Chef's Tasting Menu; Wine & BBQ; TJ Beer Dinner

MIDDLETOWN— Don't miss this Saturday's edition of Wine Vault & Bistro's Chef's Tasting menu, a five course dinner for only $35 (with $20 optional wine flight). Reserve a table between 5 and 9 p.m.; the menu includes white asparagus with blue crab and preserved lemon, wild lamb with watercress pistou and porcini-crusted strip steak. [EaterWire]

HARBOR ISLAND— Marina Kitchen is partnering up with the Sta. Rita Hills Winegrowers Alliance for an afternoon wine tasting and BBQ dinner on Sunday, March 30. More than 20 Central Coast wineries will be on pouring from 3 to 5 p.m. and the BBQ dinner, which including live-action food stations and even more wine, starts at 5:30 p.m. The wine tasting is $20 and the dinner $45, so indulge in both and get a combo ticket for $55. [EaterWire]

MIRA MESA— Trust us, you're gonna want to snag a seat at the next installment of the Green Flash Supper Club. On Monday, April 21, the brewery will host in Tijuana's Verde Y Crema and its chef Martin Vargas (the restaurant's owned by Jair Tellez of the Valle de Guadalupe's Laja) in collaboration with Let's Go Clandestino. The $60 five course dinner includes beer pairings; upgrade to the $80 ticket and get transportation to-and-from the brewery from Hamilton's and a pre-dinner brewery tour. [EaterWire]