Gaetano Cicciotti, the restaurateur behind Cicciotti Trattorias in Carlsbad and Cardiff and Cocina del Rancho Mexican eatery in Rancho Santa Fe, has not too long ago opened a fourth North County restaurant exploring Mediterranean delicacies.
Cicciotti opened Village Kabob on June 26 within the 2,000-square-foot house previously occupied by his now-shuttered Café Floor Up Italian coffeehouse in Carlsbad Village. Cicciotti stated he determined to reimagine the coffeehouse house final fall as a result of after he opened the café in 2018, eight extra espresso spots opened within the neighborhood. After surveying the market, he got here up with the kabob store thought as a result of there have been no different Mediterranean eating places serving the realm.
Gaetano Cicciotti at newly opened Village Kabob in Carlsbad.
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The menu was created by veteran Lebanese chef Fouad Choker, who’s making every part from scratch, together with the pita bread, hummus, baba ghanoush, tzatziki sauce and shawarma rotisserie meats. The kitchen is managed by Berkay Jason Çentinkaya and the restaurant is overseen by Ilayda Maltaci, who’re each of Turkish heritage. Specialties of the home are beef, rooster and floor beef brisket shawarma, beef, rooster and shrimp kabobs, falafel, a hummus trio, tabouli, dolma, fattoush salad and desserts together with baklava pastry and muhallebi custard. Entrees vary from $14 to $25, with a braised lamb shank dish for $30.
Village Kabob is at 550 Grand Ave., Carlsbad. Go to village-kabob.com.
A chayote salad at Coco Maya in Little Italy.
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Coco Maya opens in Little Italy
Coco Maya by Miss B’s, a rooftop restaurant and bar serving Latin American and Caribbean meals, opened earlier this month in Little Italy. Situated within the former PrepKitchen house at 1660 India St., Coco Maya is the newest mission from San Diego’s Grind & Prosper Hospitality Group. Coco Maya is a Yucatan-inspired spinoff of the corporate’s Miss B’s Coconut Membership restaurant/bar in Mission Seaside.
The restaurant serves a every day brunch menu in addition to dinner service after 4 p.m. Distinctive dishes embrace the bokit sandwich, a stuffed fry bread from the French islands of Guadeloupe, and the cochinita pebil, a Mayan dish of slow-roasted suckling pig dish wrapped in banana leaves and offered in a clay pot that will get cracked tableside. There are additionally recent seafood dishes, charcoal-roasted meats, salads, potato tostones and empanadillas. Go to inlovewiththecoco.com.
The brand new Carruth Cellars Liberty Station Wine Backyard.
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Carruth Cellars opens Liberty Station outlet
Carruth Cellars, an city vineyard headquartered in Solana Seaside, opened its fourth tasting room location Monday at Liberty Station in Level Loma.
The brand new 12,000-square-foot, indoor-outdoor wine backyard location will take the place of the corporate’s different San Diego location in Little Italy, which not too long ago closed after 5 years as a result of the lease on the property ended. The brand new venue joins different Carruth places in Solana Seaside, Carlsbad and Oceanside.
The brand new location options wines by the glass and bottle, and a menu of shareable appetizers, paninis, salads, charcuterie boards and desserts. There may be additionally a market space promoting wines, cheeses, olive oils, tapenades and cured meats. The brand new location provides 90-minute, five-wine tasting periods. The brand new location is at 2710 Historic Decatur Street, Barrack 17, San Diego. Go to carruthcellars.com.
Addison restaurant in Carmel Valley earned its second Michelin star on Sept. 28, 2021.
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Wine Spectator honors native eating places
Wine Spectator has honored 27 San Diego County eating places this summer time as a part of its 2022 Restaurant Awards, which honor venues with out excellent wine lists and repair.
Michelin two-star restaurant Addison in Carmel Valley is the one native venue to have received Wine Spectator’s Grand Winner award.
Incomes the second-place Better of Award of Excellence are San Diego eating places Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steakhouse, Island Prime, Stake Chophouse & Bar, the Marine Room, 9-Ten, the WineSellar & Brasserie, Pony Room in Rancho Santa Fe, and Paon Restaurant & Wine Bar in Carlsbad.
And profitable the third-place Award of Excellence are STK San Diego, Fogo de Chão, Morton’s steakhouse, Eddie V’s Prime Seafood, Juniper and Ivy, Solare Ristorante, JRDN restaurant, the Fishery, Seasons 52, Truluck’s, A.R. Valentien, Avant in Rancho Bernardo, Prime Minimize at Jamul On line casino, Firenze Trattoria in Encinitas, Barona Oaks Steakhouse in Lakeside, the Grove Steakhouse in Alpine, and the Privateer Coal Fireplace Pizza in Oceanside.
For particulars on the winners, go to winespectator.com/restaurants.
Taquitos at El Tianguis, which has opened its fourth location in Mission Valley.
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New places alert
Three restaurant chains have introduced the opening of latest San Diego County places in current days.
El Tianguis, a four-year-old San Diego-based taquitos and rolled taco quick meals chain higher often called “El T,” has opened its fourth location at 7995 Civita Blvd. in Mission Valley. Go to eltianguisrt.com.
Damaged Yolk Café, a San Diego-based breakfast restaurant chain, opened its thirty fifth franchised location on July 5 at Santee Trolley Sq., 9846 Mission Gorge Street in Santee. Go to thebrokenyolkcafe.com.
Ike’s Love & Sandwiches, a San Francisco chain identified for its connoisseur Castile and Go Go Goose sandwiches, opened its fifth San Diego outlet July 8 at 9430 Scranton Street, Suite 104, on the Sorrento Court docket middle. Go to ikessandwich.com.
Sandwiches at Ike’s Love & Sandwiches.
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Kragen writes about eating places for the San Diego Union-Tribune. E-mail her at pam.kragen@sduniontribune.com.
