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Where to Eat for San Diego Restaurant Week

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It's baaaack! The California Restaurant Association's bi-annual San Diego Restaurant Week (it's actually six days) is scheduled to run from Sunday, January 13 to Friday, January 18.

Eater San Diego parsed the list of 196 participating restaurants just for you and we've come up with a dozen suggestions that are worth a try, or a revisit.

Before we begin, can we all agree that the default Restaurant Week dish, braised short ribs, needs to be put out to pasture?

And if you think that Restaurant Week's jumped the shark, make up your own version. Take this opportunity to try a new-to-you restaurant or stop in at a favorite neighborhood eatery. However you choose to spend the week, just make sure that part of it is spent in a restaurant — our local chefs and owners need your support!
· San Diego Restaurant Week [Official Site]
· All Eater San Diego Maps [~ESD~]

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Prepkitchen

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Choose your own $30, three course dinner from Prepkitchen's full menu. Head's up: have a cocktail - master mixologist Jen Queen now full-time at the bar here.

George's California Modern

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Choose your own three course dinner from a curated menu for $40.00. Options include Date Salad, Jidori Chicken and Yellowtail a la Plancha.

Wine Vault And Bistro

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Their regular set menus are in the $20 to $30 range; this week, they'll offer a $20, three course menu. $15 wine pairings are optional.

Cowboy Star Restaurant & Butcher Shop

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Three Course Lunch: $20 (Entree choices: Duck Confit, Grilled Sausage Sandwich, House-Made Meatloaf) Three Course Dinner: $40 (Entree Choices: Petite Filet, Sautéed Steelhead Salmon, Durham Ranch Bison, Venison Loin)

Katsuya

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This sleek sushi joint's $40 dinner selections include Wagyu beef potsticks, a chef's choice sushi and sashimi platter and a surf and turf tobanyaki.

Cafe Chloe

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Lunch is $15.00 with an entree with an appetizer or dessert; make it three courses for $20. Dinner is $30.00 three courses; add a cheese plate for $5.

Herringbone

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$15 two course lunch (Mains: Fish and Chips, Open Faced Meat Loaf Sandwich, Nicoise Salad). $40 three course dinner (Entree choices: Pan Seared Texas Red Fish, Berkshire Pork Chop, Dungeness Crab Ravioli)

Tapenade

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$40, three course dinner. Starters include gravlax or wild boar terrine; mains are cassoulet, roasted monkfish or their famous wild mushroom ravioli.

The Shores Restaurant & Bar

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Chef Amy DiBiase is doing a two course lunch for $15 and a three course dinner for $30, $45 with wine pairings.

The Westgate Room

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Their $20 two course lunch starts with Yellowtail Three Ways or Parsnip Soup with Frog Legs. The $40 dinner includes Hudson Valley Duck Prosciutto and Blue Prawn Ravioli.

Gaijin Noodle + Sake House

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The $20 dinner includes a starter (steamed bun filled with carnitas, beef tongue & cheek, shrimp or fried chicken), two yakitori skewers, noodles and dessert.

Nine-Ten Restaurant and Bar

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$40 three course dinner (Entree choices: Grilled Prime C.A.B. Flat Iron, Arctic Char, Maple Leaf Duck Breast, Roasted Baquetta Sea Bass, Mary's Organic Chicken Breast, Crows Pass Spaghetti Squash)

Prepkitchen

Choose your own $30, three course dinner from Prepkitchen's full menu. Head's up: have a cocktail - master mixologist Jen Queen now full-time at the bar here.

George's California Modern

Choose your own three course dinner from a curated menu for $40.00. Options include Date Salad, Jidori Chicken and Yellowtail a la Plancha.

Wine Vault And Bistro

Their regular set menus are in the $20 to $30 range; this week, they'll offer a $20, three course menu. $15 wine pairings are optional.

Cowboy Star Restaurant & Butcher Shop

Three Course Lunch: $20 (Entree choices: Duck Confit, Grilled Sausage Sandwich, House-Made Meatloaf) Three Course Dinner: $40 (Entree Choices: Petite Filet, Sautéed Steelhead Salmon, Durham Ranch Bison, Venison Loin)

Katsuya

This sleek sushi joint's $40 dinner selections include Wagyu beef potsticks, a chef's choice sushi and sashimi platter and a surf and turf tobanyaki.

Cafe Chloe

Lunch is $15.00 with an entree with an appetizer or dessert; make it three courses for $20. Dinner is $30.00 three courses; add a cheese plate for $5.

Herringbone

$15 two course lunch (Mains: Fish and Chips, Open Faced Meat Loaf Sandwich, Nicoise Salad). $40 three course dinner (Entree choices: Pan Seared Texas Red Fish, Berkshire Pork Chop, Dungeness Crab Ravioli)

Tapenade

$40, three course dinner. Starters include gravlax or wild boar terrine; mains are cassoulet, roasted monkfish or their famous wild mushroom ravioli.

The Shores Restaurant & Bar

Chef Amy DiBiase is doing a two course lunch for $15 and a three course dinner for $30, $45 with wine pairings.

The Westgate Room

Their $20 two course lunch starts with Yellowtail Three Ways or Parsnip Soup with Frog Legs. The $40 dinner includes Hudson Valley Duck Prosciutto and Blue Prawn Ravioli.

Gaijin Noodle + Sake House

The $20 dinner includes a starter (steamed bun filled with carnitas, beef tongue & cheek, shrimp or fried chicken), two yakitori skewers, noodles and dessert.

Nine-Ten Restaurant and Bar

$40 three course dinner (Entree choices: Grilled Prime C.A.B. Flat Iron, Arctic Char, Maple Leaf Duck Breast, Roasted Baquetta Sea Bass, Mary's Organic Chicken Breast, Crows Pass Spaghetti Squash)

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