Its here!  This should be one of the highlights of beer week.  The Green Flash Progressive Beer Dinner is tonight starting at 5:30pm until 10:00pm.  Five fine eateries are participating: Jaynes Gastropub,  Blind Lady Ale House, Ritual Tavern, The Linkery, and Sea Rocket Bistro. Each establishment will have a short menu with three small food items paired with a 6 ounce pour of Green Flash beer.  The price for each pairing is $8, including the beer.  Start your dinner at any location and travel to the next or stay and have all three items at your restaurant of choice.  This is not a ticketed event, its pay as you go so enjoy a course at all five places if your belly has room for it.

Also conveniently, Green Flash Brewing is sponsoring a “Hop-on/Hop-off” bus with Brew Tours of San Diego that will be running a circular route all night (6pm to 11pm) between Hamilton’s Tavern on 30th Street and Blind Lady Ale House on Adams Avenue.

See you tonight!

The Menus:

Jaynes Gastropub

1st Course; Grilled Cheese featuring three Artisanal Cheeses from Venissimo, San Diego on Bread and Cie Levain. Beer Pairing; Summer Saison

2nd Course; San Quintin Mussels in a Broth of Spanish Chorizo, Braised Leeks and Yellow Tomatoes and Sliced Garlic. Beer Pairing; Belgian Brown Ale

3rd Course; Grilled Bratwurst with Savoy Cabbage Sautee, Smoked Bacon, Golden Raisins and Coarse Mustard. Beer Pairing; Le Freak

The Linkery- (3794 30th St. @ North Park Way, San Diego, CA 92104)

1st Course; House cured Sopressata (pork from Kelly Beisen) marinated in local oil and herbs Beer Pairing; 30th Street Pale Ale

2nd Course; Scotch Egg; Local pastured chicken egg, Green Flash barley sausage, pomegranate jelly. Beer Pairing; Hop-less (Ancient Gruit)

3rd Course; Spiced waffles, house made chocolate bacon ice cream, coco nibs Beer Pairing; Belgian Stout

Sea Rocket Bistro- (3382 30th Street, San Diego, CA 92103)

1st Course; Mexican Wild Shrimp and Seasonal vegetable Simmered in a Belgian Style Double IPA tomato sauce. Beer Pairing; Le Freak

2nd Course; Santa Rosa Pork Roast braised in Belgian Brown Ale served with Potatoes gratin. Beer Pairing; Belgian Brown Ale

3rd Course; Fresh Figs poached in Belgian Stout served with creamy mascarpone Beer Pairing; Belgian Stout

Ritual Tavern- (4095 30th St., San Diego, CA 92104)

1st Course; Caramelized Onion & Blue Cheese Tart Beer Pairing; Hop Hed Red

2nd Course; Smoked Tri Tip with Spatzle & Beef Sauce Beer Pairing; 30th Street Pale Ale

3rd Course; Tiramisu with Espresso Stout Lady Finger Beer Pairing; Coffee Stout

Blind Lady Ale House- (3416 Adams Ave, San Diego, CA 92116)

1st Course; Bacon Wrapped Arctic Char stuffed with cornbread, Watercress and Buerre Blanc Beer Pairing; Lil’ Freak

2nd Course; Moroccan Braised Lamb Osso Bucco, Root Vegetable, Gremolata Beer Pairing; Belgian Brown Ale

3rd Course; Chocolate Pretzel Cake, Espresso Sauce and Carmel Ice Cream Beer Pairing; Coffee Stout

We’re getting San Diego Beer Week started out right with a bunch of new music on the playlist including one of our favorite albums, Naturally by JJ Cale. Eric found a nice vinyl copy at Amoeba, SF that reinspired us to this songwriting giant’s amazing solo albums.   Eric Clapton may not have gotten out of the 70’s with a career had it not been for this man’s flawless songs like After Midnight and Cocaine.  Mr. Cale also got some nice ASCAP mailbox money from his song They Call Me the Breeze as recorded by Lynyrd Skynyrd.   JJ currently resides in Escondido.

Check out JJ’s recent version of They Call Me the Breeze on the Jools Holland Show, looking somewhat Jay Porter-esque.   Jay, good luck on the new project!

We just tapped a keg of Ballast Point Sculpin’ IPA.   Very limited release and you know it won’t last, so some on down!

San Diego Beer Week is coming and we are participating in the Green Flash Progressive Dinner on Thursday the 12th from 5:30pm until 10:00pm.  Five fine eateries are participating, Jaynes Gastropub, Blind Lady Ale House, Ritual Tavern, The Linkery, and Sea Rocket Bistro.  Each establishment will have a short menu with three small food items paired with a 6 to 8 ounce pour of Green Flash beer.  The price for each pairing will be between $8 and $10 including the beer.  Start your dinner at any location and travel to the next or stay and have all three items at your restaurant of choice.  This is not a ticketed event, its pay as you go so enjoy a course at all five places if your belly has room for it.  Also conveniently, Green Flash Brewing is sponsoring a “Hop-on/Hop-off” bus with Brew Tours of San Diego that will be running a circular route all night (6pm to 11pm) between Hamilton’s Tavern on 30th Street and Blind Lady Ale House on Adams Avenue.

