One of my resolutions for a while now has been to offer some of our lighter fare during the day as well as every night. So, in honor of the new decade, we'll be opening for lunch on Saturdays and Sundays starting Saturday, January 2nd, 2010. 2010 might sound like a long way off, but it's only a few weeks away!

We'll be open from 11:30am-3pm and offering most of our more casual, standard items off our menu (steamers, beet tart, lamburger, tuna melt, etc.) in addition to announcing the arrival of a few new items, including Chris' Famous Mercato Fish Tacos which he's been serving up every week at the farmer's market in Little Italy- fresh tortillas filled with grilled marinated market fish, grilled onions, salsa fresca, white sauce and lime; a Full-Sized Pork Sloppy Joe which many of you have had a taste of through our miniature tapa; a Grilled San Diego Sardine Plate to keep our signature ingredient well represented; and this is my favorite- our Old School Fish Sandwich, as we call it here at the bistro- this is a pan-seared market fish fillet served up on some of our toasted ciabatta bread with lettuce, tomato, and a dash of chimichurri sauce. It got this nickname because we used to serve it a long time ago, but when we put our Tuna Melt on the menu last year, we took it off to avoid duplicate items. Of course it's nothing like the Tuna Melt, which is amazing in it's own right, and considering that I have insisted on ordering it "off the menu" all this time, I figure it's pretty silly to keep it from everyone else!

See the attached Lunch Menu to see what else you can expect from our lunch service. Come check it out after the new year...

Here's what's on tap (literally) as of this weekend. Plus, learn about the FREE Third Thursday Drinkabout shuttle!

And tonight, 12/17, we're showing this crazy Christmas movie for your enjoyment, starting at 7pm.

We still have some dates left for holiday party reservations, and we're starting to accept reservations for our New Year's Eve Prix Fixe. If it's anything like last New Year's, we'll be busting at the seams, so make sure you give us enough notice that you want to come in. This is one of only two days in the entire year when we take reservations, so call us at 619-255-7049.

Before that, of course (next week!) we're offering a Christmas Eve Prix Fixe Menu. If we don't see you there, we wish you a very happy holidays!

Big news for next month! We're opening for Weekend Lunch starting Saturday, January 2nd. We'll be open every Saturday and Sunday from 11:30am-3pm. Most of our casual dinner favorites plus some new lunchtime only additions will be available. Fish tacos anyone?!

Got Corks? Bring us your used bottle corks (real cork only, no synthetics) and we'll send them off to be recycled into various things- cork tile, cork shoe beds... Alternately, if you've always wanted to make something out of corks yourself but could never collect enough of them to do it, just let us know and we'll give you some!

Dennis got some funky salted croaker from some shady Russians in Hillcrest. Actually, I'm sure they were perfectly normal people. Check it out.

He also went on a little road trip a few weeks ago, and made some pretty cool stops at some NorCal slow-food hot spots!

Sea Rocket in the News
San Diego Food Finds article by Maria Desiderata.
examiner.com article on San Diego's Sustainable Restaurants.

Join us for a once a year off-the-menu 4-course prix fixe highlighting some of our best local and sustainable foods! This will be our entire menu for the night, no a la carte food items will be available. Cost is $30 per person. Reservations definitely recommended! Call us at 619-255-7049.

Choice of Starter
Cup of Tomato Gouda Soup
Wild Rice Salad
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Choice of Pate, served with fresh ciabatta bread from Cardamom Cafe
Fish & herbs
Sweetbread, lamb & beef (mixed)
Vegetarian (beans, eggplant, mushrooms)
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Choice of Entree
Berkshire Pork Pot Roast with beer sauce, roasted veggies & potatoes
Butternut Squash and Lobster Broth Risotto with Opah Fillet
Vegan Loaf - mushrooms, greens, bell peppers and other seasonal farm veggies,
served with California brown rice
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Choice of Dessert
Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cheesecake- a twist on our standard mac pie
Sweet Tofu from San Diego Soy Diary in tangerine syrup with toasted & spiced Fallbrook macadamia nuts

Our friends up at the Blind Lady Alehouse in Normal Heights have organized a beer shuttle called the "Third Thursday Drinkabout" which starts tonight, December 17th. It's totally free, so all you have to do to take advantage of all the great local craft beers in the area is show up to one of the participating restaurants (SRB included) and hop aboard.

Twill be the night before Christmas before very long, so all through the back of the house here at Sea Rocket, chef Christy and her kitchen elves will be toiling hard to create this wonderful holiday meal:

Choice of soup of the day or seasonal farm salad
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Roast Duck from Morales Farm in Nuevo served with seasonal vegetable and mushroom stuffing
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Butternut Squash and White Chocolate Swirl Cheesecake

Enjoy this Christmas Eve meal for just $25 per person! No reservations necessary.