{"id":314342,"date":"2022-08-17T09:31:06","date_gmt":"2022-08-17T16:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/?p=314342"},"modified":"2022-08-31T07:10:37","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T14:10:37","slug":"centifontis-bar-restaurant-come-for-dinner-stay-for-gelato-and-desserts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/centifontis-bar-restaurant-come-for-dinner-stay-for-gelato-and-desserts\/","title":{"rendered":"Centifonti\u2019s Bar & Restaurant: Come for dinner, stay for gelato and desserts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Centifonti\u2019s Bar & Restaurant at 8365 La Mesa Boulevard is well-known for its great food and eclectic menu. But, ooh, the gelato. Here\u2019s a tip\u2026. come for a meal, stay for dessert. Or just pop over for a creamy gelato, a caramel apple, or a piece of the pie of the week.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Owner Carol Tolosko comes from a long line of restauranteurs and confectioners. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

She explained, \u201cMy great grandfather, Cosmo Centifonti came from Abruzzo, Italy with his wife Carmela in the late 1800s; they came from a village called Centifonti. He landed in New Jersey where he started a delicatessen named \u2018One Stop Shop\u2019. He started making ice cream and candy.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Tolosko and her mother have continued the family tradition. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMy mother just fully retired a few years ago at age 90. She was the head candy maker for years.\u201d Today Carol and her daughter are fourth and fifth-generation chocolatiers. She and her staff take their gelato seriously. One of the reasons the gelato tastes so good is that it is fresh. \u201cIf you put it in the freezer too long, ice crystals can form and gelato is no longer good.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>We usually make our gelato a couple of times a week depending on the season and the fresh ingredients\/inspiration that are in the market. We need to make sure the gelato case is full with fresh flavors for Thursday\u2019s Hot Rod Night and Friday\u2019s Farmer\u2019s Market,\u201d Tolosko added.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Tolosko rolls out her dough and makes fresh pies weekly. Whatever fruit is in season, you will find it made into a pie and on her bakery shelf. Even the caramel for their caramel apples is an in-house production, ensuring the healthiest ingredients.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Using only high quality, local ingredients, organic whenever possible, Tolosko has a variety of local farms and farmers that she purchases from, allowing her to know what ingredients she\u2019s putting into her food. \u201cWe like to support the Girl Scouts by offering Thin Mint gelato when the cookies are in season.\u201d Currently, the peach gelato is spectacular. In the fall, look for pumpkin and other fall fruit flavors.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

For the vegan and gluten-free crowd, you will be happy to know that the restaurant has many options for you including some gluten-free pasta dishes.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Doesn\u2019t some peach gelato sound good right now?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

For more information on Centifonti\u2019s Bar & Restaurant<\/a>, call (619) 461-4434. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

–<\/span><\/span><\/span> Robin Dohrn-Simpson is a local food and travel writer. Reach her at robindohrnsimpson.com<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Centifonti\u2019s Bar & Restaurant at 8365 La Mesa Boulevard is well-known for its great food and eclectic menu. But, ooh, the gelato. Here\u2019s a tip\u2026. come for a meal, stay for dessert. Or just pop over for a creamy gelato, a caramel apple, or a piece of the pie of the week. Owner Carol Tolosko […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":968,"featured_media":314343,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"11548","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"Centifonti\u2019s Bar & Restaurant at 8365 La Mesa Boulevard is well-known for its great food and eclectic menu. But, ooh, the gelato. Here\u2019s a tip\u2026. come for a meal, stay for dessert. Or just pop over for a creamy gelato, a caramel apple, or a piece of the pie of the week.","_seopress_robots_index":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"3","single_blog_custom":"","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"1","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"1","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"1","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":""},"jnews_social_meta":{"fb_title":"","fb_description":"","fb_image":"","twitter_title":"","twitter_description":"","twitter_image":""},"jnews_override_counter":{"override_view_counter":"0","view_counter_number":"0","override_share_counter":"0","share_counter_number":"0","override_like_counter":"0","like_counter_number":"0","override_dislike_counter":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[11547,11548],"tags":[13911,13912,12501,12421],"class_list":["post-314342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","category-la-mesa-courier","tag-centifontis-bar-restaurant","tag-dessert","tag-dining","tag-la-mesa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314342","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\/968"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=314342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314342\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/314343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=314342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=314342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}