Tapenade
7612 Fay Ave. 
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La Jolla, CA 92037
858-551-7500 | Make Restaurant Reservations | Menu
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Cuisine
Open
Lunch Tues.-Fri., Dinner Tues.-SunFeatures
- Romantic setting
- Private room(s)
- Full bar
- Reservations suggested
- Live jazz Thurs.
- Outdoor dining
- Parking available
- Casual dressy
Wine
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 Tapenade Restaurant Review: Tapenade continues to set the bar for classic French food in San Diego. With chef Jean Michel Diot, previously famed for his stints in France and New York City, happily entrenched in La Jolla, Southern Californians are able to experience his combination of well-practiced European technique and fresh ingredients. Classicists will go for the escargots de Bourgogne, assiette de charcuterie artisanales, and caviar Petrossian with potato blini. We prefer to start off with the intensely flavored wild mushroom ravioli in port sauce, or one may consider the Maine lobster bisque. Entrées of note include the coq au vin, the ultimate in sophisticated comfort food; and lobster served with white corn, porcini mushrooms, English peas and Tahitian vanilla lobster sauce. Crème brûlée is the must-have dessert at Tapenade: this thick confection topped with burnt sugar virtually transports us to Paris. |
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