Rendering Courtesy of Trust Restaurant Group.
Rare Society in Solana Beach, Trust Restaurant Group’s seventh food offering and second Rare Society location, is scheduled to open early summer.
Trust Restaurant Group, the Hillcrest-headquartered hospitality group behind such San Diego food places as Cardellino and Fort Oak, is bringing another culinary effort to the city.
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Rare Society steakhouse aims for spring opening in Solana Beach
A rendering of the new Rare Society Solana Beach.
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Construction has begun on the new Rare Society in Solana Beach, a retro steakhouse concept by San Diego’s Trust Restaurant Group. The new Cedros Design District eatery is set to debut in spring 2021 in the new 330 Cedros building which includes a mix of retail, residential and office spaces.
Trust Restaurant Group is one of San Diego’s fastest-growing restaurant groups, celebrating five years this month. The group currently owns and operates the original Rare Society in University Heights, Trust Restaurant in Hillcrest, The Wise Ox Butcher & Eatery in North Park and Cardellino, Fort Oak and Mr. Trustee Creamery in Mission Hills. The second Rare Society is the group’s first restaurant in coastal North County.
Happy Holidays to all our listeners, and welcome to the last episode of 2020! We are wrapping up this unprecedented year with our most memorable guests, our favorite foods, and some predictions and hopes for the new year.
Troy, Marie, and David all reminisce about the first podcast we recorded after the pandemic and how it felt to be back on the air after three months. They looked back at some of their favorite episodes: Marie enjoyed our first ever cross-border episode with Fernando Perez Castro from La Lomita Winery, when we learned about Mexicoâs wine industry and imports. Both Marie and Troy enjoyed the episode featuring Esthela Davila, cofounder of Mujeres Brew Club, talking about gender exclusivity in the craft beer industry. Troyâs other top picks included the episode featuring Frontline Foods and their efforts to support restaurants, like El Borrego, and front-line workers alike during the pandemic, and the episode with chef Phillip Esteban, this yearâs Critic
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San Diego restaurant owners were dealt a serious blow last week when a new COVID-19 health order shut down all onsite dining. To raise money for the thousands of employees laid off just before Christmas, several restaurateurs have launched fundraising specials and meal donation programs. Here are several:
Cesarina Mezzoni, the chef at Cesarina Ristorante holds some take-out bags at her Point Loma restaurant.
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Cesarina Ristorante, a nearly 2-year-old Italian restaurant owned by husband-and-wife Niccolò Angius and Chef Cesarina Mezzoni and their friend Giuseppe Capasso, is selling boxes of Italian pastries for pickup during Christmas week. I Pasticcini di Cesarina, priced at $99, will include 24 specialty tartes, biscotti, cannoli and other Italian pastries. Their goal is to raise up to $20,000 by Christmas for their former workers. Orders must be placed by Dec. 20 for pickup on Dec. 23 or 24. Orders can be placed by calling (619) 226-6222. Ce
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For two months last spring, Jamie Minotti and Mark McLarry kept the doors closed on their new San Marcos restaurant-brewery complex My Yard Live because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Fortunately, the partners and their staff survived the shutdown, thanks to a CARES Act federal loan and expanded unemployment benefits.
But this time around they may not be so lucky. On Monday, a new state health order restricted San Diego County restaurants to takeout-only service in a bid to keep people home during the alarming surge in COVID-19 hospitalizations. But carry-out service was only a fraction of sales at My Yard Live, an experiential family-friendly venue with a fenced children’s playground and an outdoor concert stage. So Minotti and McLarry decided to shut down for now in what they are calling an indefinate hibernation.