Hillcrest Restaurant Week Menus
Tuesday, September 4th ~ Sunday, September 9th
A tasty way to celebrate Hillcrest’s first one hundred years...
$19.07 Dinner — Choice of happy hour appetizer, plus a Lobster Fest (one lobster enchilada, one lobster tostada and one lobster taco) served with rice & beans and your choice of fried ice cream or flan.
Baja Betty’s • 1421 University Avenue • (619) 269-8510
$29.07 Dinner — Course One Choice of one of the following: Foccacia with Warm Sun Dried Tomato Goat Cheese and Three Olive Tapenade or Caramelized Onion Tart-Puff Pastry Crust-Nicoise Olives or Grilled Flat Bread with White Bean and Roasted Garlic “Hummus” or Potato Pancake with Smoked Trout, Dill Crème Fraiche & Fresh Apricot Chutney
Course Two Choice of one of the following: Parmesan Crusted Salmon with Red Pepper Vinaigrette - Olive Mashed Potatoes or Lamb Meat Balls, Rich Spicy Tomato Sauce with Grilled Polenta and Wild Arrugula or Penne with Poached Chicken, Summer Vegetables, Sun Dried Tomatoes, Basil and Fet or Grilled Cheese Baguette of Cremini Mushroom, Fresh Thyme, Roasted Shallots and Melted Fontina
Course Three - Dessert Choice of one of the following: House Made Sorbet or Vanilla Gelato or Espresso Gelato or Champagne Cocktail
Bite • 1417 University Avenue • (619) 299-BITE
$9.07 Lunch — Dijon White Wine marinated Chicken Breast, Roasted Red pepper and Smoked Gouda served on Focaccia with house salad, fries and a fountain drink.
$29.07 Dinner —
1st
course: Tangerine chili Calamari w/ mixed greens
2nd course: choice of the following
Seafood Paella: Fresh Mussels, Scallops, Shrimp w/
mixed fish over Saffron rice or
Furikaki Ahi Steak: Furikaki seared Ahi w/ ginger citrus sauce or
Tri Tip Grill: Grilled on rock salt w/ onions, rice, beans and Farofa
3rd course:
Fresh made chocolate cheesecake
Brazil by the Hill • 142 University Avenue • (619) 692-1919
$29.07 3-course Dinner —
Starter choice:
Bruschetta toasted bread with tomatoes, garlic,
basil & olive oil or Fried
Calamari or Caesar
Salad.
Entree choice of: Pollo Picatta chicken, mushrooms
and capers in a lemon, butter, white wine sauce or Rigatoni
Palermo pasta with
spicy sausage, capers, garlic, olives, tomatoes and red hot chili
peppers or Torta Di Melanzane eggplant layered with
vegetables, marinara sauce and mozzarella cheese
Dessert choice of: Tiramisu or Cannoli
Busalacchi's • 3683 Fifth Avenue • (619) 298-0119
$9.07
Lunch — Homemade meatloaf lunch with soda or coffee.
$19.07 Dinner — Choose from any of City Deli’s 11 earlybird dinners with soda or coffee and any slice of cake.
City Deli • 535 University Avenue • (619) 295-2747
$9.07 Lunch or Dinner — Choose any Daily Blue Plate Special and add a fountain soda or coffee.
Corvette Diner • 3946 Fifth Avenue • (619) 542-1476
$9.07 Breakfast — Choice of small fresh juice, coffee, iced tea or soda and Cabo quesadilla.
$9.07 Lunch — Choice of small fresh juice, coffee, iced tea or soda
with an open-faced fresh baked turkey sandwich with mashers & mushroom
gravy.
$19.07 3-course Dinner — Cup of homemade soup of your choice (changes daily), fried spinach stuffed chicken breast with dill butter sauce, choice of mashed or scalloped potatoes, sauteed green beans and brocoli. Dessert...creme brulee.
Crest Cafe • 425 Robinson Avenue • (619) 295-2510
$29.07 3-course Dinner —
Starters — ~choose one to share~ Pan-fried Chicken Potstickers with sundried tomatoes, woked vegetables, basil & balsamic chile oil or Coconut Calamari with Vietnamese dipping sauces.
Entrees — ~choose one~ Anazasi Ravioli, roasted corn, leeks, pepitas & goat cheese in a smoky cascabel cream sauce or Ancho BBQ Chicken with wild rice with cranberries and pecans, mixed greens and watermelon salsa or Skirts on Fire, charbroiled skirt steak, rice sticks, Thai chile, black beans & Mandarin-serrano relish.
