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THE LODGE AT TORREY PINES | 11480 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla
858-453-4420 | www.lodgetorreypines.com

he Lodge at Torrey Pines, located along
the San Diego coastline in La Jolla, offers
Tsome fantastic dining options. The resort’s
signature restaurant—A.R. Valentien—features
farm-to-table California cuisine served in a
breathtaking setting overlooking the golf course.
The restaurant itself is a tribute to Southern
California heritage and Craftsman architecture,
with a metal-strap post-and-beam structure,
handcrafted wood-framed windows, stained-
glass lanterns and a frieze painted with pine
boughs. The layout of the restaurant is also
conducive to elegant San Diego fine dining, with
several small rooms and plush booths to lend
intimacy.

Executive Chef Jeff Jackson, a protégé of the
famed French chef Jean Banchet, changes the
menu daily depending on what’s being offered
from local growers, ranchers, and fishermen.
The emphasis is placed on the quality and
freshness of foodstuffs, which are prepared
with the least amount of handling, and cooking
methods that benefit the flavors and textures to
the fullest. The restaurant’s wine list features
California wines exclusively, including a variety
of boutique wineries from throughout the state.

The Lodge at Torrey Pines also offers a casual
dining option, The Grill, which has an adjoining
bar of warm wood and accents of leather and
copper, as well as a demonstration kitchen
that showcases first-rate California casual
bistro cuisine. The Drugstore Style Hamburger,
available for lunch and dinner, is a must-try.
Large flat-screen televisions throughout the
restaurant and bar make The Grill the perfect
environment in which to relax, unwind, and dine.

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