Artifact, a full-service restaurant and bar inside the newly remodeled Mingei International Museum in Balboa Park, has opened for lunch.
Artifact is operated by the Urban Kitchen Group with a menu created by Urban chef de cuisine Jeff Armstrong and executive chef Tim Kolanko. Artifact is serving a globally inspired menu that reflects the international art and textiles showcased in the exhibitions and collections of the Mingei, which reopened Sept. 3 after a three-year renovation. Artifact’s sleek interior, which includes a 30-foot reclaimed wood bar, was designed by architect Jennifer Luce.
Artifact at Mingei restaurant at the Mingei International Museum in Balboa Park.
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The menu is divided into six sections with both shareable and single serving items. There’s a selection of snacks, dumplings, salads and bowls, soups, wraps and desserts. Prices range from $13 to $24, and a sampler plate for all four items on the snack menu is $38. Sample items include a rock shrimp gyoza (potsticker) with caraway seed, cultured cram and Georgian herbs, a lamb kibbeh (meatball) wrap with cumin, allspice, cucumber, Kalamata olive and lemon dill yogurt on sangak flatbread; and Basque burnt cheesecake with persimmon ginger jam.
Hours for now are 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays, with a happy hour service at the bar from 3 to 5 p.m. on those days. A supper club-style dinner service will be introduced after the holiday season. Artifact at the Mingei is at 1439 El Prado San Diego. Visit artifactatmingei.com.
The dining room at VAGA Restaurant at the Alila Marea Beach Resort Encinitas in Leucadia.
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VAGA named to Esquire’s top 40 list
VAGA, executive chef Claudette Zepeda’s globally inspired restaurant at the newly opened Alila Marea Beach Resort Encinitas, has been named to Esquire Magazine’s list of the “40 Best New Restaurants in America.”
VAGA ranked No. 34 on the list, which was compiled by four of the magazine’s editors, including culture and lifestyle director Kevin Sintumuang, who visited VAGA and chose it for the 2021 list. VAGA is the only San Diego County restaurant to make this year’s list. In 2019, Jeune et Jolie in Carlsbad made the list and this fall won a Michelin star.
Sintumuang praised the “curiosity” in Zepeda’s dishes, which she has said are her interpretations of food she grew up eating on both sides of the San Diego/Tijuana border. He singled out her octopus with pepita sauce, brisket-filled bao buns and wood-fired whole seabass. He also praised the restaurant’s view of the Pacific Ocean. On her Instagram page, Zepeda thanked Esquire and Sintumuang for the recognition, with the promise she will continue to work harder for her customers and her kitchen staff.
“After the last two years we’ve all had, waking up to this brought me to tears,” she wrote. “I love my VAGA restaurant team and this is definitely for them, us and North County San Diego.”
Tequila gelato bar opens in East Village
GelatoLove, the Carlsbad-based gelato company owned by Paola Richard, has partnered with CaliFino Tequila company to launch a tequila gelato bar inside Rovino, The Foodery, in East Village.
The dessert bar is serving Tequila-infused gelatos as well as tequila cocktails. The gelato flavors include: Sicilian pistachio with blanco tequila, Mexican chocolate with añejo tequila, Amarena cherry vanilla with tequila blanco, Carlsbad strawberry with reposado tequila, Italian espresso with añejo tequila and mint leaves chip with blanco tequila. The cocktails include a tequila lemon sgroppino and strawberry passion with CaliFino tequila and Cointreau.
Located at 969 Market St., the 2-year-old Rovino, The Foodery, is an Italian market selling ready-made meals and groceries, pasta, pizza, coffee, gelato, desserts and liquor products. For hours and details, visit rovinothefoodery.com.
Jacob Ruck is the new chef de cuisine at Michelin-starred Jeune et Jolie in Carlsbad.
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Angler alum joins Jeune et Jolie
Jacob Ruck has been hired as the new chef de cuisine under executive chef Eric Bost at Michelin-starred Jeune et Jolie restaurant in Carlsbad.
An Orange County native of Danish heritage, Ruck is the former executive chef of Angler, a Michelin one star seafood restaurant on the Embarcadero in San Francisco. Before that he worked at Michelin two star Acquerello, also in San Francisco. When the pandemic temporarily shuttered Angler last year, Ruck decided to make a lifestyle change and bought a home in Oceanside.
Gossip Grill honored
Gossip Grill, the “women-forward” Hillcrest restaurant, bar and nightclub that has served San Diego’s LGBTQ community for the past 12 years, is one of 20 businesses nationwide to receive the 2021 “Queer to Stay: An LGBTQ+ Business Preservation Initiative” award from the Human Rights Campaign and SHOWTIME. Recipients will receive a cash grant and training in financial management and social media marketing.
Moe Girton, owner of Gossip Grill and Barrel & Board, said in a statement that Gossip Grill has served as a “safe space for LGBTQ+ people to be accepted and to be themselves. For many, we are their family and need to continue to be there for them.”
In Good Company ships frozen restaurant meals to diners’ doorsteps in reusable stainless steel tins.
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IGC offers L.A. meals in San Diego
In Good Company — the San Diego startup that ships frozen dishes from regional restaurants to diners’ doorstep — is expanding its service this month to allow San Diego customers to order meals from several IGC’s restaurant clients in Los Angeles. Orders are now being accepted through Sunday, Dec. 5, for meals that include tamales from Michelin-starred chef Joshua Gil, Filipino braised beef mechado from Petite Peso and barbecue from East L.A.'s A’s BBQ. Locals can also order the meals packed in reusable stainless-steel tins from two San Diego chefs, including Angela Sosa, who are raising money for Feeding San Diego. Meals range from $25 to $35 and can be ordered at eatigc.com.
Pam Kragen writes about restaurants for the San Diego Union-Tribune. Email her at pam.kragen@sduniontribune.com.
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