Dessert — ~choose one to share~ Potted Brownie with hot caramel topping and KS Kahlua ice cream or White Chocolate Cheesecake Tower with Oregon blueberries and praline cookies.
Kemo Sabe • 3958 Fifth Avenue • (619) 220-6802
$29.07 3-course Dinner — Appetizer: Strawberry Greens Salad.
Choice of Entrée: Honey Mustard Chicken or Sautéed King Salmon or Grilled Herb Marinated Pork Tenderloin or Piatto Giardino (vegetarian).
Dessert: NY Style Cheesecake.
Martinis Above Fourth • 3940 Fourth Avenue • (619) 400-4500
$29.07 3-course Dinner —
1) Antipasto for two: Marinated grilled vegetables, cheeses, cold cuts & olives
2) Entree choice:
Portobella Ravioli
Portobella mushroom ravioli in roasted garlic and cream sauce or
Salmon Florentine
Fresh Atlantic salmon over a bed of creamed spinach with pasta and
vegetables or
Grilled Lamb Chops
Marinated grilled lamb chops over basmati rice with grilled vegetables
3) Tiramisu or White Chocolate Profiteroles
MedGrill • 1263 University Avenue • (619) 683-2233
$29.07 3-course Dinner —
1st course: Caesar salad or Puerto Nuevo tortilla soup.
2nd course: 1.25 lb grilled Lobster, or half lobster & grilled jumbo shrimp or half lobster & filet mignon medallions — all served with rice, beans & homemade flour tortillas.
3rd course: Coconut flan served with a grilled caramelized pineapple.
Ortega’s • 141 University Avenue • (619) 692-4200
$29.07 3-course Dinner —
1st
course: Choice of Potato, Brie and Red Onion Quesadilla chipolte
honey or
Thai Spiced Chicken Lettuce Cups Napa slaw, sambal
vinaigrette, mint, cilantro or
Mixed Baby Greens champagne herb vinaigrette or Chef’s
Daily Soup Creation
2nd course: Choice of Tilapia warm grilled summer
vegetable salad, tomato-peach marmalade or Achiote
Marinated Flat Iron Steak posole-nopales cake, mole negro
or Seafood Saute scallop, mussels, fresh fish, gulf
shrinp, sweet red curry sauce, basil jasmine rice or
Smoked Chicken Breast heirloom potato salad, smoked tomato-guava
chutney.
3rd course: Choice of Passion Fruit Sorbet, Crème Brule or Fruit Tart
Terra Restaurant • 1270 Cleveland Avenue, Suite K • (619) 293-7088
$9.07 Lunch — 10 oz burger stuffed with blue cheese, topped with a roasted red pepper, grilled mushrooms & a garlic mayo sauce with the choice of a side dish and ice tea or soda.
$19.07 Dinner — choice of a happy hour appetizer, a 10 oz New York Strip, topped with onion rings, served with roasted garlic mashed potatoes and saute veggies. For dessert a slice of New York cheesecake.
Urban Mo’s • 308 University Avenue • (619) 491-0400
Other participants include...
Afghan Khyber Pass • Aladdin (L, D) • Arrivederci
Asian Bistro (D) • Baja Betty’s (D) • Bamboo Lounge
(D)
Bite (D) • Bombay (L) • Brazil by the Hill • Bread & Cie
Busalacchi’s (D) • Cafe Eleven (D) • California Cuisine (D) • Casa
de Madera (L) • Chef’s Wok (D) • City Deli (L, D) • Corvette Diner
(L, D) • Crest Cafe (B, L, D) • Hash House a Go Go (D) • Ichiban on
the Rocks (D) • Kemo Sabe (D) • L&L Hawaiian BBQ (D) • La Vache
(L) • Lalo’s
Mama Testa’s • Martinis Above Fourth (D) • MedGrill (D)
Ortega’s (D) • Saigon on Fifth (D) • Sambuca (D) • St. Tropez • Sushi
Itto • Sushi Teriyaki House (L, D) • T-Deli • Tapas Picasso (D) • Taste
of Italy • Terra Restaurant (D) • The Tractor Room (D) • Urban Mo’s
(L, D)
B=breakfast, L=lunch, D=dinner