Where to Eat for San Diego Restaurant Week

by Candice Woo Jan 10, 2013, 2:55am PST

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by Candice Woo Jan 10, 2013, 2:55am PST

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~]

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.

1660 India St., San Diego, CA 92101

(619) 398-8383

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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.

1250 Prospect St, La Jolla, CA 92037

(858) 454-4244

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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.

3731 India St, San Diego, CA 92103

(619) 295-3939

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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)

640 10th Ave., San Diego, CA 92101

(619) 450-5880

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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.

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600 F St, San Diego, CA 92101

(619) 814-2000

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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.

721 9th Ave., San Diego, CA 92101

(619) 232-3242

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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)

7838 Herschel, La Jolla, CA 92037

(858) 459-0221

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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.

7612 Fay Ave, La Jolla, CA 92037

(858) 551-7500

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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.

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8110 Camino Del Oro, La Jolla, CA 92037

(866) 644-2630

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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.

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1055 2nd Avenue, San Diego, CA 92101

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.

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627 4th Ave, San Diego, CA 92101

(619) 238-0567

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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)