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Tapenade Restaurant

7612 Fay Ave
La Jolla, CA 92037
(858) 551-7500
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Categories:   French
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"50, Happy Hour Price - HHP] and a platter of garlic, parsley & hazelnut buttered Escargot [$4. The shrimp were huge and the remoulade it came with was deliciously tart and a nice change of pace from the standard cocktail sauce that usually accompanies shr..."
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"Move on toward a plate of Coquilles Saint Jacques, aux morilles et aspereges, Maine diver scallops with white and green asparagus, English pea flan and morels sauce or if seafood isn"t what you"re looking for then try the Faux Filet au Poivre, the age..."
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"Especially good are fish and shellfish -- savor briny-sweet cockles and mussels, wood-roasted prawns, monkfish or sea bass. Many dishes incorporate the best produce from San Diego's premium growers, from the tomato and basil tart to the luncheon vegetable..."

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"Named after the delicious Provençal black olive-and-anchovy paste that accompanies the bread here, Tapenade specializes in the cuisine of the south of France -- although that cuisine has lost some of its weight in the trip across the Atlantic. It n..."

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"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, now happily entrenched in La Jolla, Southern Californians are able to experience his combinati..."

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"Endowed with an undeniable passion for fine cuisine and service Chef Diot is widely acclaimed by restaurant critics and writers for bringing to San Diego a refreshing and inspired style of cooking. Chef Diot reveals a new interpretation of Gallic cuisine,..."
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"Company Information: Since 1987, the year Jean Michel Diot moved from France to the United States, he has lived a non-stop cooking career well highlighted by the press. In New York, he excelled in his own restaurants, Park Bistro and Les Halles...."

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"Quality of Food: I had a carrot bisque, which was pretty good, but the portion was huge. The duck confit was excellent, probably one of the better dishes I had...."

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"The food was outstanding, everything was cooked to perfection and the timing was solid. The server was right from the get-go expremely arrogant and it did not change much throughout the night...."
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"Since opening in 1998, Tapenade has established itself as a La Jolla institution. Diners frequent the sophisticated establishment for acclaimed chef Jean-Michel Diot"s Provençal-style French cooking...."
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"In just a short amount of time since its opening, Tapenade has established itself as a La Jolla institution. Diners frequent the sophisticated establishment for acclaimed chef Jean-Michel Diot"s Provençal-style French cooking...."
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"Recently, there has been a lot of talk about the evolving fine dining scene in San Diego.   The past 12 months have borne witness to the openings of Jack's La Jolla, Cavaillon, Addison, Blanca, 1500 Ocean, and Market, all welcome additions to our res..."
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"Long a darling of regional critics, Tapenade serves Provencale cuisine that remains staunchly loyal to the Southern French sensibilities that are so easily corrupted by California's passion for all things nouvelle. Each meal begins with tapenade (a blend..."

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"Ironically, my husband and I had just returned from a trip to Paris when we decided to try Tapenade. We were pleasantly surprised when the food matched - and even exceeded - some of the memorable meals...."
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"We recently returned from a vacation in San Diego and had the enormous pleasure of a dinner at Tapenade. It is a lovely, informal French restaurant in La Jolla whose atmosphere is refreshingly, casually...."
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"If cooking is an art, Jean-Michele Diot, chef and owner of Tapenade, is a master craftman. Using his experience and expertise from working in kitchens of New York and Paris, Diot has finally given San Diego its best French restaurant...."
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"Gil and Josh had the Tenderloin with Foie Gras off of the special Black Truffle menu. It was perfectly tender and perfectly cooked – it melted in your mouth like only an excellent cut of meat can...."
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