After 17 years as one of East County San Diego’s most celebrated destination restaurants, Jeremy’s on the Hill has permanently closed its doors in Julian’s Wynola community.
The family-owned farm-to-table restaurant, located at 4354 Highway 78, announced its farewell in an emotional message to customers, thanking longtime guests and staff while reflecting on nearly two decades of service in San Diego’s mountain backcountry. The closure marks the end of an era for a restaurant that helped redefine what dining in rural East County could look like.
Founded in 2008 by then-21-year-old chef Jeremy Manley and his mother Teresa Stilson-Keller, Jeremy’s on the Hill transformed a former roadside eatery into an award-winning culinary destination. What began with secondhand furniture from the family’s former Angel’s Landing Country Inn and modest lines of credit grew into a nationally recognized farm-to-table restaurant that drew diners from across San Diego County, Orange County, Los Angeles, and beyond…