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Top of the Hyatt, the 40th-floor penthouse cocktail bar at the Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego, officially reopened last week after a multimillion-dollar redesign that includes a new upscale interior and new drink and food menus.
The new interior by Parker Torres Design features curved velvet banquette seating, marble-topped tables and a new bar, as well as floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking San Diego Bay.
Alongside his menu of five classic cocktails, Assistant Director of Food & Beverage Mark Watten Jr. has unveiled the new Volume Two collection of 10 new signature drinks. The new lineup was inspired by the flavors of Asia, with ingredients that include matcha, sake, pandan, mango, coconut, yuzu and other citrus fruits. Some of the new cocktails are the Meet Your Matcha, Not What You’re Yuzu and Kung Fu Pandan. Top of the Hyatt has also expanded its new and old world wines-by-the-glass selections.
Top of the Hyatt’s current Asian-inspired food menu, which is served from 4:30-9:30 p.m. daily, features sushi, nigiri and sashimi, as well as desserts that include strawberry matcha cheesecake, warm butter mochi with mango compote and toasted coconut and a chocolate orange tart.
Top of the Hyatt hours are 4 to 11 p.m. daily for ages 21 and up only. 1 Market Place, San Diego. 619-232-1234, topofthehyatt.com.
Valle to host Mexican chefs dinner: Valle, the Michelin-recommended contemporary Mexican fine-dining restaurant in Oceanside, will host a wine dinner featuring two Michelin-starred chefs from Mexico on Aug. 6.
La Singularidad de las Estrelles, the traditional Vendimia dinner co-hosted by Valle de Guadalupe wineries La Lomita and Finca La Carrodilla, has previously been held in Baja California. But this year it moves to Oceanside. Valle chef Roberto Alcocer will be joined by Chef Edgar Núñez of the Michelin-starred Sud 777 in Mexico City and Chef Sheyla Alvarado of the Michelin-starred and Michelin Green Star-awarded Lunario in Valle de Guadalupe. Núñez and Alvarado have also been recognized among Latin America’s 50 Best Restaurants. The dinner is $365 per person. Reservations are available from 5 to 8:30 p.m. Valle, 222 N. Pacific St., Oceanside. valleoceanside.com/event/la-singularidad-de-las-estrellas/
Urban Kitchen Group unveils value-priced offerings: San Diego’s UKC, the parent company for 16-year-old Cucina Urbana at 505 Laurel St. in San Diego, and Cucina Enoteca restaurants in Newport Beach and Irvine, has announced four new value-priced and shareable dining initiatives.
On Sunday evenings, all three Cucina restaurants are offering a $145 Sunday Supper for four, featuring focaccaia, chopped salad, a whole spatchcocked chicken, vegetables, polenta, choice of two pastas and tiramisu. The Antipasto Quattro will include a choice of four appetizer dishes, including meatballs, arancini and tempura-fried squash blossoms. It’s designed for two to four diners and ranges in price from $35 to $49.
The new Cucina Pizza + Bottle deal, offered from 5-6 p.m. daily at the bar, will pair a Margherita or pepperoni pizza with a bottle of red or white wine for $45. And through UKC’s catering division, diners can now book a chef to prepare wood-fired pizzas at private events with a portable pizza oven. urbankitchengroup.com
Fleurette launches private dining program: Fleurette, Chef Travis Swikard’s 9-month-old French Côte d’Azur-inspired fine-dining restaurant in the UTC area of San Diego, has unveiled three onsite spaces now available for private dining rentals. They are the Matisse Room, a private dining room that can seat 24; the Soleil Room, a garden greenhouse-style dining room on the north side of the restaurant; and the Garden Terrace, an open-air, garden-lined patio on the south side of the restaurant that can accommodate up to 75 standing guests. The restaurant’s main dinning room is also available for buyout, seating 117 guests. 4727 Executive Drive, Suite 100, San Diego. [email protected].
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