We are still finalizing the pairings, but check back in the next 2 days for details.

In keeping with our increasingly more dynamic and local approach to our menu here at Jaynes, we have some excellent new dishes on the menu starting tonight:

Orrecchiette with Italian sausage, broccoli rabe, plum tomato broth and aged Parmesan

Alaskan Halibut on sauteed pea tendrils, sweet corn, baby carrots, pancetta, finished in a tarragon vinaigrette

The special this weekend is Roasted Squash and Pumpkin Fresh Ravioli from local pasta shop Assenti in Little Italy, with wild mushrooms, arugula, mascarpone cheese

On the bevvy front we will now be serving Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin Yellow Label by the glass on the weekends for $15.

We hope you will all come join us this weekend!

xo jayne and jon

Jayne and I recently got back from a trip to NYC.   Besides nonstop eating at some great restaurants like Minetta Tavern and Casa Mono I was at the AES show at Javits pimping my latest invention and tax deduction for the record producer (still sounds better than ‘CD producer’)

AES is a scientific body that among many things helps set the standards for analog and digital audio from the most compressed mp3 up to the highest resolution digital audio.   Scientific papers are delivered en masse where designers educate their peers about (and stake claim to) design concepts.   My uncle Billy and initial inspiration to periodically shock myself with 220vac, could have used this forum before he sold his “one knob tuner stereo tuner” design AKA the dial on every stereo tuner up till about 1985″ to RCA for $1 and a steady job at RCA making them more millions developing stereo audio.

The other side of the AES coin is the manufacturers who show their equipment to recording engineers, producers and the musical industrial machine.   My personal wares include microphone preamplifiers, equalizers and mostly recently large format mixing boards.  See this video of Jon describing the function of his new mixer design.

I get a lot of budding restaurateurs asking me how to get started in the business.  There’s an old joke in the music biz.

How do you make a million in the music business?….

Start with 2 million.

Well its actually not that grim for restaurateurs and just about as fun, but having a day job really doesn’t hurt.

I usually don’t talk about this tech stuff because of the tendency to create a hazed over look in the eyes of the poor soul Im talking too, but if this is interesting to you feel free talk to me about it.   We can revel in all the exciting new things in the Digikey and Mouser catalogs!

We just got back from a week in CT and NYC. The restaurant was busy while we were away and it sounds like people had a great time without us! There was a time not so long ago that a trip like this seemed an impossibility, but thanks to our crack staff all went well. Thanks everybody.

We started out the trip in my hometown of Westport CT and went up to New Haven for a tour of my grandfather’s alma mater, Yale University. Amazing place that made us all wish we had studied harder in high school. All you Yalies out there will no doubt recognize this statue of Theodore Woolsey. Mr. Woolseys foot is rubbed for good luck by students, faculty and visitors all year long.

We headed to lunch over at Louis’ Lunch. New Havenites claim that this is the birthplace of the hamburger. Tiny one room restaurant filled with pewlike seats and absolutely no Coca Cola. Many people on the East Coast mysteriously prefer pepsi over Coke much in the way they love Dunkin Donuts coffee. The burgers are cooked in small cast iron ovens and served on white bread. Be sure and leave your mark when you visit.   Stories from New York coming soon including our review of the Minetta Tavern Black Label Burger.

Hello all,

We have some great offerings this week.

Chardonnay Wine Flight Tuesday through Thursday. 10/6-10/8
Taste three world class Chardonnay for $16. The Chassagne alone is worth the price of admission!
2006 Olivier Leflaive Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Abbaye de Morgeot
2005 Chablisienne Chablis 1er Cru Fourchaume
2005 Petaluma Piccadilly Valley Australian Chardonnay

Mussel Tuesday and Wednesday 10/6-10/7
San Quintin Mussels with Spanish Chorizo, Braised Leeks, Sliced garlic Yellow Tomatoes and White Wine. An absolute must try Jaynes Dish that pairs perfectly with the Chardonnay flight. $14.50

Cheap and Cheerful Happy Hour! EXTENDED
Our new happy hour has been such a hit that we are now offering it everyday, Tuesday through Sunday. Heres the stats again:
5pm until 6:30pm
Bar Only
-$3 Trumer Pils Draft Pints-
-All Draft Beers $2 Off-
-$5 Red and White Wine Selection(Only the price is cheap. Excellent wines)
-Delicious $5 Menu including Pulled Pork Quesadilla with Roasted Corn Salsa, Sea Bass Fish Tacos and other tasty treats.

Jayne and I want to thank everyone for all your support this year. This restaurant just couldn’t happen without you!

xo jayne and jon

Special Tonight: Niman Ranch Braised Short Ribs over Mashed Potatoes and Sauteed Root Vegetables.

Come try the Jayne’s classic this weekend.  $18.50