{"id":237524,"date":"2015-03-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-06T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/food-and-drink-blotter-march-2015\/"},"modified":"2015-03-06T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-03-06T08:00:00","slug":"food-and-drink-blotter-march-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/food-and-drink-blotter-march-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Food and Drink Blotter: March 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

Por Frank Sabatini Jr.<\/p>\n

Unlimited samples of more than 60 craft beers will be doled out at this year\u2019s Rock Star Beer Festival<\/strong><\/a>, from 7 to 10 p.m., April 11 at Hard Rock Hotel <\/strong>in the Gaslamp District. Now in its third year, the event has sold out weeks in advance. Headliners include the AC\/DC tribute band, Back to Black, plus Houston rockers, Fenix TX. Tickets range from $35 to $60 and can be purchased online at rockstarbeerfestivalsd.com<\/a>. 207 Fifth Ave., 619-702-3000<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Chef Christian Graves
(Cortes\u00eda El Elemento Nth)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Chef Christian Graves of jsix<\/strong><\/a> has launched a series of theme dinners throughout the month of March in collaboration with other local chefs. The lineup includes \u201cobscure seafood\u201d with Jason Knibb of Nueve diez<\/strong> on March 9; \u201ceggs\u201d with Matt Gordon of Consuelo urbano<\/strong>, Moonlight Lounge<\/strong> y Sea & Smoke<\/strong> on March 16; \u201cregional American cuisine and whiskey\u201d with sausage master Carlos SanMartano of Salt & Cleaver<\/strong> on March 23; and \u201cold school classics\u201d with Tim Kolanko of Stake Chophouse<\/strong> on March 30. The four-course dinners begin at 6 p.m. and cost $40 per person. Seating is limited to 20 guests. Reservations are required. Calle J 616, 619-531-8744<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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The powerhouse culinary team at Juniper & Ivy<\/strong><\/a>, which includes celebrity chef Richard Blais of Top Chef All-Stars, has introduced a multi-course \u201cLeft Coast\u201d tasting menu available to eight guests only at 6 p.m. every Thursday. The intimate meals feature locally sourced ingredients, with each weekly menu created on the whims of the chefs. The cost is $95 per person or $155 if opting for various alcohol pairings. 2228 Kettner Blvd., 619-269-9036<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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The historic Singapore sling at Fairweather (Photo by Lyudmila Zotova)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While two-thirds of the country remains blanketed in snow, cocktail wizard Anthony Schmidt has rolled out a new menu of \u201cdrinks-from-sunny-places\u201d at Fairweather<\/strong> overlooking the gates of parque petco<\/strong>. Among the newcomers Schmidt resurrected and revised from old cocktail journals is the \u201ctropical itch,\u201d a Hawaiian bourbon-rum concoction with fresh pineapple that reportedly became the first cocktail served with a paper umbrella. Others include classic Caribbean pina coladas, Trader Vic mai tais and pre-WWI Singapore slings. 795 J St., 619-255-6507<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Acclaimed meatballs at Davanti Enoteca (Courtesy Wagstaff Worldwide)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In celebration of National Meatball Day on March 9, Davanti Enoteca<\/strong><\/a> in Little Italy and Del Mar is offering a special menu card of veal meatballs served with a variety of sidekicks such as braised greens, spaghetti and polenta. Available through March 12, each dish is priced at $10 and features three meatballs, which were touted by The Food Network as \u201csome of the top in the country.\u201d 1655 India St., 619-237-9606 and 12955 El Camino Real, Del Mar, 858-519-5060<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u2014Frank Sabatini Jr. puede ser contactado en fsabatini@san.rr.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Frank Sabatini Jr. Unlimited samples of more than 60 craft beers will be doled out at this year\u2019s Rock Star Beer Festival, from 7 to 10 p.m., April 11 at Hard Rock Hotel in the Gaslamp District. Now in its third year, the event has sold out weeks in advance. Headliners include the AC\/DC […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":816,"featured_media":237525,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"Food and Drink Blotter: March 2015","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[11547,11600],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-237524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","category-sdnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/816"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237524\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}