Tequila & Caviar Dinner; Baja/San Diego Chef Battle; Bali Hai Anniversary

MISSION HILLS— The Patio on Goldfinch has special food and beverage pairing planned for an event on Tuesday, September 30. The five course dinner from chef John Medall starts at 5:30 p.m. with a welcome cocktail; each dish will have a type of caviar, from salmon to osetra, accompanied by tequila pairings from resident tequila expert Chris Simmons. Get tickets here. [EaterWire]

TIJUANA— The annual Tijuana Innovadora conference, with this year's keynote speaker Rudy Guiliani, has a fun food component scheduled for October 18 and 19; Battalia Culinaria, hosted by chefs Javier Plascencia, Chad White and Miguel Ángel Guerrero, will pit two teams of chefs from both side of the border against each other in a friendly cooking competition. Tickets to be in the audience for each battle are $30. Female chefs, ranging from Amy DiBiase (Tidal), Sara Polczynski (The Blind Burro) and Adria Maria Montaño (Dandelion, Tijuana) will cook at 10 a.m. on October 18; Jason McLoud (Ironside Fish & Oyster) George Morris (Beaumont’s) and Iker Castillo (La Justina) will be among the men competing at 4 p.m. and pastry chefs, including NINE-TEN's Rachel King will duke it out on October 19 at 10 a.m. [EaterWire]

SHELTER ISLAND— Mark your calendars for October 1; that's when tickets go on sale for the Bali Hai's epic 60th anniversary party, scheduled for Thursday, October 30 at 6 p.m. Festivities will include limited release anniversary tiki mugs for ticket holders, food, a drink ticket and music from Creepxotica [EaterWire]