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Uptown restaurants and bars get set for Restaurant Week Restaurants from Banker’s Hill


to Kensington, Normal Heights, North Park, Hillcrest and beyond are ramping up to take part in San Diego’s Restaurant Week Jan. 16- 21.


Now its seventh year, San Diego Restaurant Week offers community foodies the opportunity to check out some of the 180 participating restaurants, which will offer patrons fixed price, three-course meals for $20, $30 or $40. There are no tick- ets or passes required. Food lovers may simply dine out at as many par- ticipating restaurants as they like exploring new dining opportunities or enjoying old favorites. Advance reservations are strong-


ly recommended and can be made by calling restaurants directly. For more information, contact Jenna Thompson at jenna@mcfarlanepro- motions.com or call at 233-5008.


Harney Sushi undergoing retro facelift The Harney Sushi location in Old


Town at 3964 Harney St. is set to un- dergo a complete remodel to ring in 2011. To celebrate their 10th an- niversary, the restaurant is going to receive new décor that is being clas- sified as “organic and natural, with a retro modern and funky esthetic.” Sushi lovers can expect to ex-


perience bamboo tables, silk light- ing, etched glass and grass cloth wall coverings, with hints of the old Harney Sushi still present. The ac- tual remodeling will take place from Dec. 24 until Dec. 30, with the hope that it will be reopened in 2011.


‘Here & Now’ at the Lafay- ette Hotel


The Lafayette Hotel’s Mississip-


pi Ballroom will play host to “Here & Now,” a New Year’s resolution convention on Jan. 16. The event will take place at 2223


El Cajon Blvd. from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. All ages are welcome and tickets cost $10 in advance and $15 at the door. The first 100 attendees will re- ceive a complimentary goodie bag. The convention is designed to


help motivate guests to achieve their 2011 goals, splitting up the Mississip- pi Ballroom into sections for career, romance, health and wellness, fit- ness, personal, hobbies and spiritual- ity. Interactive exhibitors, such as the Alternative Healing Network, Califor- nia Smokers Hotline and Landmark Education, will host each section. Produced by Jon Block of Sight


& Sound productions, “Here & Now” will also include guest speakers, a fit- ness and yoga demonstration, give- aways and discounts for the services that the exhibitors provide. For more information or to


purchase tickets visit jonblockcre- ations.com.


The Wellington Steak and Martini Lounge set to cel- ebrate first anniversary The Wellington Steak and


Martini Lounge, located at 729 W. Washington St. in Mission Hills, is a supper club located in the space formerly occupied by the Blue Lo- tus Lounge, adjacent to The Red Door Restaurant and Wine Bar. Ex- ecutive chef Brian Johnston and his culinary team will be celebrating its first anniversary on Wednesday, Jan. 12 by offering diners its signa- ture menu item—individual beef Wellington and one of the house specialty martinis for $30. Johnston studied in France at


La Varenne Ecole de Cuisine and was formerly executive chef at the Star of the Sea Room and chef de


cuisine at El Bizcocho. Johnston’s resume also includes culinary ex- perience at Top O’ the Cove and Mille Fleurs. For more informa- tion, visit thewellingtonsd.com.


SANDAG elects new chair The San Diego Association of


Governments (SANDAG) elected a new chair on Friday, Dec. 17. Encinitas Deputy Mayor Jerome Stocks was promoted from First Vice Chair of the Board, replacing former Escondido Mayor Lori Holt Pfeiler, who was SANDAG’s chair for the last two years. This year, SANDAG is prepar-


ing to complete their 2050 Regional Transportation Plan, giving them an idea of what the transportation sys- tem will look like in 40 years, as well as initiatives that are being funded by the local TransNet sales tax and state, and federal sources. As chair, Stocks will be heading freeway improvement projects, Bus Rapid Transit Systems and the extension of the trolley system to include Uni- versity of California at San Diego. “I’m excited, but also honored


and humbled by this opportunity,” Stocks said in a recent statement. “Now let’s get to work.”


Scripps hosts natural supple- ment conference The Scripps Center for Integra-


tive Medicine will be holding its 8th annual conference entitled “Natural Supplements: An Evidence-Based Update,” from Jan. 13-16 at the Hil- ton San Diego Bayfront hotel at 1 Park Blvd. The conference will instruct at-


tendees how to use natural supple- ments safely and effectively be- cause the general public is already spending $20 million on natural supplements without any physi- cian guidance according to Robert Bonakdar, M.D., director of pain


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