Whether you are looking to dine in Coronado at Peohe’s, 1500 Ocean at the Hotel Del, or Coronado Boathouse 1887, George’s at the Cove or the Marine Room in La Jolla, or maybe Jake’s or Pacifica in Del Mar, the Chart House in Solana Beach, or Blue Fire Grill in La Costa, there are options for everyone!

Now, in its fifth year, San Diego Restaurant Week is an absolute hit. This was started in 2004 to bring patrons to restaurants for a week after the summer boom, when kids are back in school, and business is typically down. Popular, exclusive restaurants started offering three course prix fixe menus consisting of an appetizer, a main course, and dessert for either $20, $30, or $40.

If you look at many of the restaurants’ menus, you will find that many of them are offering the entire three course meal for less than just the main course on a typical night. For those of you who know me and Mike, you know, we love to do nice things on a budget. I guess it is that financial advisor in me! So, we look forward to San Diego Restaurant Week each year. We always use it as an opportunity to visit some old favorites – or take a new culinary adventure!

This year, due to the lagging economy, the restaurants added a second San Diego Restaurant Week. According the San Diego Restaurant Week published reports, the January 2009 week was the most successful ever – with over 180 participating restaurants and a 22% increase in diners over the 2008 event!

At the San Diego Restaurant Week’s website, you will find a comprehensive list of participating restaurants that can be sorted by price, type of cuisine, or location.  Have fun and happy dining!

If you have anything you would like to see covered in our blog, please let us know.  We are always here to answer questions and meet your San Diego real estate needs.

On Sunday, December 20th the Christian City Church in San Diego will be hosting their 4th Annual Chrissie Bash!  This is SUCH a fun night of yummy treats, music, entertainment, gifts for the children, and pictures with Santa – all to bring the communtiy together to celebrate Christ’s birth.  This is a free event.

Christian City Church Chrissie Bash
Sunday, December 20th
6 pm to 8 pm
3800 Mykonos Lane
San Diego, CA 92130

On Sunday, December 6th, the Holiday Wonderland will take over the downtown Del Mar area and will include horse drawn carriage rides, a visit from Santa, live music, and the “famous cake walk.” 

The day will end with the lighting of the Del Mar Christmas tree at dusk. 

For more information contact Del Mar Village Association at info@delmarmainstreet.com

With over 24 restaurant tastes participating, 10 wine and ale tastes, and 6 different live entertainers, you will get a real flair for the local Del Mar businesses!  Held in the Del Mar Village, it should be a great day of food, beverage, and art.

The Taste of Del Mar will be held from noon to 4 pm, with the Art Stroll from 10 am to 5 pm.

Tickets are $40 and entitle you to 18 tastes or samples from restaurants and beverage participants.

Participating Restaurants
Americana Café
Board and Brew
Bully’s Del Mar
Café Secret
Crepes and Corks Café
Del Mar Brigantine
Del Mar Pizza
Del Mar Rendezvous
Eda-Mami Restaurant
Giorgio’s Osteria del Pescatore
Harvest Ranch Market
Il Fornaio
Jake’s Del Mar
Jimmy O’s
Kitchen 1540
Pacifica Del Mar
Ruth’s Chris Steak House
Sbicca
Seaside Yogurt
Shimbashi Izakaya
Stratford Court Café
Sunset Bar & Grill
Zel’s Del Mar

Wine and Ale Tastes
Brazin
Gnarly Head Cellars
Sextant Wines
Stone Brewing
Summerland Wines
Trumer Pils
Weins Family Cellars
Yorba Wines
181 Wine Cellars
337 Wines

We hope that you have a great time!  As Carlsbad, La Costa, Encinitas, and Del Mar Real Estate Consultants, we feel it is important to be knowledgable about what is happening in your city!  If you have any Del Mar real estate questions, or anything you would like to see covered in this blog, please contact us.  We are always happy to help.

Del Mar, CA

The Fall Home and Garden Show hours are:
Friday, September 18 from 11 am to 6 pm
Saturday, September 19 from 10 am to 6 pm
Sunday, September 20, from 10 am to 5 pm

For more information…

The show features over 4 hours per day of professional advice about “How to Save Water and Have a Beautiful Back Yard.” This program will focus on how to choose plants that work with less water, how to best deliver water to your plants, etc.

