1500 OCEAN's New Menu & Women in Coffee on Film

CORONADO— 1500 OCEAN executive chef Meredith Manee just launched a fresh spring/summer menu along with a new seasonal garden to feed the Hotel del Coronado's signature fine dining restaurant. Manee's dishes range from chicory and arugula salad to Thai curry banana soup with sesame shrimp toast, California black cod with a crab and lobster-stuffed artichoke and an all-vegetable Wellington filled with zucchini, mushrooms, braised kale and beluga lentils; a four-course tasting menu, including dessert, is $85. [EaterWire]

BALBOA PARK— On Wednesday, May 20, the San Diego Coffee Network is hosting a women in coffee film event, screening the documentary "A Small Section of the World" at the Museum of Photographic Arts. A 6 p.m. pre­-event mixer will feature woman­-sourced organic coffees prepared by Daymar Coffee, plus pastries; tickets are $20, with five dollars from every ticket going to the Earth’s Choice Women of Coffee Microfinance Fund. [EaterWire]

MISSION VALLEY— Today, SoCal chain Wood Ranch BBQ & Grill opened its 15th location, and first in San Diego, in the former Randy Jones Sports Grill space in Hazard Center  Open seven days a week for lunch and dinner, new restaurant, which includes a bar and patio, seats over 300 diners and serves a meat-centric menu that spans from dry-rubbed and smoked Texas-style brisket to Carolina pulled pork and St. Louis smoked ribs with chipotle-cherry or habanero-peach barbecue sauce. [EaterWire]