on the design.
- Bar and kitchen: guests will see the lighter, updated bar and lounge through a new wine cellar, and the kitchen will be visible from the dining room.
- Outdoors: a patio full of plants under a new wave-shaped shade canopy, and a rear courtyard with more greenery and water features.
- Menu: shorter and focused on coastal Italian-American cooking, with handmade pasta, seafood and local produce. Some longtime favorites will stay.
The shorter menu goes with what is happening elsewhere on the street. Places like Paseo Pizza & Gelato now cover the casual nights, so the corner restaurant can focus on a smaller set of dishes. Carballo told the Union-Tribune he sees the new openings as good for his restaurant:
"I like the energy when there's more…it gives people a little more variety and a reason to go into Rancho Santa Fe, and we're in the heart of it."
In the same story, the restaurant said it plans to keep hosting live music, special dinners and community events. One recent example was a multi-course Patrimony Estate wine dinner.
The Established Rooms Around the New Ones
The new businesses join a group of long-running restaurants. The Union-Tribune's list of the Village's dining options also includes Mille Fleurs, Lilian's and the café at The Inn, Thyme in the Ranch, Caffe Positano and Rancho Roasters. Mille Fleurs still serves its French and California menu and takes reservations through its site.
Lilian's covers the most hours of the established restaurants. The Lilian's menu page lists breakfast, lunch, dinner, a sushi dinner and brunch. At The Inn, Patrick Ponsaty is executive chef, and Mila Moursi Spa has added a StayWell Longevity menu. Carballo told the Union-Tribune that Ponsaty, Johnny Freyberg at The Crosby and he are part of a close-knit group of local chefs.
The Holiday Season on the Same Blocks
The holiday calendar falls in the weeks right after Nick & G's scheduled reopening:
- Thursday, Nov. 19: the Rancho Santa Fe Garden Club's Holiday Brunch & Speaker Series at the Secret Garden, with an arborist's guide to healthy trees and plants, per the Garden Club's event list.
- Sunday, Dec. 13, 7 p.m.: the Village Church Christmas Choral Concert. The Village Community Chorale and instrumentalists will perform Bach's Magnificat and Heather Sorenson's Carol Cantata.
- Monday, Dec. 14: the Garden Club's Holiday Wreath Making Workshop at the Secret Garden, for members only.
The Garden Club is in its centennial year. On Oct. 13, the club and the Rancho Santa Fe Association planted a California oak in North Village Park to mark it, then held a member potluck at the Secret Garden. The oak is a new fixture on a walk through the Village this season.
After the choral concert on Dec. 13, there are a few options close by. Paseo Pizza & Gelato's posted closing time is 9 p.m. Nick & G's posted closure window ends November 15, four weeks earlier. Rancho Sandwich & Creamery opens at 8 the next morning.
If you'd like to talk about the Covenant over a coffee on El Tordo or a table at the corner of La Granada, The Comiskey Group would be glad to set it up.