There will also be interior design seminars, some focusing on how to update a room on a budget.

Admission is $8.00 for adults
Children under 12 are free
Seniors pay only $1 for admission on Friday
Half day tickets after 3 pm are $5
Discount tickets are available at the Fall Home and Garden Show website.

Located on the water, right in the heart of Del Mar, near the Del Mar Village and the beautiful L’Auberge Del Mar, you are guaranteed to have a lovely night out with fabulous views.  When the restaurant was designed, they took great steps to ensure that as many of the tables as possible have wonderful ocean views.  With a back wall of glass pane windows, the restaurant steps up as you get farther from the window, allowing you to see over the other patrons – right to the ocean.

The food was wonderful.  We each had a crab cake for dinner and the Brandt Farms New York for our entree.  We shared their signature dessert, the Hula Pie.  First, let me tell you that the crab cake was one of the best I have ever had.  It was cooked to perfection, with tons of crab, and minimal amounts of breading (just how a crab cake should be)!  The Meyer Lemon Remoulade was creamy, with just a bit of kick!

The steaks were each cooked as ordered, and a nice quality of tender, flavorful meat, with sauteed veggies and yummy mashed potatoes. 

Now, in its fifth year, San Diego Restaurant Week is an absolute hit. This was started in 2004 to bring patrons to restaurants for a week after the summer boom, when kids are back in school, and business is typically down. Popular, exclusive restaurants started offering three course prix fixe menus consisting of an appetizer, a main course, and dessert for either $20, $30, or $40.

Whether you are looking to dine in Coronado at Peohe’s, 1500 Ocean at the Hotel Del, or Coronado Boathouse 1887, George’s at the Cove or the Marine Room in La Jolla, or maybe Jake’s or Pacifica in Del Mar, the Chart House in Solana Beach, or Blue Fire Grill in La Costa, there are options for everyone!

As Carlsbad real estate consultants, we believe that much of our job is about knowing our area – homes, shopping, restaurants, and other amenities that future residents may find helpful.  If there is anything you would like to see covered in our blog, please let us know.  If you have any Carlsbad, La Costa, Del Mar, Oceanside, or San Elijo real estate questions, please contact us.

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Del Mar Market Statistics 92014

On Sunday, September 13th, San Diego Restaurant Week returns to fabulous restaurants around San Diego County.  The event will run from Sunday, September 13 through Friday, September 18.

Whether you are looking to dine in Coronado at Peohe’s, 1500 Ocean at the Hotel Del, or Coronado Boathouse 1887, George’s at the Cove or the Marine Room in La Jolla, or maybe Jake’s or Pacifica in Del Mar, the Chart House in Solana Beach, or Blue Fire Grill in La Costa, there are options for everyone!

Now, in its fifth year, San Diego Restaurant Week is an absolute hit. This was started in 2004 to bring patrons to restaurants for a week after the summer boom, when kids are back in school, and business is typically down. Popular, exclusive restaurants started offering three course prix fixe menus consisting of an appetizer, a main course, and dessert for either $20, $30, or $40.

If you look at many of the restaurants’ menus, you will find that many of them are offering the entire three course meal for less than just the main course on a typical night. For those of you who know me and Mike, you know, we love to do nice things on a budget. I guess it is that financial advisor in me! So, we look forward to San Diego Restaurant Week each year. We always use it as an opportunity to visit some old favorites – or take a new culinary adventure!

This year, due to the lagging economy, the restaurants added a second San Diego Restaurant Week. According the San Diego Restaurant Week published reports, the January 2009 week was the most successful ever – with over 180 participating restaurants and a 22% increase in diners over the 2008 event!

At the San Diego Restaurant Week’s website, you will find a comprehensive list of participating restaurants that can be sorted by price, type of cuisine, or location.  Have fun and happy dining!

If you have anything you would like to see covered in our blog, please let us know.  We are always here to answer questions and meet your San Diego real estate needs.