Pop star Nick Jonas and menswear designer John Varvatos will open Villa One particular Tequila Gardens cafe, bar and nightlife spot this spring in the Gaslamp Quarter.
The 5,000-sq.-foot, open up-air venue will just take around the rooftop place now occupied by the 5th & Sky bar atop the TheatreBox constructing at 701 Fifth Ave. Chef Jorge Cueva will develop the Mexican menu showcasing tostadas, tacos, burritos, enchiladas, as well as “Japa-Mex” sushi rolls with Mexican flavors, birria, Ensenada-design and style fish and a 64-ounce tomahawk steak. The bar menu will spotlight a assortment of far more than 160 tequilas and mezcals.
The San Diego site will be just one of three Villa One particular Tequila Gardens destinations the companions are setting up in the close to potential. The some others are in Las Vegas and Miami. Check out villaonetequilagardens.com.
Paon co-owner leases previous West Steak area
Mayur Pavagadhi, the co-proprietor of Paon Restaurant & Wine Bar in Carlsbad Village, has leased the now-shuttered West Steak & Seafood place at 4980 Avenida Encinas in Carlsbad, which he will reopen this summer season with a new steak and seafood notion of his personal.
West Steak & Seafood, a well-liked 4,700-square-foot cafe opened in 2005 by builders Gary and Mary West, closed early in the pandemic and never reopened. Pavagadhi was capable to acquire in excess of the totally equipped cafe in a 10-calendar year, $2.03 million lease managed by Mike Spilky of Locale Matters. The as-still unnamed project is slated to open up in June or July, immediately after an growth of the restaurant’s patio and fireplace.
Moe’s opens in Mission Seaside
Moe’s Mission Beach front, a new classic steakhouse notion from OMG Hospitality, opened March 4 in the former Saska’s cafe on Mission Boulevard. The identify is a tribute to OMG proprietor Eric Leitstein’s grandfather, Moe, who encouraged his job in the cafe field.
Govt chef J. Scollon’s menu characteristics hand-minimize steaks, fresh pastas, appetizers, seafood and risottos. The signature dish is a shareable 40-ounce Bistecca Fiorentina (Florentine steak) with salsa verde.
Leitstein mentioned he acquired the developing at 3768 Mission Blvd. to preserve its possession regional. Saska’s was the flagship of the now-defunct Patio group of places to eat operate by now-imprisoned Ponzi scheme operator Gina Champion-Cain. Stop by moesmissionbeach.com.
Everytable, which will make healthful refreshing-pepared packaged foods for shipping or pickup is opening two stores March 25 in Vista and Chula Vista.
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Everytable opens two neighborhood storefronts
Everytable, a Los Angeles-based mission-generate food stuff corporation that sells its residence-delivered foods on a sliding scale, has opened two storefronts this week in Vista and Chula Vista.
The new locations, open up from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays only, are at 620 Hacienda Drive in Vista and 510 Broadway, No. 6, in Chula Vista. Other than supplying grab-and-go meals, the outlets sells packaged food elements, bottled beverages, pastries, espresso and tea.
Everytable introduced in L.A. in 2016 as a grab-and-go cafe featuring scratch-designed affordably priced meals. Previous fall, the firm lifted $16 million to expand its outreach through membership food delivery, with the objective of supplying small-priced meals in Southern California’s “food desert” communities. Shipping has been available due to the fact final June with pricing is based mostly on the median household cash flow for each and every community. For case in point, a meal that expenditures $6 in Otay Mesa would price $9 in Del Mar. For particulars, check out everytable.com.
SeaWorld hosts Seven Seas fest
SeaWorld San Diego has launched its yearly 7 Seas Festivals, in which topic park company can acquire chunk-sizing samples of much more than 150 intercontinental foods and drink offerings and take pleasure in are living amusement. This year’s fest characteristics 30 new food items objects, 50 cocktails and wines and more than 50 craft beers from San Diego and further than. The celebration runs through Could 1.
Some of the eating possibilities, found at kiosks and restaurant destinations parkwide, are chipotle portabella tacos, churro cheesecake, fried ravioli with pesto, charcuterie boards, bratwurst sliders, pork gyozas, bulgogi bowls and spiked Thai iced tea. San Diego’s Mike Hess Brewing has also launched a limited version Emperor hazy IPA beer to rejoice the park’s newly opened Emperor dive coaster.
For $65, guests can acquire a move to sample 10 food items or consume products. A 15-merchandise pass is $80. SeaWorld is presenting Southern California citizens a 12-thirty day period park go for $10 a thirty day period, which will come with a few no cost bonus foodstuff samples. For details, pay a visit to seaworldsandiego.com/7seas.
Kragen writes about dining for the San Diego Union-Tribune. E mail her at [email protected].
