Alchemy Restaurant & Bar in San Diego

We hope you are all able to spend some time with your family/friends on Thanksgiving Day, we will be closed so our team can be with theirs as well.

However, we will be open the rest of the week just like always, for both dinner and weekend brunch.

AND...the vegetarian tasting menu is still on for Wednesday, and it will be rocking!!!

Come by and say HI!

San Diego Beer Week is upon us...we are featuring our standard local brews, Stone IPA, Lighting Amber and Airdale Dark and Stormy Stout.  In addition, we have Stone Smoked Porter, Brewery Ommegang Rare Vos and Wandering Aengus Heirloom Blend Cider.  All the beers are available all week and we are pairing one each night with our tapa del dia.

alchemy is having an awsome week...

On Tuesday we took a group of students from our neighboring school to the coolest farm in San Diego, Suzie's Farm in Imperial Beach.  We have some photos in development, more to come on the whole student program we are doing with The Albert Einstein Academy and their Alice Waters Edible Schoolyard grant.

Also this week, we hosted the AIWF for a wine pairing dinner on Monday.  They menu was super and the wines paired very nicely with Chef Ricardo's creations.  Here is the menu:

Pumpkin Bisque

Pumpkin seeds / Smoked Paprika Oil / Smoked Gouda Empanada 

Grenache Rose              Vin Gris de Cigar 2008         Bonny Doon Vineyard, United States

Coleman Farms Salad

Local Figs / Baby lettuces / Bermuda onion / Goat Cheese Croquette / Pomegranate Vinaigrette

Chardonnay         Domaine Combier "La Barnaudiere"        2004         Saint - Veran, France

Pan Roasted Arctic Char

Oyster Mushrooms / Berkshire Bacon / Butternut Squash / Red Endive / Chive Gremolata 

Pinot Noir            "M" by Greg Martellotto           2006         Willamette Valley, United States

Fresh Berry Napoleon

Pastry Cream / Tahitian Vanilla Bean / Crispy Phyllo / Pudwill Farms Berries / Persimmons 

Chenin Blanc                Vignobles Brisebarre "Demi-Sec"           2005                Vouvray, France

Just got to tell ya all....we dig the veggies, we had a wonderful Farmer's Market Tasting Menu last night (wednesday)...we have it every week and it's only $25 !!!!  See what we had this week and boy was it good.

first course

Purple Wax Beans ~ Rutabaga / Arugula / Celery / Red Onions / Mustard Dressing

second course

Baked Mac & Cheese ~ Jumbo Shell Pasta / 3 Cheeses / Gloria Tamai Farms White Corn Muffin

third course

Hoppin John ~ Black Eyed Peas / Red Okra / Tomato Rice / Southern Fried Eggplant